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What amounts to a terrorist cell in mid-nineteenth century Russia and its effect on a small fictional town of Dostoyevsky’s invention.
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The Devils – A User’s Guide
Posted in Fiction, Observation, Reading with tags Dostoyevsky, Martin Scorsese, Pyramids, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, The Devils on August 26, 2020 by Jarrod Boyle
Tyson the Rapist – The Facts
Posted in Journalism, Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags Boxing, Desiree Washington, Evander Holyfield, Jake La Motta, James Toback, Jill Meagher, Julia Gillard, Liberal Party, Mike Tyson, Raging Bull, The Age Newspaper, The Hangover, Tony Awards, Yahoo Answers on September 28, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
I found a link on Facebook to Neil Patrick Harris doing a song-and-dance number to open the Tony Awards in New York. It was vaunted as the ‘best awards ceremony opener ever’. Conspicuously, it also featured a brief cameo from Iron Mike himself. Continue reading
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The Ricky Nixon Show
Posted in Journalism, Observation, Ridiculous curiosity with tags AFL, Anna Nicole Smith, Ben Cousins, Brendan Fevola, Jake La Motta, John 9:25, Kirstie Alley, Martin Scorsese, Raging Bull, reality television, Ricky and Tegan Get Real, Ricky Nixon, Tegan Gould, The Osbournes, The Truth Hurts, Wayne Carey on August 5, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
Wayne Carey: The Truth Hurts
Posted in Journalism, Observation, Reading with tags AFL football, Andrew Denton, Anthony Stevens, Barwon Prison, Bill Schwartz, Brisbane Bears, Casino, Charles Happell, Cocaine, Enough Rope, James Toback, Jason Akermanis, Joe Pesci, Kangaroos Football Club, Kate Nielsen, Kellie Stevens, Kevin Carey, Miami Police, Mike Tyson, Raging Bull, Sam Newman, Scorsese, The Footy Show, The Game Plan, Tyson, Wayne Carey on June 17, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
I went into this book hoping for a Raging Bull story (I’m referring, of course, to Martin Scorsese’s film about the boxer, Jake La Motta). That said, I was expecting a fairly blunt and simplistic tool designed to resuscitate Wayne’s media career. I was disappointed on the one hand, confirmed on the other, but nonetheless, held in the grip of the tale. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 