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What Would Kurt Vonnegut Say About the 2016 Election?

29 Sep 20161 Oct 2016
Or, When Did We Start Living in a Fictional Satire? I've compared recent events—and, in particular, this presidential election—to many things: Armageddon, Alien, every Batman story, and almost every '90s action movie.…
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Who Would Donald Appoint? Some Predictions for Trump’s Cabinet

19 May 201621 Oct 2016
Interested in reading D. F. Lovett's fiction? Buy his books here. Donald Trump made waves this week by releasing his list of SCOTUS picks. He must've had some help from…
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If the Candidates Were Characters in a ’90s Action Movie: A 2016 Election Cheat Sheet

4 Feb 201615 Feb 2016
Iowa is behind us. That's the good news. We don't have to hear about Iowa anymore. The bad news is that this whole charade has nearly another year left, and…
2016 Election…

What We Failed to Learn About Terrorism from The Dark Knight

5 Dec 201517 Feb 2018
Or, "Stop Calling Them Gunmen and Start Calling Them Terrorists" One of the most notable elements of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy is that, despite being made by a British writer…
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If the Candidates were Horror Movie Characters: An Updated Guide to the 2016 Election

30 Oct 201528 Oct 2016
In a previous article, I discussed how presidential elections resemble the one-by-one elimination of astronauts at the hands of space monsters, and which specific science fiction character each candidate is. As…
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How accurate is The Economist in comparing Donald Trump to The Joker?

12 Aug 20159 Nov 2016
This is one of many articles on this site comparing the current state of American politics to the world of Batman. Read more here, or buy D. F. Lovett's debut…
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If the Candidates were Sci-Fi Movie Characters: A Cheat Sheet to the 2016 Presidential Election

4 Aug 20156 Aug 2015
During the last presidential election, Rick Santorum famously told the media that he felt like "this campaign is like an episode of ‘Survivor.’ It’s just a matter of staying in…
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The Tea Party Presents: Midnight in Boston

5 Jul 201126 Sep 2012
While the last post on here was entirely positive and flattering of Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, I have to address what some regard as that film's major shortcoming, which…

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