Recent posts tagged realism
2021
Larger Than Life And Twice As Unreal
How not all fiction has to be "realistic" to be affective, and how new aesthetic standards can follow from that.
2014
The Fantasticks (And The Realisticks) Dept.
It's the real, not just the fantastic, that is most alluring in a fantasy.
2013
Reality Is What Doesn't Go Away When You Stop Believing In It Dept.
More about escapism.
Reality ... What A Concept Dept.
On the canard of "Reality is just so interesting, why would you want to escape it?"
2012
Closing The Mind's Eye Dept.
Is "reality" in entertainment overrated?
