{"id":979,"date":"2016-06-22T13:40:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T21:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stefoff.com\/?p=979"},"modified":"2019-12-01T14:44:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T22:44:24","slug":"recent-entertainments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/?p=979","title":{"rendered":"Recent entertainments"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I’ve been working on my YA adaptation of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species,<\/em> a big project with many aspects (such as photo research and aquisition) that will continue to keep me busy for some time. I am thrilled with the editorial support I’ve gotten from Simon & Schuster and am excited about the book that my ms. is becoming.<\/p>\n

But woman does not live by work alone. In recent weeks I’ve enjoyed entertainments on page, stage, and screen. Here are a couple of highlights:<\/p>\n

The Devil’s Detective,<\/em> a novel by Simon Kurt Unsworth. I believe I was tipped to it by a post on the Lovecraft eZine Facebook page. It is dark (very), beautifully written, and deeply disturbing. I’m looking forward to the sequel, which I believe comes out this fall.<\/p>\n

Peter and the Starcatcher,<\/em> a hilarious, bawdy play that unfolds Peter Pan’s origin story. It’s based on a book by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, but I didn’t know that until I saw the play. Lots of laughs and well worth seeing, if you get a chance.<\/p>\n

Green Room.<\/em> Damn, what a movie. Unrelentingly violent, but compelling and very well acted. Patrick Stewart as the patriarch of a bunch of skinheads in the woods of southern Oregon will put Captain Picard waaaay out of mind. Imogen Poots inhabits her role with terrifying completeness. But Anton Yelchin, who died a few days ago in a tragic accident, gives the standout performance. The film stayed in my mind to such an extent that I had to watch the Goosebumps<\/em> movie the next day to derail it. But I will see it again (Green Room<\/em>, that is) one of these days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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