Going through the collection of my own writings, found this week, on a somewhat forgotten thumb drive or a labeled flash drive. Basically, this drive was found tucked deep into my book and physical media shelf. As a tidbit, I plan on turning that shelf into a study—very much a part of my personal five-year plan. Lastly, on the topic of turning my shelf into a study, and the fact that I used the very phrase “five-year plan,” if reading that triggers you. Absolutely feel entitl

Commonly used and referenced film review quotes on the internet of Close-Up: “The definitive film-on-film commentary.” - Ed Gonzalez, Slant “Neither a documentary nor a drama but a provocative, unconventional merging of the two, a meditation on perplexities of justice, social inequity, and personal identity that also subtly interrogates the processes and purposes of cinema.” - Godfrey Cheshire, Criterion Collection For a critically acclaimed film, Close-Up , directed by

Conrad Wroth dressed as his iconic character, Sinrad, standing with President Donald Trump. This photo is a fan-made Photoshop. I’ve wanted to write something for ages that would be in-depth, proper, respectable, and of course, as funny as can be, about a fellow comedian and friend, Conrad Wroth. In the introduction for this blog, I must state that Conrad Wroth is a highly private person, while having been in the public eye to various degrees over the years I’ve known him. Fo

Writing this blog post is anything but a thought experiment. To repeat myself, this blog post is not a thought experiment; what it is or...