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Brice Ezell
@briceezell.bsky.social
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Writer, critic (@PopMatters), teacher. ATL.
PhD in English, University of Texas.
Modern drama, theatre, and philosophy.
Writing a book on Tom Stoppard.
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Sir Tom Stoppard is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covers the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical bases of society. Stoppard has been a playwright of the National Theatre and is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation. He was knighted for his contribution to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997. .. more

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · Dec 19
Humanities academic job seekers wondering if the job market is worth your time: it isn't.

Pinning this to the top of my profile in the hopes that this data helps people who are seeing so much hard work go unrewarded. I thought I'd have a rougher time post-market. This data explains why I haven't.
briceezell.bsky.social Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · Jun 26
The results of my 2024-25 academic job market experiment are in, and the numbers should be instructive to anyone considering university employment these days: don't. It's not worth your time, even if you've done all the work to get a PhD, even if it seems like a dream job.

Results breakdown below.

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 14h
The refs really tried with that candy ass taunting call but HAWKS TO THE SUPER BOWL Y’ALL

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 23h
Spurs are an absolute misery but at least we get one Sunday where Own Goals FC don’t get bailed out

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 1d
Like, I don't TOTALLY agree with that, but the fact that I do feel like the roast has merit makes me rate the movie less.

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 1d
I don't hate INTERSTELLAR -- the final tesseract scene is actually one of my favorite images in Nolan's filmography -- but it is a case of an artwork getting deflated in part by an apt roast, in this case @scumbelievable.bsky.social's line that it's "2001 for concussed sentimental paste-eaters."

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 1d
Chuck Schumer’s midterm strategy: “What if instead of ICE we had… NICE?”

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 1d
This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.

It's all white supremacy and greed.

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 3d
In a lot of other years Emma's BUGONIA performance would be the frontrunner, but (1) the quality of this year's nominees and (2) the general feeling I detect of "oh another Emma/Yorgos collab I see" in the media means that she's flying under the radar.
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Stone’s work in Bugonia is masterclass stuff, literally playing an actress who has to constantly adjust her performance over the course of the entire film, a total clinic

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 3d
Stone’s work in Bugonia is masterclass stuff, literally playing an actress who has to constantly adjust her performance over the course of the entire film, a total clinic

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 3d
One of the most SOUTHLAND TALES-coded events of the Trump administration (either one), which is saying something.
craigbrittain.com Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 3d
Here on Fox News to tell you why international law is a hoax, might makes right and fascism is great is the former banjo player for Mumford and Sons. No, seriously.

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 3d
Here on Fox News to tell you why international law is a hoax, might makes right and fascism is great is the former banjo player for Mumford and Sons. No, seriously.

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 3d
Academic Bluesky: vibeswise, who is the academic Liam Gallagher? (that is to say: hilariously chaotic in the media, great quote merchant, made his name on one/two significant works but now mostly plays diminishing versions of his style)

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 4d
I joked that F1 should be nominated for Most Editing at the Oscars, and given that BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY won that category despite its obvious foibles, I guess it’s got that award on lock. Fully insane that it got Best Picture nominated.

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 4d
Wrote this almost a decade ago, and, boy was I on the money with this prediction! thecounterplan.tumblr.com/post/1755088...
There Are No “Never Trump” Republicans Anymore
(Image: The New Republic) #NeverTrump isn’t a real political category. It’s a rhetorical strategy designed to give the GOP a pre-emptive chance to absolve itself once Trump is out of office. It seemed...
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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 4d
I simultaneously love ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER but also believe if the movie were the same and it had any other White man's name on the director line, it'd be getting much wider criticism than it already is for Perfidia's character.

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 5d
3. My point isn’t that Obama should abolish ICE or is responsible for Trump getting away with stuff. The responsibility I see him as having is steering the Democratic Party, given his influence and willingness to use it. And on those grounds, sorry, he’s not been good!

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 5d
1. My point isn’t that it’s Obama’s sole responsibility to rectify Trump. But if he is going to position himself as a leader, he needs to be doing more to get the party into gear.

2. I’m not saying Obama should be held to the highest standard. “Not be passive” is not a high bar.

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 5d
Especially since Obama’s record on using that clout post-presidency includes preventing the NBA player’s strike that nearly happened after George Floyd, and militating against Bernie in the ‘20 primary. Not great looks!

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 5d
I mean, it would strike me that if someone wants to leave a good legacy as a leader, it’s better to use his significant institutional clout (which Obama definitely has) to gin up his party to more serious action.

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 5d
Everything about the Democratic establishment's reaction to this present moment communicates one of two things: either (1) it thinks Trump isn't that serious a threat, or (2) they think the system will block/absorb him.
thedailybeast.bsky.social The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 7d
OPINION | Barack Obama might be one of the few people in politics left with his moral authority intact; his silence is deafening.
Barack Obama, Where the F--k Are You?
The former president, his moral authority intact, is missing in action.
trib.al

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 5d
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is more interested in and willing to embody an unusual sub-movement within Christianity far more than any so-called "Christian movie" ever made, despite being made by an atheist who hails from a country that invented a genre of metal famous for church burnings.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 6d
“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst
AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.
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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 7d
Given what he pulled off this season (did NOT think that Rams game was going to be close going into it), I believe in his upside for sure, but Bears fans should pump the brakes before acting like they've got Mahomes 2.

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 7d
Yeah, but even still, Favre's game was never sniffing a profile like Brees' on efficiency. I don't know that Caleb's ceiling is Favre's, but in terms of profile I think Kim's comp was apt.

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 7d
COULD be -- he had plenty of sub-60 percent completion seasons. His career average is like 62, a number I think Caleb could get to given the improvements he's already shown.

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 7d
If Caleb gets good at regular quarterbacking stuff (e.g. the Brady checkdown), the Bears will be scary. But if their game is "Caleb, have a Special Moment every game"... yeah, you worry about moments, but not about them contending.

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 7d
OPINION | Barack Obama might be one of the few people in politics left with his moral authority intact; his silence is deafening.
Barack Obama, Where the F--k Are You?
The former president, his moral authority intact, is missing in action.
trib.al

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 7d
Bill Simmons saying that Seattle’s never won a Super Bowl on the pod

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 7d
The US is collapsing into fascism and going to war with Europe and the opposition party is like “I’m here to talk about the important thing: how your average grocery bill has risen by two dollars over the last year, which I also have no plan or ability to fix”

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 7d
So much of their stuff reads like a conservative parody of *heavy quote-unquote* "SJWs"

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Brice Ezell @briceezell.bsky.social · 7d
one last thing on the Bills/Broncos call: feel like not enough people are pointing out that Brandin Cooks sure acts like he knew he lost the ball!