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This is an interesting article about the Jason Arday case which hints at the core issue without quite getting there. The problem here, common to most culture war battles, is that both the prosecution & the defence are right, at least in part. An untenable fact in a culture war.
Surely Liberals Can Agree That Plagiarism Is BadInstitutions need to uphold standards. No exceptions.open.substack.comI never felt that Last Action Hero was *that* bad. McTiernan had a horrific period in the late ‘90s with this flop & 13th Warrior being pulled by the studio, but 13th Warrior wasn’t awful & Thomas Crown Affair was good - it’s a run I think was unfairly maligned. The remake of Rollerball however….
Film StoriesIn the early 90s, a pair of students wrote a spec script, Last Action Hero – and watched as it morphed into an infamous Hollywood flop. filmstories.co.uk/features/las...
Currently reading, with a foreword by @johnnymains.co.uk Extraordinary prose - a wonderful discovery.
Paul Robichaud 🪨🐐Haynes is a remarkable writer. Her stories are perfectly structured and any one could serve as an example of Mark Fisher’s definition of ‘weird’ as a presence that shouldn’t be there. Shifts in time or space, ghosts, supernatural beings, spirit voices — Haynes explores them all.
Excellent news. Finally. This is necessary but I don’t think sufficient - following the Blatter era with Infantino has shown that FIFA is beyond redemption. It needs to be replaced.
Fifa World Cup: Uefa to boycott tournament if Gianni Infantino's investment plans go throughUefa's 55 member associations vote to boycott the World Cup if Fifa proceeds with its plan to sell stakes in its competitions.www.bbc.co.ukHe uses this phrase “develop the game”. What does this mean? What *can* this mean? The game has been fine for a century, it doesn’t require “developing” through the dubious sale of “commercial rights” claimed by a single business. Don’t need “development”, thanks; fuck off.
Uefa calls emergency meeting as opposition to Fifa plan hardensUefa’s 55 members will meet on Thursday afternoon to discuss a coordinated response to Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell off a stake in the World Cupwww.theguardian.comPolanski’s social media behaviour can be unserious. But I’m finding the wailing and police reports from the party of “ThEy ArE JaiLInG PPL foR TwEeTz!!!” almost as enraging as the failure of the beeb and others to repeatedly press that point.
Zack Polanski will not say sorry to Farage for sharing guillotine imageGreen party leader says post was ‘inadvertent mistake’ after Reform UK accuses him of ‘inciting murder’www.theguardian.comFIFA has been irredeemably corrupt for decades, this is just the latest stanza in a long text. I have never understood why the European democracies don’t just pull out on principle - No Europe, no FIFA.
Fifa accused of ‘selling the soul of football’ over $20bn World Cup commercial rights sale planFifa has announced plans to sell a share of its commercial operations to private investors, a deal that would include the media and sponsorship rights of the World Cupwww.theguardian.comThis is an important intervention on Loomer’s Damascene Ukraine conversion. Agree with every word. Total hygiene is required in relation to the far-right, no matter if they happen to say something you agree with. Always remember that they are selling a package - you can’t select parts of it.
Phillips OBrienLatest free piece is out. Praising a racist, conspiracist, anti-democratic, Trump-worshipper because she takes one position you like is a dangerous move and is to be regretted. The struggle is basically the same in the US and Ukraine. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...