not-so-guilty pleasures Archive
Not-So-Guilty Pleasures: Romantic Comedies
Ancient Grains, Movies
Aug 23, 2013
Roxane Gay's last not-so-guilty pleasure was The Fast and the Furious.
I love romantic comedies. They get a bad rap that’s not entirely deserved. They are terrible because we want them to be terrible. We want them to lie to us about romance and being swept off our feet and happy
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Not-So-Guilty Pleasures: The Fast and the Furious
Ancient Grains, Movies
Jul 10, 2013
There is a moment in The Fast and the Furious, when Dominic “Dom” Toretto, played by Vin Diesel, struts, chest erect, to his classic American muscle car because he’s real angry. He’s wearing a t-shirt stained with dirt and blood, his face is set, and there is purpose in his stride. Someone
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