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June 24, 2009
The Community of Building (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) Pt. II
[click here for part I]
“You remember the story of Nehemiah?” Rev. Martin asked. “Before he got there, no one was doing anything. But when he got there, the whole city got together and started working. The people had a mind to work.”
The spirit of community and mission appealed to the best in the Hoosier community. There was a holistic approach to restoring the neighborhood and you didn’t exactly have to twist arms to get folks to participate because the virus of generosity spread quickly as
“You remember the story of Nehemiah?” Rev. Martin asked. “Before he got there, no one was doing anything. But when he got there, the whole city got together and started working. The people had a mind to work.”
The spirit of community and mission appealed to the best in the Hoosier community. There was a holistic approach to restoring the neighborhood and you didn’t exactly have to twist arms to get folks to participate because the virus of generosity spread quickly as
June 23, 2009
The Community of Building (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition)
[Remember when I was tweeting from the set of Extreme Makeover? This is the unabridged version of the article I wrote about the filming of the episode filmed in Indianapolis which appeared in the May/June issue of Indy Magazine.]
The school bus rumbled along, carrying the next groups of spectators and volunteers from the State Fairgrounds down to the staging area. Though hot and cramped, there were no complaints. Instead, the ride was filled with pleasant chatter. “What are you doing?” one pa
The school bus rumbled along, carrying the next groups of spectators and volunteers from the State Fairgrounds down to the staging area. Though hot and cramped, there were no complaints. Instead, the ride was filled with pleasant chatter. “What are you doing?” one pa
June 22, 2009
The Faithful Wrath
I don’t know why Wrath James White can’t simply say “Hey Maurice, I miss you. Why don’t you give me a call sometime?” Noooooo, instead he has to go all passive-aggressive on me and write a blog specifically designed to pick an argument with me. (Right, because we all know Wrath’s passive-aggressive … when he’s not being, you know, aggressive-aggressive.)
In the foreward of Orgy of Souls, I wrote that “faith is that sometimes tenuous, sometimes stronger than we think thing that keeps our world
In the foreward of Orgy of Souls, I wrote that “faith is that sometimes tenuous, sometimes stronger than we think thing that keeps our world
June 15, 2009
It's Official
ANGRY ROBOT IS PRESENTED TODAY BY THE LETTER “M”
Hide us! Something seriously spooky just happened. Today, the planets all being in the correct alignment, we are announcing the signing of not one, not two, but three authors whose names begin with M. Only our devious Robot overlord master (you know, him, whose name begins with… M! Aye caramba!) knows how the hell that happened, but check this trio out:
Maurice Broaddus* is one of the real good guys, so why the hell his fiction is so terrifying is
June 12, 2009
RaceFail '09 - Feedback II
I've received a couple of really interesting responses to my RaceFail '09 - Why Horror Ignores the Elephant blog. I thought I'd share a couple. Today is from a comment left on my blog a while back which I wanted to give further exposure to. As always, I look forward to your comments:
Hello, Mr. Broaddus,
I have been keeping a somewhat distant eye on Racefail '09 and found your blog and the relevant bingo cards via a simple google search. I am not a writer of any professional leaning, nor am I i
Hello, Mr. Broaddus,
I have been keeping a somewhat distant eye on Racefail '09 and found your blog and the relevant bingo cards via a simple google search. I am not a writer of any professional leaning, nor am I i
June 11, 2009
RaceFail '09 - Feedback I
I've received a couple of really interesting responses to my RaceFail '09 - Why Horror Ignores the Elephant blog. I thought I'd share a couple. Today is from the mailbag. As always, I look forward to your comments:
My name's Hunter Eden, and I'm a young writer just new at this whole "forging the English language into something meaningful" thing. You and I corresponded very briefly a year or two ago on this same issue of race and horror, but I think I dropped the ball in responding to you, for
My name's Hunter Eden, and I'm a young writer just new at this whole "forging the English language into something meaningful" thing. You and I corresponded very briefly a year or two ago on this same issue of race and horror, but I think I dropped the ball in responding to you, for
June 3, 2009
The Hangover – A Review
“Fellowship of the Strippers”Finally, a raucous, raunchy comedy in the grand tradition of Porky’s, Anchorman, and director Todd Phillips’ previous efforts, Old School and Road Trip (and I’d say There’s Something About Mary, but I always found it over-rated as a comedy). Rife with funny dialogue with plenty of memorable one-liners, its flashback structure adds a sense of intrigue to what could have been a rather pedestrian movie.
We have the four stooges, Doug (Justin Bartha), due to get married
June 2, 2009
Away We Go - A Review
“Are we f--- ups?”
Away We Go is an episodic dramedy about a couple, Burt Farlander (John Krasinski, The Office) and Verona De Tessant (Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live), on the verge of parenthood, drifting through life in a search for a place to call home. It’s half a road movie as they are on a journey of family. They leave their rural Colorado home (where his parents live) in a quest for the best place to begin their family. So they travel to cities where they have anything resembling a c
Away We Go is an episodic dramedy about a couple, Burt Farlander (John Krasinski, The Office) and Verona De Tessant (Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live), on the verge of parenthood, drifting through life in a search for a place to call home. It’s half a road movie as they are on a journey of family. They leave their rural Colorado home (where his parents live) in a quest for the best place to begin their family. So they travel to cities where they have anything resembling a c
June 1, 2009
Batman: What Happened to the Caped Crusader? – A Review
Batman #686 and Detective Comics #853Written by: Neil Gaiman
Drawn by: Andy Kubert
Published by: DC Comics
It’s always an event when comics legend, Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Eternals) returns to comics to do … anything. I can’t even imagine it being much of a discussion after “hi, I’m Neil Gaiman. I’d like to do a tribute to Batman.” This story harkens back to the classic Alan Moore (Watchmen) story, “Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow?” from Superman#423 & Action Comics #583.
“I guess I
May 30, 2009
Black Panther – A Review
Written by: Reginald HudlinDrawn by: Ken Lashley
Published by: Marvel Comics
I always pick up any new #1 of Black Panther. I just can’t help myself because part of me is always hoping that they’ll do the character right. The quintessential interpretation of the Black Panther was Christopher Priest’s classic run on the book. In it, we saw a king ten steps ahead of anyone else, who had different character motivations, and who was a complex yet driven character. Reginald Hudlin generally conti
