Disney is one of the largest, most influential companies in the the entertainment industry. For decades, it has created imaginative uplifting stories for children, transporting them to another world, a fairy tale world. It’s awful, really. Not in… Read More
The Scariest Thing is ‘Us’
Horror movies are always about reckoning with something we have suppressed or believed gone for good–a demon, vampire, werewolf, etc. But when you think about it, the scariest thing that we ever have to reckon with is ourselves…. Read More
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Posted on October 27, 2020 by CaseyOFM
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Br. Tito, Casey Cole, Everyday Liminality, Franciscan, Horror, Jordan Peele, OFM, podcast, social commentary, Tito Serrano, Us movie
Shrek: The Anti-Fairy Tale
Disney is one of the largest, most influential companies in the the entertainment industry. For decades, it has created imaginative uplifting stories for children, transporting them to another world, a fairy tale world. It’s awful, really. Not in… Read More
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Posted on October 14, 2020 by CaseyOFM
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Br. Tito, Casey Cole OFM, Everyday Liminality, Franciscan, podcast, Shrek, Tito Serrano
The GENIUS of Black Jeopardy
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydayliminality/5-5._Black_Jeopardy.m4a Saturday Night Live has long been a silly variety show with an aim at satirizing pop culture. Whether it be politics or celebrity life, the show’s creators have been making us laugh at the absurd for more… Read More
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Posted on September 1, 2020 by CaseyOFM
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black jeopardy, Casey Cole, Catholic, podcast, race, racism, satire, SNL, Tito Serrano
Stealing the Show
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydayliminality/5.3-Heists.m4a The intricacy of the plan, the thrill of the chase. There’s something so entertaining about “heist” movies. Whether it’s the suave Ocean’s Eleven or the brute The Fast and the Furious, movies about people stealing stuff captivate us from start… Read More
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Posted on August 19, 2020 by CaseyOFM
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Catholic, Everyday Liminality, podcast
Learning to be Human Again
http://traffic.libsyn.com/everydayliminality/4.11._Her.m4a Imagine a world in which everyone is isolated from one another, in which people are so lonely and emotionally stunted that their only place of comfort is found in computers, video games, and anonymous online communication. Okay…. Read More
Posted on April 14, 2020 by CaseyOFM
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anthropology, Br. Tito, Catholic, Christian, cinema, criticism, Everyday Liminality, existential crisis, Fr. Casey, Franciscan, humanity, Joachim Phoenix, movies, OFM, podcast