Lokke Heiss
@lokkeheiss.bsky.social
Writer, physician, film historian, Dracula Scholar. I love silent films, pre-Codes & Film Noir. Other areas of interest include Victorian Lit, in particular the writings of Emily Gerard, author of Land Beyond the Forest.
My website is lokkeheiss.com
My website is lokkeheiss.com
Trump’s ONLY goal is to get attention, to capture as much of each news cycle as he can. The fact we are having a discussion about it shows how successful he is at this. To attribute any other motivation for what he does is a mistake.
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Trump’s ONLY goal is to get attention, to capture as much of each news cycle as he can. The fact we are having a discussion about it shows how successful he is at this. To attribute any other motivation for what he does is a mistake.
Let’s look at this with another lens… if their only goal was to get Comey’s name in the news for a couple months (along with constantly mentioning his crime) to have the case dismissed is, for Trump this is his best possible outcome, because now he “is still guilty but free on a legal technicality.”
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Let’s look at this with another lens… if their only goal was to get Comey’s name in the news for a couple months (along with constantly mentioning his crime) to have the case dismissed is, for Trump this is his best possible outcome, because now he “is still guilty but free on a legal technicality.”
Even the same music, with that repetitive base note hitting us… All we need now is a guilty, drunken soliloquy by a ranger explaining how his patrol had desecrated an Indian burial ground & that this was all some kind of retribution! #BMoviemaniacs
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Even the same music, with that repetitive base note hitting us… All we need now is a guilty, drunken soliloquy by a ranger explaining how his patrol had desecrated an Indian burial ground & that this was all some kind of retribution! #BMoviemaniacs
At least they went through the effort of showing us really good skiers! #bmoviemaniacs
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 AM
At least they went through the effort of showing us really good skiers! #bmoviemaniacs
Maybe they could combine this film with the Mikado & when they read “the list” it can be the names of everybody we would like the Snowbeast to eat! #BMovieManiacs
November 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Maybe they could combine this film with the Mikado & when they read “the list” it can be the names of everybody we would like the Snowbeast to eat! #BMovieManiacs
A hint of the beast is what you’ll get through this entire film!
I’ve smelled colognes that had more “presence” than this beast. #BMovieManiacs
I’ve smelled colognes that had more “presence” than this beast. #BMovieManiacs
November 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A hint of the beast is what you’ll get through this entire film!
I’ve smelled colognes that had more “presence” than this beast. #BMovieManiacs
I’ve smelled colognes that had more “presence” than this beast. #BMovieManiacs
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He still so badly wants to be accepted in Manhattan.
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
He still so badly wants to be accepted in Manhattan.
Absolutely true, and in that effort, he was incredibly successful!
Baum also gently makes fun of American consumerism, for example, his description of Emerald City & its “department store” allure, an illusion kept by the mandatory wearing of the green-tinted glasses.
Baum also gently makes fun of American consumerism, for example, his description of Emerald City & its “department store” allure, an illusion kept by the mandatory wearing of the green-tinted glasses.
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Absolutely true, and in that effort, he was incredibly successful!
Baum also gently makes fun of American consumerism, for example, his description of Emerald City & its “department store” allure, an illusion kept by the mandatory wearing of the green-tinted glasses.
Baum also gently makes fun of American consumerism, for example, his description of Emerald City & its “department store” allure, an illusion kept by the mandatory wearing of the green-tinted glasses.
Great article! I have an answer for John Waters, who famously asked the question, “Why would [Dorothy] go back to Kansas?” It’s implied several times in the film—that “over the rainbow” is a euphemism for death. Dorothy wasn’t ready for “that last great adventure” & chose to go back to her family!
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Great article! I have an answer for John Waters, who famously asked the question, “Why would [Dorothy] go back to Kansas?” It’s implied several times in the film—that “over the rainbow” is a euphemism for death. Dorothy wasn’t ready for “that last great adventure” & chose to go back to her family!
A sidebar here:
Arthur Quiller-Couch, AKA “Q” was a man of letters popular in his day & among his many contributions, identified the genre of “hypnotic fiction” which was to have huge importance in the next century, two examples being the novels Dracula & Trilby brombonesbooks.com/wp-content/u...
Arthur Quiller-Couch, AKA “Q” was a man of letters popular in his day & among his many contributions, identified the genre of “hypnotic fiction” which was to have huge importance in the next century, two examples being the novels Dracula & Trilby brombonesbooks.com/wp-content/u...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A sidebar here:
Arthur Quiller-Couch, AKA “Q” was a man of letters popular in his day & among his many contributions, identified the genre of “hypnotic fiction” which was to have huge importance in the next century, two examples being the novels Dracula & Trilby brombonesbooks.com/wp-content/u...
Arthur Quiller-Couch, AKA “Q” was a man of letters popular in his day & among his many contributions, identified the genre of “hypnotic fiction” which was to have huge importance in the next century, two examples being the novels Dracula & Trilby brombonesbooks.com/wp-content/u...