THE LIFE AQUATIC: 20 Years On
2004 happened to be a surprising year at the movies for offbeat comedies. I’m thinking specifically of Jared & Jerusha Hess’ Napoleon...
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Jun 733 min read
Stephen Sondheim: A Remembrance
Stephen Sondheim is a musical theatre composer and lyricist from New York City, New York. He wrote the scores for the musicals Here We...
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May 315 min read
Some Favorite SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Sketches
Saturday Night Live (pr. n.): a live show in which most of the funniest sketches are pre-recorded. On the late Norm Macdonald’s Netflix...
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May 242 min read
Notes from the Hospital: A Prose-Poem
They said it was bad and my decision to come saved my life. Ten and a half hours in the emergency room, I spoke maybe a few words to my...
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May 106 min read
Marilyn Monroe: The Death of Arthur Miller
Whenever I contemplate who America’s dramatic masters are, my answer is always Eugene O’Neill and Edward Albee. The reason for this is...
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May 35 min read
EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH: 20th Century Masterpiece
In the mid-1970s, when the country was in a deep malaise over Watergate, Vietnam, the failure of most of the late-60s protests, artists...
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Apr 267 min read
Jefferson & Hemings
I was perhaps in my junior year of high school when the news broke that, after many years of speculation and debate, Thomas Jefferson,...
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Apr 195 min read
O. J. and the Nature of Tragedy
In 1994, the family had rented a vacation home in Kissimmee St. Cloud, Florida so we could easily access Walt Disney World, Universal...
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Apr 127 min read
Christopher Durang (1949-2024)
Christopher Durang was a playwright and actor from Montclair, New Jersey. He wrote the plays Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony...
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Apr 55 min read
The Truth Narrative: Ross E. Cheit & Witch Hunts
Last week, in reviewing Netflix’ new docuseries The Outreau Case: A French Nightmare, I brusquely went over a subject near and dear—the...
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Mar 294 min read
The Outreau Case and Mass Hysteria: A Review/Essay
**** out of **** Normally, Netflix releases true crime docuseries. But its newest docuseries is not about a crime. Oh, there’s a trial....
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Mar 227 min read
Cancellation or Practicality: The Life and Death of a Play
I rather enjoy publishing a blog post that announces a new publication. It is rather another thing to write one about the revocation of a...
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Mar 157 min read
Our Anxious World
Gore Vidal, upon arriving back in America from his Italian mansion overlooking the Atlantic Ocean—this was, perhaps, the early 2010s—was...
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Mar 83 min read
Oscars pt. 2: Who Will Win? (Updated)
This list includes my Oscar predictions for the upcoming ceremony. The choices are not necessarily who/what I think should win, but...
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Mar 18 min read
Oscars pt. 1: Who Should've Won Anyway?
At one time, the Oscars were my Super Bowl. As young as sixth grade, I would watch them and dream of my own shining moment when I would...
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Feb 232 min read
Poetry Month 4: Your Spirit Eternal
It's been nice sharing some poetry with you this month. If it's not been your thing, I'm sorry. I'll be back in March with more new...
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Feb 22 min read
Poetry Month 1: Three Poems for Madeline
I've decided February is Poetry Month on the ryanctittle.com blog. Seems an appropriate month. It brings out romance for some, sadness...
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Jan 267 min read
The Greatest Youtube Video Ever (No, Really)
I recently completed watching two of what have been called the greatest television series of all time, The Sopranos and The Wire. The...
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Jan 195 min read
Lost Classics: Disney's THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE
One need only look at the output from Walt Disney Studios in the 1960s and see that, progressively, Walt was less and less interested in...
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Jan 126 min read
Lost Classics: Norman Mailer's MAIDSTONE
While during his lifetime, his work became more and more critically derided, there has been a resurgence of interest in American...
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