Midsummer Night’s Dream a Nightmare
Love doth have a dark side. William Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream is more of a nightmare for its characters. A fairy
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Go Gonzo Journal
Fake news with a spin of Truth
Author: Anthony Varriano
Evolution: Accepting the Void and Creating Something from Nothing
I wanted to finish this blog post before class on Wednesday, but my unreliable vehicle, Bessie, wouldn’t allow it, so
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Shakin’ up Shakespeare in a Gonzo Cure-all Cocktail
For those of you who have visited this site already, I’m sure there’s plenty you’ve already learned regarding the focus
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The Subjectivity Cycle
Since the previous two blog posts in this series, “Gonzo Rhetoric in New Media,” were strictly examples of Gonzo rhetoric’s
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Gonzo Rhetoric on the Web
The best example of Gonzo rhetoric on the Web may be this very blog, but that’s its intention. Many of
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Gonzo Rhetoric in Television News Broadcasts
In an attempt to help you, the reader, better identify Gonzo rhetoric in television news broadcasts, this blog post examines
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Gonzo Rhetoric and the Subjectivity Spectrum
As I have indicated in earlier blog posts, defining Gonzo rhetoric is really difficult, so taking a page from Lev
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Collections Shedding Containers
Collin Gifford Brooke’s Lingua Fracta seems an ideal closure to our course this semester, and “[c]losure is no less important
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Gonzo Rhetoric vs. Cool Rhetoric
If you don’t mind, and since you’re forced to read this, I’m sure you might, I’d like to take this
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Don’t Be a Square: The Cinematic Rhetoric of Cool
In last week’s class, Doug mentioned how Pulp Fiction serves as an example of non-linear narrative, and now that I’ve been introduced
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Comics are Box Office Gold
My generation has had the opportunity to enjoy the lucrative eruption of the comic book movie, and there’s good reason
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