New article up on Tropics of Meta

Some shameless self-promotion here! I have a new article up on Tropics of Meta about the film series Phantasm:

Enjoy!

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I’ve never seen any of the Phantasms, but the ideas of funeral commodification and death’s separation from culture are pretty sad, really. Genre filmmaking is probably a more successful way to present those ideas, especially to a large(ish) audience, than anything else. Not saying the Phantasm series is necessarily pushing an issue, but the interplay of inspiration, creativity, and execution – the forms that take shape from the zeitgeist – is an interesting topic in itself.

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get thee to the video store post haste, or the interwebs or wherever you find stuff these days.

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Yeah, and this was a key concept that Coscarelli was trying to engage with.

But if you’ve never seen Phantasm, you should check them out. My favorite horror series after Evil Dead, for sure.

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Also, check it out!

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cool!
I liked Bubba Ho-Tep.

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That is so awesome!!!

minions applaud

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