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Frederik Sisa, arts/entertainment/politics/culture: Resolved to use his powers of writing for good instead of evil, long-time contributor and assistant editor Frederik Sisa is The Front Page Online’s resident art critic as well as a political/cultural observer through his column The Recreational Nihilist. He also edits The Front Page Online's fashion blog The Fashionoclast. When not writing, he writes more, whether working as a marketing professional for a local architecture firm or feeding his blog. Want to drop him a line? Write to: fsisa@thefrontpageonline.com.
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Harry Potter and the Triumphant FinaleBy Frederik Sisa @ 1:00 PM July 22, 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – While the press salivates about the box office achievement of the last film in the Harry Potter series, it’s worth noting that, financial success aside, it also represents a victory for cinematic storytelling.read |
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Richard III: Loud and Glib at the TheatricumBy Frederik Sisa @ 2:00 PM July 08, 2011Don’t let the program fool you; the casting of two actors in the role of Richard III isn’t a sign that the Theatricum has developed an appetite for the avant-garde or the experimental. read |
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Deconstruction for Beginners: A Cheeky, Clever Primer on Derrida’s Infamous IdeaBy Frederik Sisa @ 3:00 PM June 24, 2011Derrida for Beginners demonstrates serious substance beneath its lighthearted surface, and helps bring one of philosophy’s most controversial and exciting thinkers within everyone’s reach.read |
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The Old Settler: Beautiful Theatre at the ICT Long BeachBy Frederik Sisa @ 10:00 AM June 10, 2011In the parlance of World War II Harlem, an old settler is a woman long past what society considers the peak age for marriage; a spinster. read |
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On Stranger Tides: Watered-Down Rum but Rum NonethelessBy Frederik Sisa @ 11:00 AM May 27, 2011The Hollywood blockbuster has always been vulnerable to film’s version of shock-and-awe: Too much is never enough. After their previous entry in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, the entertaining but ultimately exhausting and overstuffed At World’s End, screenwriters Terry Rossio and Ted Elliot (and other filmmakers) take mercy on our senses and return to the focused storytelling of the film that started it all, The Curse of Black Pearl.read |