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'Gods, Guns and Missionaries' excerpt: When Jesuits met devils and monsters in India

While the chief antagonists of the Jesuits in the Mughal court were its Muslim scholars, three fathers had observed some Hindu practice too. This ‘putting European clothing on an Indian subject’ became a ‘constant feature of the early Western image of Indian gods’ as well. Or as Mitter tells, ‘classical monsters and gods, Biblical demons and Indian gods were all …

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1 month ago

NASA makes surprising discovery at the end of our universe: 'It shouldn't exist'

Daily Mail

NASA's James Webb Telescope has made a surprising discovery at the edge of our universe, which astronomers said should not exist. The telescope captured imagery of three 12.8-billion-year-old 'Red Monster' galaxies, one billion years after the Big Bang, roughly the size of the Milky Way. The researchers call these newly discovered galaxies 'Red Monsters' due to their gigantic size and …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Unexpected Corner of Culture That Explains a Lot About the Election

Slate

I am delighted to inform you that all monsters are gay. Memoirs like Riva Lehrer’s Golem Girl, about spina bifida, and Jami Lin Nakamura’s The Night Parade, about mental illness, use monsters and monstrosity to discuss disability. This is why, in addition to revisiting old stories to recontextualize the villainy of the monstrous characters, we’ve also increasingly seen new stories …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Abcarian: What kind of monsters would force a child to have a baby?

LA Times

An abortion rights protester wears a costume based on “The Handmaid’s Tale” outside the Supreme Court on Oct. 4. On Friday, President Biden invoked the story when he slammed the Supreme Court for its bogus rationale in overturning Roe vs. Wade and announced he would order the Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services to do everything …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Nick Kroll interview: ‘So much of Big Mouth is ripped off from Mel Brooks’

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s all pretty common.” Big Mouth returns for its fifth season this week, bringing us …

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3 years, 5 months ago

‘The Witcher: Monster Slayer’ review: A spellbinding, on-the-go AR game, which asks for more than it should

The Hindu

Given the runaway success of Pokémon GO from Niantic, it is rather surprising it took so long for other entrants such as Harry Potter: Wizards Unite! Considering the pandemic has got many of us huddled in our homes, The Witcher: Monster Slayer comes at a very odd time. The world of Andrezj Sapkowski’s novel series The Witcher is a gritty …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Love and Monsters review: More than the usual dystopian drudgery

The Independent

Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Jessica Henwick, Dan Ewing, Ariana Greenblatt, Michael Rooker. And it’s love – specifically the way it’s embraced by screenwriters Brian Duffield and Matthew Robinson – that pushes this film to become more than the usual dystopian drudgery. open image in gallery Joe finds himself a canine companion, played by very good boys Hero and Dodge in two …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Godzilla vs Kong: Hollywood has picked a winner, but what does the science say?

Firstpost

Even the most fantastical creatures have some basis in scientific reality, so the natural world is a good place to look to better understand movie monsters. However, let’s assume that somehow Godzilla and Kong are able to overcome these size limitations – perhaps because of their radiation exposure they have distinctive mutations and characteristics. Godzilla would likely favor his robust …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Review: In ‘Godzilla vs. Kong,’ the big monsters brawl. And the audience actually wins

LA Times

There is a moment early on in Adam Wingard’s deft, daft “Godzilla vs. Kong” that almost feels topical. It’s a truly noble aim when even Ishiro Honda’s dinky 1962 release “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” in which a dude encased in spongy rubber had a couple of hilarious slappy-fights with another dude wrapped in old carpet, billed itself as a media …

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'Gods, Guns and Missionaries' excerpt: When Jesuits met devils and monsters in India

NASA makes surprising discovery at the end of our universe: 'It shouldn't exist'

The Unexpected Corner of Culture That Explains a Lot About the Election

Abcarian: What kind of monsters would force a child to have a baby?

Nick Kroll interview: ‘So much of Big Mouth is ripped off from Mel Brooks’

‘The Witcher: Monster Slayer’ review: A spellbinding, on-the-go AR game, which asks for more than it should

Love and Monsters review: More than the usual dystopian drudgery

Godzilla vs Kong: Hollywood has picked a winner, but what does the science say?

Review: In ‘Godzilla vs. Kong,’ the big monsters brawl. And the audience actually wins