Christopher Dole

@chrisdole86.bsky.social

Colorado hiker boy, classical pianist, and writer. Co-Creator of ARDEN, host of MY BIG SCORE, #1 fan of FANTASIA

People think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...

There’s a Blue-Collar Hollywood—and the Paramount Merger Will Kill It

Hollywood isn’t all glamour. It’s thousands of line workers. And a Paramount takeover of Warner will make their lives even more precarious.

newrepublic.com

Is this a good time to mention that in college my History of Translation lecturer (Michael Cronin) told us that one of the first vernacular translations of The Illiad was into Irish, and the translator had to give the main characters dogs because in Gaelic society a free man had a dog

This is just to say I have eaten the lotus flowers that were somewhere can't remember where and which you were probably saving for some reason forgive me I can't remember who you are or who I am The lotus flowers were good though

Marie Phillips@mariephillips.bsky.social · last wk.

This is just to say I have turned into pigs the men that were on my island and which you were probably saving to row you to Ithaca Forgive me they were disgusting so male and so disrespectful.

Deniz came up with an incredible pitch; I picked up some Play-Doh, and that's how it all started. Three Eisners! A huge thank you to the Eisner Awards for this incredible honor. To everyone who voted for our book. To everyone who read it. To my brother Deniz for choosing me>>

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