Reviews of meaningful media with a message. Aka: Liberal Arts. (*liberal adj. Favorable to progress or reform, maximum individual freedom, free from prejudice or bigotry, open-minded, tolerant, not bound by traditional ideas, values, etc.. Characterized by generosity and willingness to give. -- Webster's Dictionary)
BOOK Reviews
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In the pursuit of happiness does wealth fulfill that desire? Gatsby, a self-made millionaire whose obsessive love for a woman from a higher social class leads to his downfall. Gatsby embodies the corruption of this dream, believing that money can buy him love and happiness, only to find that it leads to a spiritual void.
- Artist: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Release Year: 1925
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George Orwell's dystopian classic, 1984, was neither Right or Left politically. It could be classified as a horror story to any political ideology besides authoritarian. Or, at least that's what everyone assumed until 2024! We were naive to assume that a repressive dictator constructing a police state would fly with any American. Who, knew, that post Hitler's Nazi Germany, it might ever be acceptable for an American President to depict himself wearing a crown and dumping poop on 7 million Americ
- Artist: George Orwell
- Release Year: 1949
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sure, the first half is full of stories passed on by word-of-mouth for generations, including commandments set in stone -- and endorses throwing stones, and was heavily edited over centuries to suit societal norms of the day, and is still used to justify an assortment of discriminations -- and accusations of abominations, BUT... the star of the 2nd half is the most liberal historical character that ever walked on earth or water. it is the bio of a man who clearly was "his brother's keeper" and "
- Artist: Various
- Release Year: 50
