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Stop Being Sober

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By Paul Thompson Verified
| powmag.net
Fifteen years ago this spring, I was in a small ad-hoc gallery in Montréal staring at a looping video. It was about 20 seconds long, and for that 20 seconds, the camera pulls steadily back. Initially, there is just a silver shimmer; as we zoom out, we see a grid of discrete silver figures, once square but now contorted, presumably around whatever, or whomever, is underneath. At first it recalls marathoners wrapped in the emergency blankets volunteers hand out at finish lines.
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Michael Review: Bad Original

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By Paul Thompson Verified
| Pitchfork Verified
It’s rare—and in micromanaged blockbusters, often impossible—for an actor’s performance to be so good it not only enhances the movie, but inverts the script’s intended meaning. Twelve-year-old Juliano Krue Valdi, who stars as young Michael Jackson in the first act of Antoine Fuqua’s grotesque biopic, does precisely that.
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La influencia geopolítica de África, más fuerte que nunca

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By Paul Thompson Verified, Xolisa Ngwadla
| Revista de Prensa "Almendrón" Verified
Los imperios no ceden el poder tan fácilmente. En la cima del Imperio Romano, los legionarios portaban el gladius: un instrumento corto y preciso de dominio. Pero con la decadencia del imperio, terminaron adoptando la spatha, más larga; la elección llevaba implícita una pérdida de autoconfianza frente a rivales y nuevos retadores. La analogía es instructiva, ahora que la hegemonía estadounidense está dando paso a un mundo multipolar.
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