{"id":5283,"date":"2010-05-14T04:00:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=5283"},"modified":"2010-05-13T14:10:46","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T18:10:46","slug":"unrequired-reading-may-14-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-may-14-2010","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: May 14, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a one-week hiatus, it’s time for some Unrequired Reading! Who’s with me?<\/p>\n

This piece by A.O. Scott on Generation X’s midlife crisis<\/a> was the most entertaining thing I read last week.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I’ve long believed that Dave Bliss is one of the few people in college sports whom one can confidently say is evil. Apparently, a prep school in Texas disagrees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

How HBO got that way<\/a>. (c.2006, so it doesn’t explore how HBO has sorta lost its way.)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Matt Zoller Seitz on why superhero movies suck<\/a>, and Tom Spurgeon’s follow-up on the topic<\/a>. (And check out Tom’s obit for Frank Frazetta<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Try “Seattle’s Boringest<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Daniel Libeskind: Architect. Accordion player<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Daniel Snyder: Redskins owner. Amusement park destroyer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I need to get back to formulating my time-release placebo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Ric Burns has a new documentary out<\/a>?<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Dirty, Diana<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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