#Scott Cummings

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REALM OF SATAN debuts at SUNDANCE 2024

Magistra Barton, Maga Nadramia, and I were honored to attend and support Scott Cummings’ masterful first feature—a project first proposed to us 9 years ago. All good things to those who wait! It is a challenging film, not at all a typical didactic documentary, and its approach clearly goes over the heads of some viewers. GIZMODO reviewed it and got the entire point of this fascinating work,…

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"Buffalo Juggalos" não explora potencial e acaba sendo apenas presunçoso

Não dá para negar, as imagens de divulgação de “Buffalo Juggalos”, curta-metragem do diretor Scott Cummings, chamam a atenção. São basicamente fotos de pessoas com rostos pintados de palhaço, exibindo uma expressão desencantada, em um cenário desesperançoso. Uma pena que o diretor não tenha explorado o potencial do objeto que ele resolveu documentar. “Juggalos” é o nome da comunidade de fãs de…

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scott cummings was an academic involved in community organizing. in the late 70's he arrives at a place in texas he calls "Rosedale," which is experiencing the exact same process of demographic transformation as dozens of other cities in america at the time.

community center meeting. he is discussing problems elderly residents are having. notice his own reaction and his reporting of other academics' reactions. this was in the late 70's btw.

this was an actual response from someone in a position of responsibility. also note the retort that real concern shouldn't be for the people but rather an imagined backlash (that has never come).

imagine being a sincere post 60's liberal and this is the outline of the book you write because you saw it all first hand lel

in approx. 30 years a city goes from 98% white to 12%. again, it must be remembered that this transformation is not unique at the time. this is happening in many places simultaneously.

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long excerpt here but crucial. he actually cites nisbet. this is how communities were, in fact, destroyed. he even admits that technological & industrial change were at best secondary causes. it was race and violence.

the people who could not engage in "white flight," which is a pure propagandistic euphemism, were left behind. a lost position, without hope, without rescue as vesuvius erupts.

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this is what a true concern for community integrity looks like. not the meaningless and bastardized form invoked by people who in all likelihood support the things which actually destroy it. but yeah I forgot it's only about "edgelords" wanting to say slurs online, right?

while spending pages on the extreme fear felt by white residents, the author seems to attribute their precautions (locking doors, barring or even boarding up windows, never going out at night, etc.) to a kind of racial phobia inherited by white southerners. then he ends with this

have to include this story he writes while describing the southern racial code elderly whites are clinging to. white woman being beaten up by her black bf seeks help from her neighbors. coal, toll, etc.

partial description of the reality for millions of people after the civil rights movement. this is its actual history, everything else being state and corporate propaganda. even calling this 'crime' is a misnomer, it was a state sanctioned violent occupation.

it's worth noting that in this chapter the twin pillars of liberal assumptions about race & crime: that it's motivated by poverty & that it's over-reported or over-prosecuted by police, are both directly contradicted. meaningless violence & apathetic law enforcement.

an embarrassing testament to the new normal of post 60's america, police had to admit that there wasn't only *one* serial rapist in rosedale. the excerpts show one man whose crimes were fueled by media blood libels against whites, and another who used a hate hoax as cover.

all of this should be read in light of media propaganda that crime is a function of poverty or motivated by deprivation. we're talking about wanton violence against people over 70 or 80, including violent rape. it has nothing to do with material want.

in 1982, gangs of teenagers (oldest was 21) began breaking into people's cars and homes and brutally murdering them. the last excerpt is an eye witness testimony from a 15 year old who was involved.

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true insight into the depraved psyche of the white liberal. racial paternalism is used as an indirect apologia for unspeakable violence. nebulous concepts are analogized with real people as a coping mechanism in an undiluted confrontation with reality.

this entire chapter is like this, utilizing clichés about poverty and broken families, lack of elderly supervision, etc. reminder that the implication here is that anyone who lacks supervision or who inhabits a fractured enough social setting may begin gang raping old women.

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legitimately not worth going into any of the particulars of the bureaucratic organizations, funds (including a subsidiary of the ford foundation called SEEDCO) & "investment" done in an attempt to "revitalize" rosedale. it was a sick joke that could do nothing other than fail.

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somehow beyond all reason, no show management jobs, architectural renovation on main street, and a few new sidewalks did NOT fix a neighborhood where old people were being stabbed to death in their own homes. scientists are still attempting to diagnose "what went wrong."

if you're an old enough millennial, you might recognize this. this is the process that created neighborhoods filled with abandoned houses and buildings in the 80's and 90's. and then the influx of drugs made these places hubs of black market activity and violence.

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you could've guessed by now, but we finally have a population of people willing to move into the new and improved rosedale.

they finally achieved it. they finally got their diversity.

local officials and neighborhood figures say the real problem with rosedale is that its *image* needs renovation because it has been unfairly distorted by the media due to racism. "it's like watts..."

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none of this is really important, it's all meaningless. they already destroyed this place with no possibility of fixing it. but it is interesting to see how the 80's & 90's pop culture of whites feeling good about "helping" ghettos developed. it was everywhere in tv, movies, etc.

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mass influx of drugs like crack gave an impetus for more organization among gangs, creating a parallel market for crimes like robbery, rape, murder, which were now increasingly related to gang activity. this is like documenting how maggots form on a corpse shortly after death.

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the last 2 chapters of the book illustrate the author's unbelievable cowardice & moral bankruptcy. here he implies a parity between the racial biases of elderly white residents of rosedale and the people violently preying upon them. "white flight" as a *cause* rather than effect.

the last passage of the book. an honest admission of the reality of unprecedented violence but only coupled with a typical 90's/00's exhortation for fathers to step up (obama said this several time, it would be considered racist today).

this thread is too long, I know. but if you read most of it you'll know why I posted it. human social life is an organism that cannot be butchered & rearranged without being killed, and the official history of its demise has been one unending lie.

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"Realm of Satan"

This observational documentary offers very little insight on the Church and its eclectic members, and that's a real bummer.

Made in collaboration with the Church of Satan (please don’t confuse them with the Satanic Temple, which are two very different entities), director Scott Cummings’ documentary “Realm of Satan” is a disappointment. It’s a total bummer that the film offers very little insight on the Church and its eclectic members, making Cummings’ observational style of filmmaking feel all the more lax and…

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Al Parker - Hard Disc Drive (1985)

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God could not pay me enough to finish this bro but I had a vision

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Franz Kafka, Diaries of Franz Kafka (April 8, 1914)

T. S. Elliot, The Wasteland

Naguib Mahfouz, Adrift on the Nile

Edna St. Vincent Millay, Song of a Second April

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Short Stories

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If you don’t think that Leon Scott Kennedy cums all over himself with his dick having not been touched 5 minutes after you sit on his face and he eats you out, then I don’t think we’re talking about the same Leon Scott Kennedy

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Satansplain #055 - Realm of Satan film, February 1, 2024

News on the new film “Realm of Satan”! Also, addressing false claims about serial killer Richard Ramirez and the Church of Satan (no, he was never a member, nor practiced what we believe), and answering listener questions about the Universal Life Church and Satanic weddings, membership privacy, and other topics.

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BOOK REVIEW: UGLIES: CUTTERS BY SCOTT WESTERFELD AND DEVIN GRAYSON, ILLUSTRATED BY STEVEN CUMMINGS

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Like the first graphic novel, Cutters follows Shay’s story during one of the main books. This time we get to see her side of the events of Pretties, the second book in the series. The second Uglies graphic novel structures itself like a fairy tale story. Each line of the fairy tale is revealed as we hit a different plot point in Shay’s life in New Pretty Town. 

The anger in Shay is so present. It’s clear that, despite liking her friend Tally, there will always be a bit of resentment. A bit of anger in how the events of their life play out and how Tally’s involved with that. And also the underlying concern that, if Shay is open about her relationship, it will somehow be taken away from her by Tally. Shay is also more rebellious, being more critical of the government now.

I can’t blame her for that resentment. For someone that is supposed to be her friend, Tally keeps a lot of secrets, things that Shay would agree with and want to be a part of, all because Tally would rather share it with the guy in her life at that moment. It’s both reflective of how teenage relationships and friendships can be while adding depth to both characters because we are seeing them from the opposite perspective. I wish these continued, because seeing how this changes once they are both Specials would add so much to the story. 

Once again, the artwork is beautiful and I particularly love the fairy tale panels, where we see Shay as a “ranger” and Tally as a “princess.”

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X MEN ATTEND VANITY FAIR OSCAR PARTY 2023!! Nightcrawler, Cyclops and Storm. (Alan Cumming, James Marsden and Halle Berry).

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Chapter 15 of Weathered I: WORST CASE SCENARIO is online.

In which the X-Men find and save their missing team member but not in time to prevent the captivity's lasting devastating consequences.

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Al Parker - Hard Disk Drive (1985)

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Gene Tierney-Randolph Scott "Belle Starr" 1941, de Irving Cummings.

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All the famous people I met in photos. Estelle Michaela Dietz Deedee Mango Hall Scott Innes Veronica Taylor and Jim Cummings

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'Move over Matt Damon, Andrew Scott is stepping in as Tom Ripley in a new eight-episode TV adaptation of The Talented Mr Ripley. Now, we know reboots are everywhere but, come on, it's Andrew Scott! Anthony Minghella helmed the sublime 1999 adaptation to sun-dappled perfection, but who's to say another version on the small screen can't be just as seductive?

Here's everything we know about Ripley so far.

Is there a trailer for Ripley?

Ripley? Ripley.

Netflix's first official teaser for Ripley doesn't give a whole lot away, but then again, neither does its titular character. The moody and monochromatic series is fittingly ominous in its first look, as we see Scott's Tom Ripley seemingly evade justice for his many, many schemes. The trailer also gives us glimpses of some of the show's co-stars, including Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn and John Malkovich. Beyond knowing the story from the book and the 90s film starring Jude Law and Matt Damon, the trailer keeps much of Ripley's plot close to the chest. But, again, that seems quite fitting.

Ahead of the trailer release, Netflix also dropped some new images of Andrew Scott looking suitably pensive and mysterious as the enigmatic Ripley as he broods in black and white across Italy.

When is Ripley coming out?

It's been a long and winding road to get the story of Tom Ripley to the small screen. Having first been announced in 2021 and filming in Italy that same year, it's since bounced around from Showtime to Netflix. At a certain point, Andrew Scott didn't even know when it would come out.

But now, along with its first teaser trailer, Netflix has announced that Ripley will hit screens on 4 April. Springtime is for scamming, after all.

What’s Ripley about?

Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel, The Talented Mr Ripley, the series follows “Tom Ripley, a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York” who “is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home.” That son is Dickie Greenleaf, and their odd friendship spirals into, among other things, incidents of deceit and murder. All set against the stunning backdrop of the Italian Riviera, of course. No wonder the book has been adapted so many times.

Scott has also hinted that the series will cover some of the subtextual queer themes of Highsmith's text. In a conversation with Ben Whishaw, he said:

“If Tom Ripley was in a gay bar, I’m not sure that he would fit in there. Nor do I think he’s a straight character. I think he’s a queer character, in the sense that he’s very ‘other.’ What’s his relationship with sex, or death, or with family or friends? It’s interesting that a character is the sum of the parts that you don’t have to play.”

Should this show get greenlit for more seasons though, we could potentially see adaptations of the other novels in the Ripley series. The second book, Ripley Under Ground had a film version with Willem Dafoe and Alan Cumming that, apparently, no one saw. And Dennis Hopper and John Malkovich played Tom Ripley in two film adaptations of the third novel, Ripley's Game.

Who stars in Ripley?

First, of course, we have Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley. Considering his past roles in Fleabag and the Oscar-buzzy All of Us Strangers, the actor certainly has the charisma for the part.

He’ll be joined by Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf (the playboy heir Ripley swindles) and Dakota Fanning as Dickie’s girlfriend, Marge Sherwood. And now, thanks to the trailer, we know that John Malkovich – a former Ripley, from 2002's Ripley's Game – will also be joining the monochrome world of the Netflix series.'