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Noël Carroll

What Hitchcock’s Vertigo teaches us about love

The film's twin love stories contrast two ways of understanding what tethers us to someone: personal qualities and shared history.

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What Hitchcock’s Vertigo teaches us about love

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What we’ve lost with the rise of TV streaming

International Politics

How should we relate to the work of “cancelled” artists?

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Ideas

Horror and comedy: screaming and laughing

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Culture

When is someone “just joking”?

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When is someone “just joking”?

Claiming that you were “just joking” is a common way to deflect criticism, or anger. You might, for example, mask disapproval…

By Noël Carroll

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