Baumann and Burch welcomes its first guest of the podcast. Tim’s former ex-roommate Josh comes onto the podcast to talk with us about the Disney Renaissance. Listen for what Greek myth would adapt nicely to Disney animation, deciding if Aladdin has more in common with Game of Thrones or the First Persian Gulf War, and… Read More Baumann and Burch Podcast #5 – Edward’s Angels (Disney Renaissance, Part 1)
We kept the last one to an hour. This one, not so much. We had many things to say about The Incredibles – Helen Parr, the best Pixar character and Syndrome, faceless victim to Bob Parr’s Howard Roark – and not so many things to say, comparatively speaking, about Finding Nemo. Listen to find out… Read More Baumann and Burch Podcast #4 – Feminist Icon Helen Parr (Pixar, Part 2)
We meant to make a single podcast about Pixar. We made two instead. This first half (which is less than an hour! Woo!) talks about our bottom five Pixar movies, as well as Tim’s scorching take on Toy Story 3 and Matt’s belief that all of these movies contain a secret message about a workers’… Read More Baumann and Burch Podcast #3 – Immigrant Pillbugs (Pixar, Part 1)
Dir. Richard Fleischer. Starring Paul Lukas, James Mason, Kirk Douglas Tomorrowland, one of the many attractions at many Disney theme parks, opened first at Disneyland in 1955. In 1954, Tomorrowland was very much in view in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a Disney film based on the Jules Verne novel. It is the only sci-fi… Read More 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
When I say that I chose not to key your car, what I mean is that I chose not to key your car. I walk past dozens of cars every day, and I drive past hundreds. I had never before walked past a car with my keys in my hand, thinking to myself, “Should I… Read More To the Person Whose Car, Despite the Several Confederate Flags Which It Bore, I Chose Not to Key
There are some books that I read over and over again. From the time I was in sixth grade up into my last year of college, I read To Kill a Mockingbird at least twice a year. (I’ll be citing the edition that is yellow and a little torn beyond its years: it’s the first… Read More Villainous Age in Harper Lee’s “Oeuvre”
Less bracket, more conversation today. Listen to the second episode of the podcast here, in which we talk about why coed sports are overlooked and what we can do to improve the situation. (You’re going to have to deal with the jiggery-pokery of playing it in Music Player for Google Drive instead of that link… Read More Baumann and Burch Podcast #2 – Decathlon of Playground Sports (Underrated Coed Athletics)
It’s not an essay! My friend Matt and I have put together our first podcast. Right now, it’s a bit of a song and dance to get in and listen. The link should take you to an audio player; go ahead press play, and then open it in Music Player for Google Drive, which should… Read More Baumann and Burch Podcast #1 – I Live! I Die! I Podcast! (Sports Nicknames)
Dir. John Ford. Starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Henry Brandon The diagetic portions of this movie begin with a surprisingly striking image: a woman stands in a doorway, black in the way Pierre-Auguste Renoir said a painting should never use black, her silhouette blocking the majestic view of the ostensibly Texan skyline. (It’s Monument Valley,… Read More The Searchers (1956)
Dir. David Lean. Starring Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Cyril Raymond At least it wasn’t penalties. When Laura Bassett’s clearance fell short and went in off the crossbar (half an hour after Toni Duggan’s shot went out off the crossbar), resulting in a crushing own goal with no time left for England to regroup, the result… Read More Brief Encounter (1945)
Seeing Things Secondhand 