Paul Levinson
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- Username: PaulLev
- author, professor, commentator, singer-songwriter
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from Paul Levinson
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The Sopranos and Hamlet
(03:55)
From: Paul Levinson
"And the rest is silence" is the famous, much-praised last line of Hamlet - it applies to the cut to sudden-black at the end of The Sopranos, doesn't it...
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The Sopranos and the Closure-Junkies
(07:09)
From: Paul Levinson
we're all closure-junkies - craving resolutions in the endings of the stories we encounter - can we break the habit long enough to appreciate the ending of The Sopranos?
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The Sopranos, or the Tiger?
(04:41)
From: Paul Levinson
first of series of special analysis of The Sopranos' ending ... here, I compare it to the famous ending of Stockton's The Lady or The Tiger...
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What Music to Listen To When Writing? A 3-minute primer
(02:52)
From: Paul Levinson
What music is most conducive to writing - the answer might surprise you
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Lost ... Recovering
(02:42)
From: Paul Levinson
Lost returned last night - with best episode since first season
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Gore Nomination for Nobel Prize Poetic Justice
(02:41)
From: Paul Levinson
Nobel Committee did much better than the Supreme Court re: Al Gore
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Olbermann's Suspension of Rationality about 24
(03:55)
From: Paul Levinson
Olbermann's thesis that 24 is a Bush admin tool shows ignorance of Coleridge
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Wikipedia: A 5-Minute Primer
(05:29)
From: Paul Levinson
the pros and cons of a magnificent experinent in encyclopedia making
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