Middle age malaise – Hit The North

The Generation X Problem

There has been a lot of discourse lately on us, the forgotten generation. We’re Generation X, late forties- mid fifties. We grew up with landlines, power cuts, Yuppies, Kylie in ‘Neighbours’, and the “me first” hedonism of Thatcherism and Reaganomics. We were only just becoming computer- literate and mobile phones were but a distant dreamContinue reading “The Generation X Problem”

Overlooked Classic: Wonder Boys (2000)

Curtis Hanson ‘s adaptation of the Michael Chabon’s novel is just glorious. It’s wise, charming and bittersweet, and Marilyn Monroe ‘s small black coat becomes a metaphor for nostalgia, the souring of the American Dream, and a multitude of missed chances. Michael Douglas is Grady Tripp, a stoner professor of creative writing at a university,Continue reading “Overlooked Classic: Wonder Boys (2000)”