Shaun Scott — The Monarch Review
All Millennials are Kevin McCallister
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 11:38 — 0 Comments
The following is an excerpt from Shaun Scott’s e-book “Something Better: Millennials and Late Capitalism at the Movies,†available on Amazon and iTunes from Thought Catalog Books. This holiday season marks the 25-year anniversary since the release of Home Alone. Millions of Millennials may grow nostalgic for the memories the movie evokes. Because no matter what became of Macaulay Culkin, Millennials will always see a part of themselves in Kevin McCallister. Home Alone begins when members of a giant extended family in Chicago take turns demeaning young Kevin McCallister. In the film’s breathless opening sequence, Kevin McCallister has his culinary […]
One Day in the City of the Future – Shaun Scott
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 13:32 — 0 Comments
Slight by skyscraper standards, Seattle’s Space Needle stands 605 feet near the eastern shore of Elliot Bay: two-thirds as tall as the Eiffel Tower, and no match for the 1776-foot Freedom Tower built in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. But the building has cut a formidable figure as a civic symbol since its construction in 1962. The Space Needle has been celebrated: its alabaster color appears pristine when plastered on broadcasts of Monday Night Football, in Macklemore’s music videos, in the critically acclaimed films of Seattle-based directors Megan Griffiths and Lynn Shelton. And it has […]
We Gonna Be Alright – Shaun Scott
Monday, March 16, 2015 15:13 — 0 Comments
I first heard the name Kendrick Lamar while riding shotgun in my best friend’s whip in March of 2013.Â
Stay Black and Die
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 10:08 — 0 Comments
“I don’t have to do nothing but eat, drink, stay black, and die.†–Langston Hughes, “Necessity†(1951).Â
What We Were Never Taught – Shaun Scott
Monday, January 19, 2015 9:59 — 1 Comment
If you’re coming from lower Manhattan like I was, there’s no way to the Staten Island storefront that spawned #icantbreathe without taking a ferry.Â
Enemies Like You – Shaun Scott
Thursday, December 4, 2014 13:41 — 0 Comments
With ratings revenue securely in hand from last week’s pilot episode, CNN’s as yet untitled smash hit television series revolving around dead black bodies in the street was renewed for another week. On Wednesday night’s installment, the setting was moved from rural Ferguson to New York City, where main character Eric Garner was left breathless on the hard, hot sidewalk by a gaggle of police officers back in July of 2014.Â
Thieves on the Cross – Shaun Scott
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 13:45 — 1 Comment
It’s better that Michael Brown was clearly imperfect, clearly flawed.Â
Sports Talk
Thursday, November 13, 2014 11:41 — 0 Comments
Shaun Scott and I love to talk art, movies and sports. Things get particularly spirited when we talk sports because children’s games played by adults in physical prime are something we’ve loved ever since we were kids on the east coast. So, here is one in our continued series, Sports Talk. This time, focused around an old picture of Michael Jordan that Shaun dug up.
Fielder’s Choice – Shaun Scott
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:00 — 0 Comments
Derek Jeter gives athletes the chance to say something worthwhile. But will they take it?
Jay-Z and Beyonce – Shaun Scott
Thursday, July 31, 2014 11:19 — 0 Comments
As the twin towers of American cultural capitalism in the 21st century stood tall in Seattle’s Safeco Field last night, I imagine they felt something like the Seattle Mariners will when they return from their 6-game road trip to that same stadium: “Here we are. What’s next?†A 162-game baseball season that spans 3 seasons probably isn’t that different from a summer tour with 20 dates in 35+ days—at some point, rote professionalism overrides performance anxiety, and histrionic proceedings boil down to hitting one’s marks. Fielding a routine groundball to 3rd base that takes a tricky hop really isn’t all […]
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
