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The tragedy of Bob Fosse was that however good he was at what he did—and he was very, very, very good—he never felt good enough.

As our only means of consuming entertainment, [binging] may turn us into fevered people impoverished for art that satisfies as only the True, the Beautiful, and the Good can.

It’s not excusing his hurtful, hedonistic behavior to observe that something is broken inside Bob Fosse.

What will “going on” for Fosse look like, and is it possible to do more than just “go on” the way he has been?

His story, more than any other’s, encapsulates the ups and downs of the formation of the Avengers.

In this second episode of Fosse/Verdon, the pattern of their relationship is being set.

Heroic lives are usually, in reality, as unglamorous as assistant pig-keeping.

Both of them firmly believe that great art offers things like truth and consolation to people who need them.

These friendship stories—in giving us fantastic scenarios—demonstrate how in God’s economy friendship is far from cheap.

Women and girls must know they can be agents of change—that their voices are as loud and as true, their strength and dedication just as valued and valuable, as their male counterparts.

The timelessness of stories reflects our longing for an existence unmarred by death.

Hope is one of the main reasons adult readers flock to YA books despite being “aged out” of the target audience.

I’m always happy to find stories that acknowledge the difficulty of living in community with others and show how we can live out (even in stumbling ways) manners of living peaceably with all.

D. L. Mayfield recaps the season 3 finale of The Good Place, “Pandemonium.”

What if we resisted dehumanization as our first goal in life, as a way to reflect glory on the one who created us?

The catharsis of a sad story is the catharsis of a life lived in expectation that it is not now okay, but it will be okay someday.