http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/26/steve-coogan-philomena-interviewSteve Coogan said:"For a few years I'd been railing against postmodernism and irony," he explains. "I've got this real anger against people who think the best way of dealing with the world is through sardonic eyes. It's a depressing, defeatist view of humanity. And I wanted to do something that was sincere, that was not smart and clever for its own sake. I had this notion that the most radical, avant-garde thing I could do was to talk about love. There's nothing that will make an intellectual's buttocks clench more than to talk about love."
one of the few places wink-wink postmodernism persists is in children's movies
again, we dont want to confuse symptoms for causes. how i imagine these things is as a giant underlying wave that carries everything with it. so the change is manifested in every area. andre 3000 doesnt cause it, hes an early sign of change, kayne takes the freedom andre wins, uses it in a more conservative way. 50 cent well puzzled. whats going on. (this is not about method acting per se just what lays the groundwork)
He sighed, more exhaustedly than regretfully, I thought. That morning was the last time I saw Moreland. It was also the last time I had, with anyone, the sort of talk we used to have together.