By T. B. Mindser Pulp Fiction arguably contains one of the most fascinating sequences and stories ever committed to celluloid. In this sequence we see a boxer, or Palooka Butch,not take a dive, due to family pride which causes him to be on the run and later in a showdown with his nemesis, Marsellus Wallace, in a city street and then in pawn shop which becomes the mouth, or orifice of hell. Fascinatingly, the destiny and fate of Butch is intertwined with the watch as this becomes a film about boxes within boxes. Even Butch’s profession sounds like a box: He is a boxer and one that refuses to lie down, whether it be in the ring or in a Gimp trunk. Let’s examine the box in more detail. When we first see the infant Butch, he is watching a “box” a television playing a children’s show about totem poles; symbols of Indigenous pride. He is forced to turn off the box when his mother introduces Captain Koons, a war veteran, close friend and fellow POW combatant of Butch’s decea
Tom Small's Space Girl starring Lauren Francesca and Simon Roptell's Top Secret Adventures of Clara Chapman are reasons's why internet broadcasts are the place the pulp tradition will live. By Addison T. Lauren Francesca of I want my Lauren fame, hopped into her space craft and launched it onto the small screen in the Barely Political webisodes Space Girl in the year 2012. When I say small screen I do not mean the TV but the television of the times, YouTube. Lauren had been a collaborator with director Tom Small ( the creator/ director of Space Girl) on Key of Awesome comedy productions including some superb Lady Gaga parodies and the music clips Tron Girl and Moon girl. But it was Space Girl that became the true cult sensation. SG was the series you always wanted to see, something that was only possible as an artwork, via a fantasy poster or pulp cover but never realised as a drama. From the very first episode, Abandon Ship! we are thrust into