Aubrey Plaza has been laying low since the tragic death of her husband Jeff Baena, who died by suicide on Jan. 3. So it was moving to see her introduce Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard's cover of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U.”
Gore Vidal’s literary philosophy— “All fiction is by definition conservative,” ripples across the canon. 💠What Did Vidal Mean? When Vidal said fiction is "by definition conservative," he wasn’t exactly talking about political conservatism , though he enjoyed rattling those cages. He meant that fiction as a form tends to uphold structure, narrative closure, and the illusion of coherence in a world that is often chaotic, contradictory, and absurd. Here's how: Narrative Structure = Order : Most fiction—especially the traditional novel—follows a pattern: introduction, rising action, climax, resolution. Even chaos is carefully organized. That very act of imposing form is a conservative gesture, Vidal thought, because it tames life into something digestible. Closure = Consolation : Fiction usually ends with a resolution (even tragic ones). That’s comforting. It’s neat. It implies that problems can be solved, characters understood, and meaning found. Life isn’t lik...
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