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Oz is China

Shanghai Puppet Theatre

  • Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Jul 31, 2023
Shanghai Puppet Theatre

The Wizard of Oz in China?

Wizard of Oz Shanghai Puppet Theatre
Before Cervantes there was Beatriz Bernal

Before Cervantes there was Beatriz Bernal

Graphic novels are the best way to teach literature in high schools. For a number of years I taught Romeo and Juliet with a really good one. Why must students have to stagger through "classics" in the original language anymore? Take chivalric romances, which were all the rage
Feb 1, 2026 3 min read
Mechanical toys from Leonardo to sexbots

Mechanical toys from Leonardo to sexbots

I once had the pleasure of being a publicist - briefly - for the world's first sex robot (sexbot). Her name was Roxxxy. That was 20 years ago and sex robots have come a long way since then, especially in China and the U.S. This isn'
Jan 25, 2026 3 min read
Who was the most racist Western philosopher?

Who was the most racist Western philosopher?

The answer is: All of them, beginning with the Greeks and continuing to the present day. Individual candidates for who was the worst? It doesn't really matter, but those usually cited are Immanuel Kant, along with David Hume, John Locke, and G.W.F. Hegel, but is there
Jan 18, 2026 3 min read
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  • A Tale of Two Women
  • The Age of Consent
  • Alice's Mirrors
  • Angel Incarnate
  • Beauty & the Beast
  • Dreaming of the Virgin Mary
  • From Russia with Love
  • Homer's Women
  • The House of Incest
  • How to Look at a Naked Lady
  • Immortal Beloved
  • The Judgment of Paris
  • Kama Sutra
  • Letters from Africa
  • Life as Opera
  • Loki's Children
  • Oz is China
  • Poison Pen Letters
  • Precious Bodily Fluids
  • Sacred Prostitute
  • Spinster
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • Splendour in the Grass
  • The Town Square
  • Vampires in Venice
  • Voices and Saints
  • The Whore's Revenge
  • The Woman in the Bower
  • Women in Trousers
  • About the Author
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