Violent Advantages
This season of Fargo enters its second act with a bang, or, more specifically, the crack of a high powered rifle shot. The shootout in...
Communication Breakdown/Premonitions of War
This week’s episode of Fargo, titled “Fear and Trembling,” reinforces the second season’s focus on family. The Gerhardts, the Blomquists,...
Alien(ated) Labor
This week’s episode of Fargo is titled “The Myth of Sisyphus,” after, assumedly, the underworld fate of that eponymous Greek hero....
Midwestern Marital Values
Marriage is the fundamental unit of American society. It is the most common legal agreement between two people, and tracking the progress...
Back in the 70s....
One of the defining moments of my cinematic life was my mother showing me the Coen Brothers’ film Fargo when I was twelve years old. Her...