A Clean Slate

Published February 6, 2013

A Clean Slate – mobro.co A Clean Slate is yet another short film by Ben Weereratne that defies description. With many cues taken from classic detective film noir, it tells the cautionary tale of a bearded man struck down by stop motion. It also documents his battle with ‘the invisible razor’, a metaphor for his opium addiction, sound of Banjo’s voice, he subsequently escape from its clutches.

The Winners' History of Rock and Roll, Part 4: Aerosmith

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How the story of Aerosmith is told tends to vary depending on the storyteller, but it typically takes on one of two narrative arcs: (1) Aerosmith is a down-and-dirty arena-rock band whose prodigious drug abuse takes on mythical proportions as it …
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Farooqi's “Between Clay and Dust” shortlisted for Man Asian Literary Prize

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India to Ban Safaris of… Human Beings

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Unfortunately, this is not the first case of 'human tourism.' In the late 19th century, wealthy San Franciscans toured the “opium dens” in the city's Chinatown, gawking at the depravity of Chinese immigrants or “Chinamen. … They are subject to …
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