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𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗣𝗼𝗻𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴" 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘀 -

The conceit of a zombie virus lodged inside language is not so preposterous as most of the genre's premises: What makes this novel work is that the reader fells the veerus inner them shelf shelf hell help help helen hellp

buff.ly/3CLMVq5

𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗣𝗼𝗻𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘀 -

Burgess's novel is at once the same theme as the better-known film & also wholly different, immersing readers in a way (& adding an entirely new dimension to its premise) that the film can't.

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I just want to find a video essay about #Pontypool exploring ALL of the film's themes, not just the "virus".

The virus concept is fascinating, but if you're talking about what happens in the film and you skip over or act confused by all the small community themes, I'm not sure you're actually understanding much of the film at all.

I'm going to need to write the reflection on Pontypool that I want to see, aren't I? (My mom always said "be the video essay that you want to see in the world").