Substack readers may be paying for AI-generated newsletters, Medium full of slop too
Substack readers may be paying for AI-generated newsletters, Medium full of slop too
Substack is a hugely popular newsletter platform. Top writers can draw in over $1 million a year in subscriptions. But a lot of these top blogs may be at least partly AI slop. AI detection startup …
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shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.gifNot to make too hot a take, but Casablanca is a really good movie.
You bet calling Casablanca "a really good movie" is a hot take. That thing is a fucking work of art, a timeless masterpiece of cinema, a classic in the thruest sense, worthy of posterity beyond humanity itself. A "really good movie" he says.
Well you know, it's not quite perfect. For a movie set in Morocco, not too many Maghrebin in the main cast, which also adds a bit of hypocritical bitterness in the pivotal La Marseillaise scene. It's a powerful moment of resistance against the nazis, but also they're singing the French national anthem in a colonial protectorate of France.
It's an all-time classic, but we shouldn't get carried away and ignore its flaws.
Ya know what? Sure. This website has plenty of posts complaining about AI already. This is now a Casablanca appreciation thread.
I also think it's a great movie which holds up spectacularly well. Despite my efforts, I struggle to appreciate many "classic" films (Vertigo is overrated, and I will die on that hill). However, Casablanca is just perfect. It's a compelling concept, turned into a tight script, and performed by skilled actors. It really is an all-time classic, and I recommend it to everyone.
Actually, I kinda want to say more than that.
It's a movie about a guy who has grown cynical from years of anti-fascist action, though he's bit tsundere about his allegiance. In the end he chooses to bear the jealousy over his lover and abandon his life of convenience and comfort to fight for what's ultimately right.
It's a movie that resonates all these decades later, forgoing easy answers for a real stance. And it's amazingly quotable.
Also remembered this video essay about it.