Tag: Mystery Theatre
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Thinking Like a Writer: Finding the Words
For Mark Twain, “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” For Mary Shelley, it is the difference between creature and being. We can see her deliberation in the excerpt (at left) of her Frankenstein manuscript, where she makes a choice that best…
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This Week on Mystery Theatre:
The Case of the Rotating PortraitYou study the girl in the portrait, her face askance, as if she is in the process of turning away from the viewer. Her skin is smooth, neck slender and adorned with a ribbon, head high and capped with a bonnet. You fix your gaze, study her until, in a blink, the portrait changes. The…
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This Week on Mystery Theatre:
The Eyes Have It!Camera glasses like the ones featured in this week’s Mystery Theatre were a bust when Google and Snapchat tried launching them a few years back. But it seems that smart specs are returning for another try, thanks to companies like Ray-Ban and Facebook. And if they take off this time, I wonder how long we’ll…
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Prime Stage Mystery Theatre:
“What’s the alternative to looking?”The image at left is from the recently restored film Sherlock Holmes (1916), starring William Gillette in the first-ever screen portrayal of the master sleuth. The film is currently streaming on Apple TV. There’s more than one way to find a missing person, but could you do it without actually looking? This week’s episode of…