Richard Whittaker

@rmwhittaker.bsky.social

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Award-winning reporter and film critic. Veep, Austin Film Critics Association. Bylines at Austin Chronicle. The Times, Birth.Movies.Death. Heard on One of Us, Overhated, Certified Forgotten. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/richard-whittaker/movies

The tuxedo Winnie the Pooh meme: You recognizing the Buster Keaton homage in Minions and Monsters. Me recognizing Harold Lloyd who was funnier and never made Confederate propaganda. Look it up! The General is Birth of a Nation-level bad.
Pro-wrestler Brody King wearing a sleeveless t-shirt that says "Abolish ICE."
Gimli and Legolas discussing the US Military rules no longer classifying Mormons as a religion: Gimli: "I genuinely never thought I'd be side by side with the LDS, the church that stalked and harassed a friend of mine over multiple states when she tried to leave." Legolas: "What about side by side with a friend?" Gimli: "I swear to Mahal, Mike Lee, you open your mouth one more time and I'm asking about magic underwear." Mahal, of course, being the Dwarven name for Aulë the Smith in Khuzdûl, the language of the Dwarves in J.R.R. Tolkien's tales of Middle-earth.
Crazy post-storm rainbow in Austin.
Ulysses S. Grant, the guy that brought the Confederate South to its knees.
Pee Wee Hermann on his bike, reciting Agent Dale Cooper's opening line from Twin Peaks. “Diane, 11:30 A.M., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks...”
The sleeve art from R.E.M.'s 1988 album Green, their first release for Warner Bros.
The poster for the 2024 film Oh, Canada, starring Richard Gere and Jacob Ellordi, and directed by Paul Schrader.
The cover to the album Dragline by the band Paw.
Remember that meme of the lady in the pink jacket and high heels, leaning over and squinting at something out of shot? Yeah, it's her. Apparently she's called Kalin Elisa, and she once said that becoming a meme was "a treat for my soul." Good on you, Kalin.
Fred Heckman, WIBC news editor and the real hero of the story behind Dead Man's Wire.
Cover of The Uncanny X-Men #173. Wolverine, crouched and with his claws extended, runs forward. Rogue is behind him, also running.