THE SHINING, the Election, and the Nightmare of History
How a horror classic can help us see why this election feels the way it does
Halloween, traditionally understood, is the time of year when the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest. This year it neighbors a U.S. election where the veil between the past and the present feels awfully thin. You worry what monsters might pass through.
In the spirit of the season I watched The Shining, Stanley Kubrick’s classic 1980 horror …
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