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Dec. 17
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 17 - 23, 2014
Vol. 23, No. 16
Savage Love
At the Neptune
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Your Fill-in-the-Blank Holiday Form Letter!
Film/TV
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
: A Film Review in Three Parts: Part One
The Introduction of the Premise
by Matt Lynch
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
: A Film Review in Three Parts: Part Two
The Elaboration of the Theme
by Matt Lynch
Annie
: Annie Is Dead, Long Live Annie
by Alison Hallett
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
: A Film Review in Three Parts: Part Three
The Third and Final Part
by Matt Lynch
Hoop Dreams
Is a Ghost Story Set in a Vanished World
Groundbreaking Documentary Is Even More Powerful Today
by Charles Mudede
Foxcatcher
: Wrestler's Paradise
by Alison Hallett
Elsa & Fred
: Unconvincing Sentimentality
by Kathy Fennessy
I, Anonymous
You Are Not My Mother
by Anonymous
Music
Who Should Be Crowned Drunk of the Year?
by Kelly O
Scene and Heard
Music News from the 206 and Beyond
by Dave Segal
Is Swedish Rapper Yung Lean a Genius or a Gentrifier?
He Doesn't Care and Neither Do His Fans
by Trent Moorman
My Philosophy
Extended Player, Player
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Never Heard of 'Em
The Magnetic Fields
by Anna Minard
Data Breaker
by Dave Segal
The Homosexual Agenda
by Adrian Ryan
Poster of the Week
by Aaron Huffman
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of Dec 17
by Rob Brezsny
Theater
Seattle Rep's Epic LBJ Play
The Great Society
Tries to Contain Too Much History in Too Little Time
A Brilliant Production That Suffers from Its Own Audacious Ambition
by Sean Nelson
Books
Writing About Shopping:
Women in Clothes
and
A Bunch of Pretty Things I Did Not Buy
Defy Fashion Lit Stereotypes
Everybody Wears Clothes, So Why Are We Ashamed to Write About Them?
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Nate's Wings & Waffles Is Always Good and Sometimes Unfuckwithably Great
NBA Slam-Dunk Champ Nate Robinson's Rainier Beach Restaurant Doesn't Mess Around
by Angela Garbes
Lunchtime!
Investigating Market House Meats' Claim of "SEATTLE'S BEST REUBEN"
by Paul Constant
Features
Eden
Was a Scary Movie About Sex-Trafficking Based on a True StoryโOr Was It?
What does art that claims to be "based on a true story" owe its audience? When the "true" part gets called into question, and the art-makers go silent, what are we supposed to think?
by Jen Graves
News
Why Does the Mayor Want to Put Your Weed Delivery Guy Out of Business?
Blame Legalization
by Heidi Groover
Is the Seattle Police Intelligence Auditor Doing His Job?
Meet the Auditor Who Rarely Presents His Own Audits
by Ansel Herz
Last Days
Last Days: The Week in Review
Exposed Torture, Impassioned Protest, and More Cosby Creepiness
by David Schmader
I Love Television
The Only Gift You're Gonna Get!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey