Why I've Become L'Etranger; Dr. Phil Update; Scary Movie

As many of my readers have probably realized, it's been quite awhile since a new Deconstructing Phil. post has appeared. I've been very busy traveling, writing a faux Supreme Court brief for a guy accused of importing cocaine because he was wearing a "life's better in the Bahamas" t-shirt, and most recently writing up a contract for a strip club owner. It turns out you don't need to be on a street corner to be slapped in the face with Absurdity, you're equally vulnerable in a law library.

We do hope to post at least once during the week (we have a really good one already in the works that links Dr. Phil to war criminals). In a nice odd turn, for those of us thinking that Dr. Phil is as Conservative as a troglodyte, today's episode is supposed to feature a much more progressive McGraw, apparently yelling at a Sex Ed teacher who refuses to teach anything but abstinence. While there probably won't be a Deconstructing Phil. post, we suggest watching it with a close reading of Macbeth (i.e. "Unsex me here," "Is this a dagger which I see before me,/ The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee." and "something wicked this way comes") to see how a frustrated sexual identity can lead to murderous rage and socio-political chaos.

Or, if you're not a do-it-yourself sort of critical theorist, first of all, work on that, seriously, and second of all, take a look at my friend Jesse's "Filmaday weblog" which usually features his adroit reviews of (mostly current) films, but today features a special guest reviewer (namely myself) providing something of a Lacanian critique of a bizarre PBS documentary called The Queen Family. Scroll down to the links section or check it out here:
http://filmaday.wordpress.com/