For right-wing British newspaper The Telegraph, the past stays uninvited for an eternity. Author, columnist, and former member of the European Parliament Daniel Hannan wrote on Nov. 11, 2023, “Four centuries on, it is indisputable: the genius of Shakespeare will never be matched.” In his column, he chronicles the “greatest act of literary salvage in […]
Clement Obropta
CLEMENT TYLER OBROPTA is a Culture editor at MAYDAY. He studied film and English at Ithaca College, and his work can also be found with Film Inquiry, The Slice, and Gen Z Critics. He also serves as photo editor with Wanderlust Journal.
“Four Centuries On, It Is Indisputable: The Genius Of Shakespeare Will Never Be Matched” vs. “Yes It Will”
The Best Short Films of 2022
by Lisa Ströhm Winberg and Clement Obropta
Great short films are like windows on a ship. You look outside them, and you can see a tossing, furious sea, the ocean waves reaching up the porthole, submerging your perspective for an instant. Or you look out and see an endless night. Or glittering stars. Or a sunrise, the kind of sunrise you figure […]
Nothing New in the West
by Clement Obropta
The Old West is an invention, as fake as a ride at Disneyland. It’s a desert filled with paradoxes.
Firewatch as Dating Sim + Whether It Can Heal Broken Hearts
by Clement Obropta
There’s something regenerative about a wildfire; many ecosystems have grown to depend on them, and they’re good at clearing out the moldy, dead stuff at the bottom of the forest.