Giovanni Vimercati
Giovanni Vimercati is a contributor to the Brooklyn Rail.
Thief of Baghdad: Arabs in World Cinema
By Giovanni VimercatiWhen Hollywood recently lined Rami Malek up as the next Bond villain, following his Oscar win, the Lebanese-Iraqi satirist Karl Sharro ironically saluted the event on Twitter, noting that “this is the film industry’s highest ‘honor’ for an actor of Middle Eastern origin: cast[ing] them as a Bond villain.”
Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi’s Futurability: The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility
By Giovanni VimercatiFor those who haven’t succumbed yet to resentment or despair, a feeling of impotence might be peeking out from behind their weary consciousnesses. While the neoliberal fairytale of eternal prosperity hardly lulls anyone to sleep, our waking hours don’t seem to offer much of an alternative.
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