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What if Donald Trump is really President Johnny Gentle?

August 10, 2025 by Christopher ZF 7 Comments

The President in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest was a maligned doofus, who ran third party and won.

Filed Under: Books, Featured Tagged With: 2018, David Foster Wallace, Donald Trump, Infinite Jest, politics, Presidential Politics

The End of the (Press) Tour with Jason Segel

August 7, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Jess Eisenberg’s burn on Segel is one of the best ever.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: David Foster Wallace, Jason Segel, Jeff Who Lives at Home, Jesse Eisenberg, Mall of America, The End of the Tour, The Muppets

Anxiety, Talent, and Genius: The End of the Tour and shaping our own impression

August 7, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

Salieri meets Mozart at the Mall of America.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, James Ponsoldt, Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, The End of the Tour

Advice, regarding The End of the Tour, and all those David Foster Wallace articles

July 28, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

Don’t worry too much about David Foster Wallace.

Filed Under: Books, Movies Tagged With: David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, James Ponsoldt, Jason Segel, The End of the Tour

The best Commencement Address? Harvard Divinity School, 1838

May 15, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

After delivering the address to the graduating class of Harvard Divinity School, Ralph Waldo Emerson would not be asked to return to the campus for 30 years.

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Alyssa Rosenberg, Commencement, David Foster Wallace, Emerson, J.K. Rowling

David Foster Wallace Bio-Pic not acceptable to DFW’s estate

April 22, 2025 by Christopher ZF 3 Comments

DFW’s estate does not endorse or support The End of the Tour

Filed Under: Books, Movies Tagged With: David Foster Wallace, End of the Tour, Infinite Jest, Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg

Jason Segel will play David Foster Wallace

December 12, 2024 by Andrew DeYoung 5 Comments

Just let that sink in for a minute.

Filed Under: Books, Movies Tagged With: David Foster Wallace, David Lipsky, How I Met Your Mother, Infinite Jest, Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, John Krasinski

Russell Brand: Don’t bother voting

October 25, 2025 by Andrew DeYoung Leave a Comment

The British comic recently edited an issue of The New Statesman and schooled a BBC interviewer on politics.

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: David Foster Wallace, Jeremy Paxman, Margaret Thatcher, New Statesman, Russell Brand, Voting

Jonathan Franzen is a pain in the ass

September 17, 2025 by Andrew DeYoung 5 Comments

But he’s worth listening to.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: cultural criticism, David Foster Wallace, Facebook, Jeff Bezos, Jonathan Franzen, Karl Kraus, Twitter

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