Nik Daniels, Author at Dostoyevsky Reimagined: Blogs

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Nik Daniels

Nik has had an affinity with entertainment since a young age. Determined to be part of the industry, he spent his life creating and consuming. His favorite art includes work by Stanley Kubrick and H.P. Lovecraft, but he also loves comedy and hopes to master its writing. After spending years at the University of Georgia studying entertainment and interning, he continues to stay active in creating content.

01 February

Transmedia in Wrestling

Written by Nik Daniels

With entertainment juggernauts like Marvel and Star Wars, transmedia is arguably more prevalent than ever before. Transmedia is storytelling that covers multiple platforms. Marvel has its record-breaking box office films, but over the years they have expanded those stories...

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17 December

The Great Corona Bake Off

Written by Nik Daniels

We all, if we have taken the necessary precautions, are like Dostoyevsky’s Underground Man in 2020. Life goes on, but now life includes a more apparent deconstruction of society and its flaws. *** As holidays careen toward us during...

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04 November

Dostoyevsky in The Boys

Written by Nik Daniels

In a time where superhero movies are revered and box office juggernauts, audiences cannot escape the genre. If the 1950s and 1960s were the era of the Western, then the 2010s and 2020s are the era of the superhero...

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09 October

Wrestling as Literature

Written by Nik Daniels

When discussing Dostoevsky’s work, I often refer to Leonid Grossman’s quote in The Poetics of Dostoevsky where he says Dostoevsky wanted “to introduce the extraordinary into the very thick of commonplace, to fuse…the sublime with the grotesque, and push...

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25 August

Beautiful Chaos: Nicolas Cage

Written by Nik Daniels

Daniel Day-Lewis. Denzel Washington. Viola Davis. Meryl Streep. All these A-list celebrities are magnificent choices for the greatest at their craft in America. Lists plague the internet discussing the greatest of all time. While it is rather arbitrary to...

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21 July

Comedy and Tragedy Together

Written by Nik Daniels

Despite oftentimes being sticky, whiny, and chaotic beings, children, and even adults, are all connected and should be treated as such. Missing people is a serious matter, but let’s take a lighter approach since the world is starker than...

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25 June

Dostoevsky Reimagined as Comedy

Written by Nik Daniels

Every example of storytelling, at its root, stems from themes and ideas presented by classic literature. While every show and movie may not be modern adaptations from classic literature, the literature inspires them. Fyodor Dostoevsky is no stranger to...

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10 June

Mob Films: A Genre Prevalent for Decades

Written by Nik Daniels

Last month, Capone garnered mixed reviews upon its VOD release. Many viewers felt disappointed with the outcome. Despite these opinions, there is no doubt that mob films are still as prevalent as they always have. Organized crime infatuates filmmakers,...

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21 May

An Industry of Adaptations

Written by Nik Daniels

An incredible amount of films are book-to-movie adaptations. Some of the highest grossing films, like Avengers: Endgame and Gone with the Wind, are sourced from other material. Apocalypse Now is a twisted book-to-movie adaptation based on Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart...

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