About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
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Walk the Nightmare Alley Blues
I watched the 2021 version of Nightmare Alley the other day, and decided it needed the Walk of Life treatment: I think it works, but really only if you know the context. There’s a level of psychological horror here, as … Continue reading