But it is upper- and upper-middle-class people who live meaningless, numb lives. Not the poor. This is especially true if you live in a story set in California.

I've been hearing some undercurrent-type thing about Black Swan, and it seems that—on the DL, now—it is a beautiful, brilliant masterpiece, unpredictable and visceral, enthralling, astounding, bravura moviemaking, breathtaking and beautiful. (Four stars)

It wasn't until I read the undead Lionel Trilling's lengthy analysis of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies that I understood its grave seriousness.