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Author: Carlo Rotella

Carlo Rotella's latest book is The World Is Always Coming to an End: Pulling Together and Apart in a Chicago Neighborhood. He is a professor of American Studies, English, and journalism at Boston College.

DEFER YOUR ENTHUSIASM (3)

By: Carlo Rotella

SMOOTHER GROOVES

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VURT YOUR ENTHUSIASM (4)

By: Carlo Rotella

Iain M. Banks’s THE PLAYER OF GAMES

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REPO YOUR ENTHUSIASM (4)

By: Carlo Rotella

Paul Verhoeven’s ROBOCOP

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MÖSH YOUR ENTHUSIASM (8)

By: Carlo Rotella

Primus’ JERRY WAS A RACE CAR DRIVER

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TEEN YOUR ENTHUSIASM (6)

By: Carlo Rotella

A luminous being imprisoned in a multi-layer Russian-doll hell.

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DOLLY YOUR ENTHUSIASM (9)

By: Carlo Rotella

Buck Owens’s TOGETHER AGAIN

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KOJAK YOUR ENTHUSIASM (3)

By: Carlo Rotella

Forever teasing and squabbling and working it out.

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KICK YOUR ENTHUSIASM (4)

By: Carlo Rotella

The belt bearer is to some degree an oxpecker.

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FIVE-O YOUR ENTHUSIASM (9)

By: Carlo Rotella

Look at the world! Let’s go there.

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MOVIE OBJECTS (21)

By: Carlo Rotella

You spend the whole scene wondering when the hovering hand will start powdering again.

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KLAATU YOU (7)

By: Carlo Rotella

The movie aches to just let Neville mow down the freaks.

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CONVOY YOUR ENTHUSIASM (23)

By: Carlo Rotella

“I seek only to become a cup empty of myself, filled with oneness.”

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FETISHES (13)

By: Carlo Rotella

A magic finger that can make an electrified plank sing.

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