In my Renaissance Art class, we recently had a discussion question about how a modern movie or television program might fit into Aristotle's ideas about what makes a good drama. Naturally, I used the best example I could think of: Battlestar Galactica. I thought others might enjoy reading my answer, so in addition to posting it on my class forum, I'm posting it here. Well, of course I have to talk about "Battlestar Galactica" again. Thought: Cylons, highly sophisticated artificial life, so real... read more
