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Slow Reviews Part III | The books, films, records, paintings and other cultural artefacts that changed the world around them.

Slow Reviews, Part III: Introduction & contents

Slow Reviews, Part III: Introduction & contents

The cultural artefacts that changed the world around them

The Godfather: Part III.

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.

Jaws 3-D.

You know what they say: the third part is always the best.

Actually, sorry, they don’t say that, do they? But, no matter, we shall carry on undaunted – with the third selection of Tortoise’s Slow Reviews.

If you’ve come across either of the two previous parts, then you should know the drill. If not, you can catch up here and here. The short version is that Slow Reviews are reviews of films, books, albums, games and other pop cultural artefacts that weren’t just good – in fact, theoretically, they could even be bad – but they did change the culture around them. They have a before. And they have an after.

This third set of Slow Reviews will continue much like the others: four on the first day, alongside this introduction, then five a day for the rest of the week. You’ll be able to keep track of them through the contents list below.

As before, some of the writers are professional critics, some are unprofessional reprobates – and some are Tortoise members. If you would like to submit a Slow Review for consideration for a future series, then please follow the instructions here.

But there are some differences between Slow Reviews: Part III and the previous parts. We’ve added a new category – Digital – for the websites, platforms, memes and assorted online innovations that have left their mark upon the wider culture.

And we’re also trying out Slow Reviews in audio form. Starting with Colin Grant’s review of The Harder They Come, some of the reviews will also have the option of listening to their authors reading them, interspersed with music and clips to really set the mood. Please do let us know what you think.

Anyway, enough preamble. As Louis Gossett Jr. says in Jaws 3-D, “Here come my pride and joy.”

Peter Hoskin,
Editor


Contents

Day one
Day two
Day three
Day four
Day five

Illustrations by Phillipa Warden Hill

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The Harder They Come

The Harder They Come

Colin Grant on a Jamaican film that introduced everywhere else to rudies and Reggae

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