{"id":61834,"date":"2013-10-29T11:19:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T15:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=61834"},"modified":"2019-01-16T11:44:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T16:44:01","slug":"or-the-modern-prometheus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/29\/or-the-modern-prometheus\/","title":{"rendered":"Or, the Modern Prometheus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone watching the CW\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/cw-video\/hart-of-dixie\/help-me-make-it-through-the-night\/?play=51fc4c8e-2021-4f94-9f2a-a085f5566569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Hart of Dixie<\/em><\/a> last night will have noticed, at the 1:40 mark, an unexpected cameo by our very own digital director, Justin Alvarez. (You may know him as the mind behind our Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts, among many other things.)<\/p>\n<p>Allow us to set the scene. Dr. Zoe Hart (Rachel Bilson) and Joel Stephens (Josh Cooke), in the Rammer Jammer,\u00a0pass a poster for a one-man stage adaptation of Mary Shelley\u2019s <em>Frankenstein<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Joel: Oh my\u2014[<em>laughs<\/em>] I have to send this to my friend Justin at\u00a0<em>The Paris Review<\/em>. He is going to flip out. Also, we <em>must<\/em> go.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hart objects, on the grounds that said production is some four hours long and features a third act in German. But this proved to us that the writers of the show know what they\u2019re talking about; Justin (who has an MFA in playwriting, a fact we imagine will figure in his character\u2019s trajectory) is indeed a fan of experimental theater with an enviable attention span.<\/p>\n<p>Our in-office research has informed us that the character of Joel is supposed to be a New York intellectual, and is apparently not a fan favorite.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone watching the CW\u2019s Hart of Dixie last night will have noticed, at the 1:40 mark, an unexpected cameo by our very own digital director, Justin Alvarez. (You may know him as the mind behind our Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts, among many other things.) Allow us to set the scene. 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