Pretty Girls Make Graves! On Film!

I updated and filmed my old Pretty Girls Make Graves essay! The synopsis of Pretty Girls Make Graves is as follows:

Like “Stay Gold, Dude, Stay Gold,” this essay offers in-depth literary analysis of a single weighted line from emo-rock history, “Take This To Your Grave.” This line drew inspiration from both The Smiths and Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums, weaving a web between three narratives that swirl disdainfully around the feminine sex and rather suggestively around the masculine.

By Sarah

Original essay: https://scrunchiezine.com/2022/05/16/pretty-girls-make-graves-behind-the-title-of-fall-out-boys-debut-record/

Gray essay: https://scrunchiezine.com/2023/03/31/pete-wentzs-gray-an-unsung-great-american-novel

Video editing by Jeff

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Video editing and art by Jeff

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