Colin Dray

drayfish (Colin Dray) is a Lecturer in Literature at Campion College of the Liberal Arts, Australia, and has taught Creative Writing at the University of Wollongong, Australia. His writing and criticism has appeared in Australian Literary Studies, Meanjin, Voiceworks, Antipodes (forthcoming).
Fair Is Foul and Foul Is Fair But Geoffrey Wright’s ‘Macbeth’ Is Just Foul

Fair Is Foul and Foul Is Fair But Geoffrey Wright’s ‘Macbeth’ Is Just Foul

Shakespeare's plays offer endless potential for adaptation, but sometimes, as is true of Geoffrey Wright's Macbeth (2006), when these reinterpretations fail we get a clearer impression of the original's genius.

‘Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning’ Twists Videogame Tropes

Making Troy Great Again: On Shakespeare’s ‘Troilus and Cressida’ and Trump’s Ugly Political Rhetoric

Making Troy Great Again: On Shakespeare’s ‘Troilus and Cressida’ and Trump’s Ugly Political Rhetoric

The Trump presidency is Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida made real – only it's stripped of the mythology and just lying bare and ugly for all to see.

‘Star Wars’: The Forgetful Menace

Is the Revival of ‘Roseanne’ Merely Televisual Grave-Robbing?

Is the Revival of ‘Roseanne’ Merely Televisual Grave-Robbing?

The return of Roseanne brings with it some complicated political baggage -- and it brings Dan Connor back from the dead.

Where’s the So-called ‘Feminism’ in  Zack Snyder’s Violent ‘Sucker Punch’?

Where’s the So-called ‘Feminism’ in  Zack Snyder’s Violent ‘Sucker Punch’?

Cinema's Russian doll of vacuous misogynist hyper-sexualised spectacle is a swing-and-a-miss.

While You Stare into ‘Mass Effect’ RPG It Stares Back into You

While You Stare into ‘Mass Effect’ RPG It Stares Back into You

As you interrogate your companions and enemies i to understand their worlds, Mass Effect has been questioning you. What kind of player are you?

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ and ‘The Orville’: To Boldly Go Where We’ve Already Gone

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ and ‘The Orville’: To Boldly Go Where We’ve Already Gone

Whereas Star Trek: Discovery continues to explore ideological complexities, so far The Orville seems little more than a celebration of Seth MacFarlane's love of the Star Trek property and his ability to indulge in expensive cosplay.

‘Twin Peaks’ and Its Twisted Reflection

‘Twin Peaks’ and Its Twisted Reflection

The return of Twin Peaks fundamentally reshapes the theme of the entire text, refashioning it into a meditation upon reflection, and the inability to know oneself.
From the Superhero Universe of Brute Ego, Wonder Woman Arises, Unsullied

From the Superhero Universe of Brute Ego, Wonder Woman Arises, Unsullied

Seventy-five years ago Wonder Woman arose to show what a stagnating comic book medium could achieve; now she does it again, and in so doing, rescues the DC franchise from itself.
‘Twin Peaks’: Flame Wars, Walk With Me

‘Twin Peaks’: Flame Wars, Walk With Me

On 22 May, Twin Peaks returns; unfortunately, so does everything else that surrounds any significant pop culture text. This is how it will go.
‘About Time’ Is the Donald Trump of Romantic Comedies

‘About Time’ Is the Donald Trump of Romantic Comedies

About Time professes to celebrate life, but instead celebrates perhaps the most narcissistic, selfish behaviour ever rendered in film.