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The Imitation Game

    • The ‘Imitation’ Alan Turing vs. the real Alan Turing: Victim vs. hero
      LGBTQ History

      The ‘Imitation’ Alan Turing vs. the real Alan Turing: Victim vs. hero

      “The Imitation Game” portrays Alan Turing as a weak whiny, and possibly a traitor to his country. But the real Alan Turing was a hero.

      Wednesday, October 23, 2019
    • Pride, consumerism, & the sale of a civil rights movement
      Commentary

      Pride, consumerism, & the sale of a civil rights movement

      A few years ago, I entered my classroom and was about to introduce that day’s lesson when a large poster pinned to the bulletin board caught my eye.

      Tuesday, May 23, 2017
    • ‘Imitation Game’ code breaker Alan Turing’s notebook fetches over $1M at auction
      Life

      ‘Imitation Game’ code breaker Alan Turing’s notebook fetches over $1M at auction

      The 56-page manuscript was written at the time the mathematician and computer science pioneer was working to break the seemingly unbreakable Enigma codes used by the Germans throughout the war.

      Monday, April 13, 2015
    • Graham Moore’s Oscar speech was not intended for LGBT kids
      Life

      Graham Moore’s Oscar speech was not intended for LGBT kids

      Moore is not gay. His speech was not about LGBT youth, many of whom experience depression because of the homophobia and transphobia in which our culture is mired. His speech was not even about the reality of Alan Turing’s life itself.
      (BuzzFeed)

      Monday, February 23, 2015
    • Graham Moore’s Oscar‑worthy acceptance speech for ‘Imitation Game’ – #StayWeird
      Life

      Graham Moore’s Oscar‑worthy acceptance speech for ‘Imitation Game’ – #StayWeird

      Graham Moore, who on Sunday won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for “The Imitation Game,” took the opportunity to give a powerful acceptance speech calling awareness to teen suicide and depression, recalling his own attempt at suicide at age 16.

      Sunday, February 22, 2015
    • Review: Cumberbatch shines as gay wartime codebreaker Alan Turing
      Life

      Review: Cumberbatch shines as gay wartime codebreaker Alan Turing

      ‘Tis clearly the season for Oscar-worthy performances by British actors playing mathematical geniuses facing daunting personal odds. Sound overly specific? Consider: A few weeks ago we had “The Theory of Everything,” starring Eddie Redmayne as the brilliant physicist Stephen Hawking. And now we have Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Imitation Game” as Alan Turing…

      Friday, November 28, 2014
    • The ‘enigma’ Alan Turing, chronicled in new film ‘The Imitation Game’
      Life

      The ‘enigma’ Alan Turing, chronicled in new film ‘The Imitation Game’

      Germany’s top-secret World War II code was called “Enigma,” and the gay Englishman who played a key role in breaking that code — Alan Turing — was very much an enigma himself. CBS News’ Anthony Mason reports on Turing’s life, which is chronicled in the new film, “The Imitation Game” (out next month). It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as…

      Sunday, October 26, 2014
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