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Archives for December 6, 2013

Today’s Top AJBlog Posts

AJBlogs Posted:

Catholic school choir director is charged with pimping
Source: Slipped Disc | Published on 2013-12-06

Settlement Sentiment: Judge Offers Ray of Hope for Detroit Institute
Source: Culturegrrl | Published on 2013-12-05

New Donor Gift: Allen & Co. Returns Name To JALC
Source: Real Clear Arts | Published on 2013-12-05

Art Within Bounds: When Is It Censorship, and When Is It Simply Saying “No Thanks?”
Source: New Beans | Published on 2013-12-05

From Erica Sipes: Twitter in the concert hall?
Source: Sandow | Published on 2013-12-05

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Alexander Payne’s Issue With Fathers

MEDIA Posted:

Says the director of this fall’s Nebraska (and of The Descendants, Sideways, and Election), “I think many of us have experiences with fathers who … are loving, they are nice, but somehow they’re on another planet and you wonder your whole life, ‘What is that planet that my father is on?’.”

Will This Be The Conductor Who Finally Ends Israel’s Ban On Wagner?

MUSIC Posted:

In a brief essay, Asher Fisch, a native-born Israeli and a protégé of Daniel Barenboim, explains how he believes his mentor went wrong in his 2001 attempt to break the Jewish state’s longstanding Wagner taboo – and how he hopes to succeed. Says Fisch, “It’s up to me, and it’s waiting to happen.”

“My God, We Don’t Watch Our Own Movies!” Say The Coen Brothers

MEDIA Posted:

Andrew O’Hehir: “Over the years the Coens have developed a routine that lies somewhere between practiced shtick and a psychological coping mechanism. Ethan, the younger, shorter, lighter-haired brother, delivers brief responses, often glib or acrid in tone, and then the taller, older and more loquacious Joel bails him out, expounding generously on the original question or diverting it into friendlier terrain.”

Nelson Mandela’s Legacy To The Arts

PEOPLE Posted:

“Many people know that Nelson Mandela’s life inspired novels, poems, plays and films, but few people know how powerful his effect on the theater was and how powerful the theater’s effect was on him.” A tribute from playwright Emily Mann, director of Princeton’s McCarter Theater.

Egypt’s “People’s Poet”, Ahmad Fouad Negm, Dead At 84

PEOPLE Posted:

“[He] was one of Egypt’s best colloquial Arabic poets of the second half of the twentieth century, and was known [as] … one of the main voices of opposition since 1967, when he wrote his famous poems on the Six Day War. His fiery words expressed Egyptians’ and Arabs’ anger towards milestone events such as the 1967 defeat against Israel and the 1979 peace treaty with Israel.”