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Archives for November 2015

Is Racial Miscasting In Hollywood Finally Going To End?

ISSUES Posted: November 29, 2015 5:03 pm

“Following outcry — and often apologies — over casting choices this year in ‘Aloha’ and ‘Pan,’ the studio and director behind the upcoming fantasy epic ‘Gods of Egypt’ have issued mea culpas for choosing an almost all-white cast to portray Egyptian deities in the movie.”

ISSUES Published: 11.28.15

Read the story in Los Angeles Times Published: 11.28.15

Advice For The Winner Of This Year’s ‘Bad Sex’ Award, From One Who Knows

WORDS Posted: November 29, 2015 4:01 pm

“First, be sure to send an immediate message to the head of your workplace, if you have one, to initiate damage control. Because the coverage will soon be explosive: Photos of your face will appear on websites from Vietnam to the Czech Republic. I hope you didn’t opt for that fashionably roguish author photo, because the ‘bad sex’ headline will make it seem like the mug shot of an international sex criminal.”

WORDS Published: 11.28.15

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 11.28.15

Hollywood’s Gender Gap Is Really Unthinkable In 2015, But It’s There: Why?

MEDIA Posted: November 29, 2015 3:08 pm

“At the moment it’s easier for my daughter to go and be a brain surgeon than to direct TV. How insane is that?”

MEDIA Published: 11.27.15

Read the story in The Globe and Mail (Canada) Published: 11.27.15

U.S. Museums Are Finally Getting – And Acquiring – The Work Of Black Artists

VISUAL Posted: November 29, 2015 2:04 pm

“It’s pretty hard to explain by any other means than to say there was an actual, pretty systemic overlooking of this kind of work.”

VISUAL Published: 11.28.15

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 11.28.15

Amazon Video Says ‘A Family Of Drones’ Will Deliver Its Goods Soon

MEDIA Posted: November 29, 2015 1:07 pm

“In a slick new ad and FAQ page published today, the company demonstrates what Prime Air could look like if and when regulators approve deliveries by unmanned aerial vehicles.”

MEDIA Published: 11.29.15

Read the story in The Verge Published: 11.29.15

Why Theatre Critics Need To Stick To A Code Of Ethics

THEATRE Posted: November 29, 2015 12:01 pm

“Once upon a time, the rules were clear. The critic, employed full-time at a major newspaper, attended a show on opening night with tickets paid for by the publications, then ran into a smoky, booze-soaked writing room to pound out an analysis before a 10:30pm deadline, dictating copy over the telephone to a waiting stenographer.”

THEATRE Published: 11.24.15

Read the story in The Broad Street Review Published: 11.24.15

A Ballet School In Rio De Janeiro’s Favela Gives Girls A Chance

DANCE Posted: November 29, 2015 11:05 am

“‘For the girls here, ballet is a life experience,’ said 20-year-old instructor Tuany Nascimento, who started the ‘Na Ponta dos Pés’ project in 2012. … ‘Every plié and jump they make is a step closer to entering college, or getting their dream job.'”

DANCE Published: 11.27.15

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 11.27.15

The Gentrification Of D.C. Is Killing A Longtime Go-Go Tradition

MUSIC Posted: November 29, 2015 10:10 am

“For almost 40 years, go-go has musically defined the nation’s capital. The beat has provided a proud cultural and musical tradition attracting generations of fans. But in recent years, gentrification has threatened the musical genre’s hold over the city. ‘The state of D.C. is not D.C. anymore, it’s not Chocolate City,’ says Anwan ‘Big G’ Glover of Backyard Band.”

MUSIC Published: 11.28.15

Read the story in The Atlantic Published: 11.28.15

The Man Who Makes ‘Hamilton’ Sound Good

PEOPLE Posted: November 29, 2015 9:05 am

“You would never expect to find a banjo in a hip-hop band, but ‘The Room Where it Happens’ just cried for it. That to me is probably my single greatest idea in the whole show, only because it’s so quirky and is so of the style of the music. It’s so Kander and Ebb-y, Dixieland, so I just sat down to orchestrate it, and I’m thinking to myself, ‘What can the guitar do?’ And literally in a flash of light, I’m like, ‘Oh my god, it could be a banjo!'”

PEOPLE Published: 11.27.15

Read the story in Salon Published: 11.27.15

Tehran Symphony Orchestra Banned From Event 15 Minutes Before Performance Because Organizers Suddenly Didn’t Want Women Onstage

MUSIC Posted: November 29, 2015 8:10 am

“‘I was offended and said it was impossible for me to accept such an insult,’ Rahbari added. ‘We either play all together or we leave.'”

MUSIC Published: 11.29.15

Read the story in Yahoo News (Agence France Presse) Published: 11.29.15

Why Is ‘Macbeth’ So Great Onscreen When It Often Bombs Onstage?

THEATRE Posted: November 29, 2015 8:02 am

“Film’s ability to glide from the supernatural panorama to the eyes of the protagonist is a boon for a play in which the outer world uncannily mirrors the unconscious life of the protagonist.”

THEATRE Published: 11.28.15

Read the story in Los Angeles Times Published: 11.28.15

What It Costs To Run A (New York) Gallery

VISUAL Posted: November 29, 2015 7:02 am

“Veteran art dealers report that some big things have changed to make it more difficult, and less profitable, to run an art gallery—even in what’s been, at least for the past few years, a booming market for Contemporary art. Basic expenses are way up, from the proliferation of far-flung art fairs (a slew begin this week in Miami) and rising rent, to climbing insurance and storage costs. A lot else is different, too.”

VISUAL Published: 11.28.15

Read the story in The Observer (NY) Published: 11.28.15

How Freeways Destroyed American Cities

IDEAS Posted: November 27, 2015 7:21 pm

Urban freeways displaced communities and created air and noise pollution in downtown areas. They made it easier for suburban commuters to “zip to their suburban homes at the end of the work day, encouraging those with means to abandon the urban core.”

IDEAS Published: 11.25.15

Read the story in The Atlantic Published: 11.25.15

Renowned Artist: Digital Images Lie

VISUAL Posted: November 27, 2015 7:14 pm

“Don McCullin, one of the world’s finest photographers of war and disaster, said the digital revolution meant viewers could no longer trust the truthfulness of images they see.”

VISUAL Published: 11.25.15

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 11.25.15

The 50 Most Exciting Artists Of 2015?

VISUAL Posted: November 27, 2015 6:58 pm

Artnet makes a list.

VISUAL Published: 11.24.15

Read the story in Artnet Published: 11.24.15

How Adele Got Millions Of People To Buy Her New Album

MUSIC Posted: November 27, 2015 6:52 pm

Adele appears to have activated millions of customers for whom making a purchase is viewed as a sign of devotion and support for the artist they love.

MUSIC Published: 11.25.15

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 11.25.15

Safety Issue: Portland School Cancels Dance

DANCE Posted: November 27, 2015 6:42 pm

A Portland Public Schools official says dancing has made some students feel unsafe.

DANCE Published: 11.25.15

Read the story in ABCNews Published: 11.25.15

Lack Of Diversity: Women Playwrights

THEATRE Posted: November 27, 2015 6:39 pm

In San Diego last summer, at the national conference of the Dramatists Guild, the results of a major research project called “The Count” found that of some 2,500 productions sampled nationwide, only about 22 percent were of works by female writers.

THEATRE Published: 11.25.15

Read the story in San Diego Union-Tribune Published: 11.25.15

How Many Books In The NY Public Library?

WORDS Posted: November 27, 2015 6:08 pm

In just the past decade, vexingly different figures have been reported — 1.8 million in The New York Times in 2009, four million by The Associated Press in 2013.

WORDS Published: 11.25.15

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 11.25.15

The Precarious Lot Of Museum Education Workers

VISUAL Posted: November 27, 2015 6:05 pm

“Perhaps the most glaring incongruity to educators’ employment is that while they are crucial to the museums’ long-term public engagement, these are freelancers, hourly waged workers-for-hire who lack the job security of a full-time, salaried position.”

VISUAL Published: 11.25.15

Read the story in Hyperallergic Published: 11.25.15

When Will TV Get Terrorism Right?

MEDIA Posted: November 27, 2015 11:32 am

“There’s been no shortage of writers and actors who have been willing to go to difficult places and wrestle with moral quandaries in the past decade or two, but when will TV begin to robustly confront the evils that ideological struggles have brought us in recent months and years?”

MEDIA Published: 11.25.15

Read the story in Variety Published: 11.25.15

Project Aims To Recreate Famous Art In 3D For Blind People

AUDIENCE, VISUAL Posted: November 27, 2015 11:23 am

The Unseen Art project aims to approach 3D artists to contribute interpretations of famous artworks, which could then be downloaded for free and printed out anywhere there is a 3D printer.

AUDIENCE, VISUAL Published: 11.25.15

Read the story in The Telegraph (UK) Published: 11.25.15

Membership Has Its Advantages: Modigliani Buyer Charges $170M Painting On His Amex Card

VISUAL Posted: November 27, 2015 11:19 am

“Liu was the winning bidder for Amedeo Modigliani’s Reclining Nude at a Christie’s auction earlier this month, offering $170.4 million — and when the sale closes, he’ll be putting it on his American Express card.”

VISUAL Published: 11.24.15

Read the story in CBC Published: 11.24.15

Why Are People Paying For Adele’s New Album?

AUDIENCE, MUSIC Posted: November 27, 2015 10:59 am

“Album sales are profitable, but they are not the future of the music business—streaming is. Could it be possible that the record business, pursuing a strategy of inflating sales by keeping an album off Spotify, Apple Music, or Deezer, is choosing short-term profits over long-term growth?”

AUDIENCE, MUSIC Published: 11.25.15

Read the story in The New Yorker Published: 11.25.15

Hating On Holiday Music? Why? (A Defense)

MUSIC Posted: November 27, 2015 10:48 am

“Unlike December’s retail madness, the music is divorced from commercial machinations and chaos; it’s about slowing down and homing in on what matters. In this way, seasonal tunes have an almost childlike outlook.”

MUSIC Published: 11.24.15

Read the story in Salon Published: 11.24.15

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