In a Facebook post, gaffer Sergey Svetnoy wrote of holding Halyna Hutchins as she died, and he blamed the 24-year-old armorer - and the producers. "To save a dime sometimes, you hire people who are not fully qualified for the complicated and dangerous job." - Los Angeles Times
Author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson taught art for decades before her first novel was published. My Monticello was easy to imagine, she says, "because it was me nudging forward from the very real fears I had after 12 August 2017." - The Guardian (UK)
The experts weigh in - and it's not going to go well for someone. "This doesn’t happen without negligence. There are safety protocols that are supposed to be followed. It’s really just a matter of who’s negligent and how the responsibility gets parceled out." - Los Angeles Times
So much celebration ensued - and, well, perhaps for good reason. "The show, which opened on Broadway in 1988 and has never closed, takes its first post-pandemic bow not just as a monied buttress for the industry, but as a symbol for Broadway’s own endurance." - Variety
Glass plate negatives, nitrite negatives, lantern slides, paper - all can disintegrate and decay. What will the digital records of these tangible archives tell humans in a century or two? - The Guardian (UK)
Virginia Heffernan read them for us. "Loathsome characters bring out zestful writing, and authors who represent Trump as perilous to democracy ... could find that the danger the former president poses to America’s future is more cinematic than democracy itself." - The Atlantic
One of Come from Away's former leads, Chad Kimball, "claimed he was terminated 'wholly or partly' because of his religious beliefs." - The New York Times
The Young British Artists are well established institutions, but now so-called Young British Painters, including several who are Black women, "are grabbing the attention and the cash, with some of their work fetching more than £1m a canvas." - The Observer (UK)
Weyermann (the NYT obit is here) is remembered by Ai Weiwei: "Her passing a huge loss to like-minded people; like a bridge of hope and imagination washed away in the storm." - The Guardian (UK)
Two accidental discharges on Oct. 16 led to multiple crew members walking off the set. A veteran professional armorer said "that the chain of events described in the affidavit struck him as a 'red flag.'" - The New York Times
Ask the grandchildren of immigrants - they know all too well. But one thing is clear: Shaming younger generations doesn't work. "If the end goal is to farther fluency ... then we need to be more positive about how we embrace young people for trying." - Sahan Journal
As L.A.'s Chinese American Museum makes plans with full city support to commemorate the massacre of 1871, it's a good time to consider which monuments, and to whom, are visible around the country. There's so much more history to tell. - Los Angeles Times
This isn't idle speculation. "Cambodian officials said they have developed a spreadsheet of 45 'highly significant' items at the Met that the evidence suggests were stolen before being donated or sold to the museum." - The New York Times
