“We hoped to convince them that their paradigm was inhumane and had to change. The housing had to be more robust and more thoughtful about the quality of space and how it can heal.” - The New York Times
Many of the finest productions I saw in the Fringe took the position of living memorials to horrors. Sometimes an insistence on accuracy turned these shows into political statements, whether they were originally designed that way or not. - The New Yorker
"I believe in the power of offering Indigenous people opportunity and space for investigation — both personal and communal. I believe in the power of collective strength to lift the voice of our people, to claim our rightful position as leaders of creativity and aesthetic expression.” - Hyperallergic
A basic - and weird - misunderstanding of fandom accompanied the director on a six-city tour and lecture series about Megalopolis (still unavailable to stream in the US). - The Atlantic
The dances they make “hinge on an evocative, slippery-fish ambiguity. Their dreamlike montages are often turbulent and disorienting, but can also feel unnervingly familiar.” - The New York Times
Then there was the email, which Fergus McCreadie also thought was spam. "Eventually I think my manager was like 'maybe we should just check in case it is real' and it turned out it was real.” - BBC
“Having survived 9-11, the Covid pandemic, the 2008 financial crash and the 2021 protests that led to the resignation of chairman Leon Black over his connections with Jeffrey Epstein, it’s difficult to imagine another person who could have successfully weathered so many storms.” - El País English
“Before KPop Demon Hunters became the megahit we know today, director Maggie Kang spent many years writing and animating her idea. And part of that hard work involved the animators acting out their own movie.” - CBC
The senior fashion features editor at Grazia claims these photos are popular: “Across social and online, the appetite for it is huge. They lend themselves to a variety of content. It’s about the outfits we’ve seen and loved, or these days the internet turns everything into memes.” - The Guardian (UK)
Two months after faculty unionized, "the faculty union told Hyperallergic that they believe reductions took place across the school, including undergraduate and graduate programs, the library, support staff, and other areas.” - Hyperallergic
“The San Francisco Chronicle’s review says the production is ‘the most talked-about play in S.F. It’s also terrible.’” But that might be far, far from the point. - Washington Post (MSN)
“Hollywood's affection for recycled and rehashed stories started right alongside Hollywood itself: going as far back as Georges Méliès' L'Arroseur from 1896, a remake of the previous year's L'Arroseur arrosé.” - CBC
“Slocum first threw this party on April Fools’ Day in 1978; just 10 people gathered in the living room of his Beverly Hills home.” Now, with more than 500 people, “The destination moves on a three-year cycle among the United States, Europe and Asia.” - The New York Times
