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Ridley Scott Couldn’t Care Less About Being Historically Accurate In Napoleon

But he does care if audiences get "bum ache" from sitting too long, so his imperial movie is a mere 158 minutes. - BBC

Nora Roberts Has Been Laughing All The Way To The Bank

"Before Roberts, the romance genre was dominated by tepid and virginal women who were overpowered by brooding men. Roberts changed all that by thrusting romance into the modern era." - The New York Times

An Epic Pandemic Theatre Trek

Part I, in which "a Lakota playwright, 7 Indigenous actors, and an L.A.-based ensemble survive a pandemic, cross thousands of prairie miles, and confront centuries of history to make a play." - American Theatre

Making Art About Ballet, Behind The Scenes

Karon Davis - daughter of Ben Vereen and Nancy Bruner - says, "I want to show what happens before you get to that point — all the labor, all the sacrifice, all the bloody toes and the sore muscles." - The New York Times

Chicago’s High School Teachers Created A Nationally Prominent Museum

"Wander back in time, not to 1987, but to September 1982. ... Chicago Public Schools system would treat Spanish-speaking students as if they were learning-disabled." - Chicago Sun-Times

Composer David Del Tredici, Pulitzer Prize-Winner, Has Died At 86

Del Tredici "became best known for a midcareer shift toward a style that came to be called the New Romanticism, which yielded a series of rich-hued, tuneful pieces based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice stories." - The New York Times

Gaming Should Be For Everyone

And designers can make that world real, if they want to (or if there are incentives). - Wired

Women Were The Backbone Of The Writers’ Strike

Why were so many strike captains women - and many women of color? One says it was natural for her: "I’m loud. I know how to talk, and I know how to organize." - Variety

Why The Hunger Games Succeeded Where Its Striving Imitators Failed

There's no idealism in Panem - just a cynical reality that we, entertainment-drowned and manipulated, know all too well. - The Atlantic

Tales Of The Booker Shortlist

"It’s rare for me to experience such a clear starting impulse for a story, but I trusted it," says Chetna Maroo. - The Guardian (UK)

The Art Market Is Sagging A Bit

So you (or someone, anyway) can get a Rothko for only $22 million, instead of $30 million. - The New York Times

The Gen-Z, Or Maybe Alpha, Bible

And yes, we mean The Bible. It's even trending on TikTok. And as one reviewer said, "I love how aesthetic it is for a coffee table or bookshelf." - Vice

No, Please Do Not Add Sex To Tom Stoppard Plays

Just why? Why? The irony of trying to sex up Arcadia "is that it makes the show infinitely less sexy." - Vulture

Paul Auster On What May Be His Final Book

"In a recent interview, Auster described the American obsession with 'closure' as being 'the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard of.'" - The Guardian (UK)

Elon Musk Says He’ll File A ‘Thermonuclear’ Lawsuit

"In his late-night legal threat, Musk took aim at watchdog group Media Matters over what he alleged was manipulated research about advertising on the platform." - Variety

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