Philip Kennicott: "They are accidentally beautiful, rather like an 80-degree day in January is accidentally pleasurable. To some, they may suggest the science-fiction scenography of a dystopian film; to others, they render the present moment visually akin to Eugène Atget's 19th-century France — haunting, sepulchral, yet oddly beautiful." - MSN (The Washington Post)
The 34-year-old show is ... good again? Like the old days. The really old days. "Aficionados know there were some great episodes even in the Dark Ages ... every episode feels like the 'Treehouse of Horror' Halloween special now in terms of its ambition." - Vulture
"Rivers, who wrote gags at all hours, paid close attention to setups and punchlines, typing them up and cross-referencing them by categories like 'Parents hated me' or 'Las Vegas' or 'No sex appeal.' The largest subject area is 'Tramp,' which includes 1,756 jokes." - The New York Times
The institution in question is the Mütter Museum, which is focused on anatomy. The actions by new leaders, "mostly centered on concerns about displaying human remains, include taking down much of the Mütter's online presence, backing off programming, and questioning the appropriateness of popular Mütter exhibits." - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
"Despite his success in the United States, … Millepied says it is easier to work in France. … But French society can feel less inclusive. It is something which his newly-formed Paris Dance Project, an incubator of young talent in the capital's suburbs, is aimed at combatting." - Yahoo! (AFP)
Oskar Eustis, the Public's artistic director, said proudly that bringing Under the Radar to the theater was "the first artistic choice I made" in his then-new job. Yet the pressures that led the Public to stop hosting the festival are serious, and they aren't going away. - The New York Times
"Mark Walters, who hosts the Salem Radio Networks-distributed 'Armed American Radio' program, is suing OpenAI after its ChatGPT program accused him of embezzling funds from the Second Amendment Foundation. Walters says he is the victim of what is called an AI 'hallucination,' when the technology generates false events." - Inside Radio
"The Daily and Sunday Telegraph are to be put up for sale in a deal that promises to reshape the media landscape after the Barclay family lost control of their crown jewel media assets in a bitter row over nearly £1bn of unpaid debts." - The Guardian
The dismissal comes after "an independent investigation (into sexual harassment allegations) found 'credible evidence' that he had 'engaged in conduct which interfered with individuals' academic work,' Juilliard also said that similar allegations against the late composer Christopher Rouse were credible. - The New York Times
I think it’s not an accident that after his passing, the gravitational pull toward his work and what he left us with, and the way it has changed us as artists, is so strong. I also I think it’s not an accident that they’re happening at the particular societal moment that we’re in. - American Theatre
Less than 10 million people watch cable news nightly; 155 million voted in the 2020 election. There simply aren’t enough rabid news consumers who are also staunch centrists to sustain a network. - The Atlantic
A serious news organization in 2023 cannot adopt a “view from nowhere” mentality that draws false equivalence between the two major political parties—at least not as long as the Republican Party remains in thrall to a seditious liar. - Slate
The survey by the trade body showed that a third (33%) of people think that books offer them the best form of escapism when they’re having a bad day, coming second only to watching television (54%). - The Guardian
The sheer availability of music right now lends itself to a more sample- and interpolation-oriented pop music culture. “A hundred thousand tracks go live on Spotify every day, which means that the breadth of music you have the capacity to sample from is only going to increase over time.” - The Guardian
The Academy may seek to apply all of the provisions to the Writers Guild of America, which has been on strike for more than five weeks, and to SAG-AFTRA, which began negotiating on Wednesday. Both guilds have said they will not be beholden to the terms negotiated by the DGA. - Variety
