Tag: 05.29.21
Australia’s National Arts Policy Needs A Rethink
After the terrible effects of COVID-19 on the arts, what should Australia do next? One think tank says the country, where arts funding dropped...
Ai Weiwei’s Thoughts On China, Colonialism, And Controversial Statues
On culture wars as a symbol of democracy: "It’s not only democracy, it’s about art as symbols of our existence. You know, whenever we...
One Potential Fix For That Cecil Rhodes Statue At Oxford
Turn him to face the wall in shame. That way, those who demand the statue stay get their demand met, but the implication is...
Chi Modu, Photographer Who Shaped Rap’s Visual Identity, 5
"In the early and mid-1990s, working primarily for The Source magazine, at the time the definitive digest of hip-hop’s commercial and creative ascendance, Mr. Modu was...
People In Cars Scream Racial Epithets At Ballet West Dancers
And this didn't happen once, bad as that would have been. The company says "two black dancers had people scream racial epithets at them...
The Power Of Fiction Helped Millions Of Us Get Through Lockdowns
Author Valeria Luiselli just won the Dublin literary award. She says that she, her daughter, and her niece have been reading out loud to...
Jerome Hellman, Producer Of Midnight Cowboy And Coming Home, 92
With barriers at every turn, from an anxious director who didn't want to work with the leading actors to disastrous early scripts, no one...
Gavin MacLeod, Star Of The Mary Tyler Moore Show And The Love Boat, 90
MacLeod had been a working, but struggling, actor for many years when he read for The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970. He had...
How The Show ‘Friends’ Helps People Around The World Learn English
Yes, that's right, the long-running sitcom (still massively popular with Millennials and Gen-Zers thanks to streaming) is useful for English language-learners around the world....
USC’s Pacific Asia Museum Reopens With A Goal
And that goal is to decolonize itself. Museum director Bethany Montagano: "We felt a sense of urgency to do this because colonial systems of...
What Ta-Nehisi Coates Did For Black Panther
And, as his five-year run writing for the comic series comes to an end, what it did for him. "Coates decided early on he...
How Will Amazon Exploit Bond, Other MGM Classics?
Amazon desperately needed content, but will the Bond plan work? "Bond is a treasure trove, unexploited beyond the 25 feature films focusing on its...