The show, The Truth Has Changed, tells of Josh Fox’s anti-fracking work and what he describes as “incessant harassment” from the gas and petroleum industries. Fox says the issue was the content of his show; he is the show’s writer, actor, and co-director. The Public begs to differ, saying that the show was shut down following Fox’s refusal to abide by the Public’s Code of Conduct – and, more specifically, “a series of verbal abuses to the staff.” – The New York Times
Tag: 01.18.20
Hollywood Preps For A Writers’ Strike, But The Landscape Has Dramatically Changed Since The Last One
Streaming was barely a thing back in the day of the last big strike – but it still cost everyone a lot of money and time. “Studios, production companies and guild members are all eager to avoid a sequel to the last major disruption that cost the state an estimated 37,700 jobs and $2.1 billion in lost output from late 2007 through the end of 2008, according to a 2008 Milken Institute report.” – Los Angeles Times
The National Archives Blurred A Historic, And Historical, Photograph Of The Women’s March To Blur Anti-Trump Signs
They did what? Yes. They digitally blurred the photo before it went on display in the nation’s capital. To quote one strong tweet about it, “This is some weird Soviet shit right here.” And to quote the Post itself, after the Archives apologized and took down the image: “In their initial weak defense, Archives officials noted that they had not altered articles they preserve for safekeeping, only a photograph for a temporary exhibit. We did not find that reassuring, as we said in the first published version of this editorial. Photo alteration long has been the preserve of authoritarian governments, most famously Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, who erased comrades from historical photographs one by one as he had them executed.” – The Washington Post
Peter Larkin, Broadway Designer And Creator Of The Parliament-Funkadelic Mothership, Has Died At 93
Larkin won four Tonys for his work as a designer on Broadway. “Larkin won his Tonys in a remarkable run in the mid-1950s, for Ondine, The Teahouse of the August Moon, No Time for Sergeants and Inherit the Wind. The last three of those plays were running simultaneously on Broadway. Mr. Larkin was still in his 20s.” He also designed movies like Tootsie and Miss Congeniality, and was the co-designer of the George Clinton band’s famous Mothership. – The New York Times