“Underlying all his characters was his fascination with how different people might experience differently the same situation. … Where Tasso’s verses describe for Tasso and his readers the essence of war, Cervantes’ prose describes how his characters perceive and misperceive war. Tasso’s words paint heroes; Cervantes’ lines animate characters.”
Tag: 01.21.16
A Danger To ‘Moral Values And National Security’: Kenya’s Film Censor On Netflix
The chairman of the Kenya Film Classification Board cited the threat of terrorism alongside the usual sex, drugs and bad words as reasons that his body should be able to regulate Netflix. But the country’s infotech minister says the Board does not have that power.
When Robert Pinsky Wrote A Video Game
Mindwheel, a text-based game from the 1980s, “is a playful mishmash of sci-fi tropes, Pop surrealism, and allusions both high and low … The player traverse[s] the minds and memories of four deceased individuals – loosely based on major historical figures – using what the game calls a ‘neuro-electronic matrix.’ The goal is to retrieve the titular mindwheel, which ‘contains the secret of the world’s best values.'”
From The Inside: The Many Flaws Of El Sistema
“It’s not really an educational system, because…if you do something 22 or more hours a week, at some point, you’ll start getting good at it, that’s all.” Extreme working conditions were the norm.
Does This Argument About The Wine Industry Ring True For The Arts?
“Today wine consumers do not need help finding new wines. Wineries need help finding new consumers.
Instead of admitting their failure as sales people, the wineries have succeeded in convincing the consumers that they are doing something wrong.”
New Tax Break Saves UK Theatres £25M In First Year
“Theatre companies across the UK will have benefited from an estimated £25 million of tax relief in the first full year of a government scheme for the sector, according to figures published by HM Revenue & Customs.”
Backlash: 400 Sign Letter Objecting To Akram Khan’s Comments About Female Choreographers
Earlier this month, Khan told an interviewer, “I don’t want to say we should have more female choreographers for the sake of having more female choreographers.” Says the open letter in response, “We do not live in a meritocracy – all the data proves this. The way in which we ascribe merit is itself socially constructed and gendered.”
A Video Game Program Where Women Outnumber Men
“Female characters, while still not the norm, are becoming more prevalent in top-shelf video games. And at USC, there’s been a dramatic rise in the acceptance of women into the game design program. In 2011, USC admitted 15 men into its graduate track and five women. In 2015, those numbers were nearly reversed with 12 women and seven men.”
Why It’s Important To Read While Pregnant
“I’m still me: a person for whom reading has always been a defining feature. I deal with change by reading my way through it.”
A Computer Is Now Generating New ‘Friends’ Episodes
Is the future of comedy writing by actual humans sort of doomed, or what? (Hint: Probably not.)