The move to bust the audition process wide open is one way Chu hopes to make good on his promise: that Crazy Rich Asians would comprise “amazing Asian actors cast in EVERY SINGLE ROLE.” His pronouncement followed a particularly egregious season of Hollywood “whitewashing” and now, nearly a year since he set that goal, the Step Up director intends to deliver, but finding a “cream-of-the-crop Asian cast” has proven to take some time.
Tag: 02.06.17
Wealthy Collector And Powerful Museum Are About To Go To War Over Old Master Portrait
“Tom Hill, the American hedge fund manager who paid over £30m for a Pontormo portrait, is refusing to accept a matching offer from London’s National Gallery.”
Why This Man Was The Most Photographed American Of The 19th Century
You’ve heard of him (even if Donald Trump hadn’t). His pose and his outfit were almost always the same, and he had specific reasons for seeking out the camera as much as he did – reasons that went well beyond self-regard.
America’s First Black Pop Star (She Sang Opera)
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield was born a slave, raised by an abolitionist, and began her career before the Civil War with the nickname “the Black Swan,” a counterpart to the “Swedish Nightingale,” Jenny Lind.
Reconstructing The Opera That Inaugurated The Theater At Versailles Palace For Louis XVI
For the new Royal Opera House, built to celebrate the wedding of the then-Dauphin to Marie-Antoinette in 1770, three composers adapted Lully’s 1682 tragedy Persée so that it would be grand enough for the couple and the venue – a cast of 15, an 80-piece orchestra, a chorus of 95, 80 ballet dancers, five sets. In this video, conductor Hervé Niquet talks about reviving and recording the piece.
The Psychology Of The Worry Spiral (So This Will Explain My Mother?)
Worrying actually serves a sort of purpose for most people – figuring out how to solve a problem or avoid a danger or deal with the aftermath of a disaster. “That’s not to say that anyone really enjoys the process – just that it can feel like a productive use of time, rather than a waste of it. … What separates the pathological worriers from the rest of the pack isn’t that they see a point to worrying, but that they have better follow-through.” (Oh, great, Mom.)
How A Psychotic Little Girl In World War II Japan Made Herself Into The World’s Top-Selling Living Female Artist
The young Yayoi Kusama was plagued with visual hallucinations, mental health problems, and a mother who violently disapproved (literally) of her interest in art. Today, at 87, she’s more productive than ever, even as she continues to live in the psychiatric hospital she checked herself into 40 years ago. Darryl Wee tells us about Kusama’s journey.
New York Times Theatre Critic Has Left The Paper
Three major contributors to The New York Times culture section have left the paper. The most recent is Charles Isherwood, the No. 2 theater critic since 2004, when he jumped from the top critic’s slot at Variety.
Why Public Libraries Are Finally Giving Up Fines For Overdue Books
“Now some libraries are deciding that the money isn’t worth the hassle – not only that, but that fining patrons works against everything that public libraries ought to stand for.” Ruth Graham explains the reasoning and the results.
Looking In On Joshua Bell At Mid-Career
“It’s not quite true that he’s not interested in the trappings of celebrity – his New York apartment certainly fits his profile as star musician. Indeed, the limelight may fuel him – but he defines it on his own terms. Take his relatively recent foray into conducting.”