Tag: 03.23.18

Photographers Combating Stereotypes

Two photographers talk about what they’re doing in their shows at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles, and it’s not what you’ll hear in the news. “The shows tell a wildly different story about Mexican Americans than the political punch lines you might hear about bad hombres in the news. They document activism, faith, community and culture.”

Louisa May Alcott’s Mom Helped Make Her Daughter A Writer

Wow: “In her mother, Louisa saw a powerful figure, capable of acting independently of a man, indeed standing in a man’s position by way of supporting the household, and, at critical points when Louisa’s voice might have been silenced by cultural mores and values, … Abba gave Louisa the unwavering encouragement to follow her inclinations and talent.”

How The Women Of The Me Too Movement Are Fighting Their Way Back Into Hollywood

The women who say Harvey Weinstein first molested or raped them and then ruined their careers are fighting back and getting somewhere in Hollywood again, sometimes decades after he took them down. Mira Sorvino, for instance: “Since Weinstein no longer has the clout to hang up on directors who mention her name, Sorvino is in perpetual motion. This year, she’s got major roles in nine movies, a guest spot on the hit sitcom Modern Family, and, fingers crossed, a star network gig as a top-ranked marine lawyer in the CBS pilot ‘The Code’.”

Eli Leon, Champion Of African-American Quilt Makers, Has Died At 82

He haunted flea markets in Oakland and found quilts at the stall of Rosie Lee Tompkins. Eventually, she let on that they were her work. “He began to buy whatever she would sell him while also buying from other members of a large community of African-American quilt makers in the Oakland area. Over 30 years he accrued a collection of around 3,500 quilts, including some 200 by Ms. Tompkins. (With his death, how that collection will be disposed of is not yet known.)”

Untangling The Broadway Fight Over ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’

In short, Harper Lee agreed to let Aaron Sorkin write a script, but it wasn’t supposed to change the characters or “denigrate” them. Lee’s dead, but her lawyer says the script (of a play that’s supposed to open on Broadway in December) goes too far. “What happens now? The two sides could settle the dispute. Or the case could go to trial. In the meantime, we asked seven lawyers with relevant expertise to help us untangle the thicket — how much change is permissible, and who gets to decide whether the script crosses that line?”

Margot Robbie, Star Of I, Tonya, Plans A New Shakespeare Series Focusing On Women For Australian TV

Robbie’s plan is to emphasize diverse Australian talent. She said, “I’m taking a lot of meetings with the lesser-known talent at the moment, the indie film-makers, first- and second-time film-makers, mainly women. … I’m in a lovely position where I can actually help get things greenlit, so I want to work with people who we haven’t seen yet.”

How In the Heck Is The Spirit Of Burning Man Art Supposed To Survive In Museums?

Basically, we have a cultural disconnect, or a potential one: “What happens when art shaped by utopian principles and intended as a civic gift to a temporary city is uprooted from its native white sands and replanted within white walls across the street from the White House, suddenly subject to the scrutiny of critics, curators and busy tourists?”