“I think it might have been possible for us to provoke people into buying tickets, but I was concerned about that. I wanted this play to be a theatrical experience rather than a culture war over religion. … But you know, about 30,000 people will have seen the play over a 6-week run by the time it closes, with a standing ovation every night. In European terms, that’s a huge success.”
Tag: 05.01.13
Are Actors, Fundamentally, Just Puppets?
“‘Acting,’ said Sir Ralph Richardson, ‘is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.’ Katharine Hepburn was equally dismissive, declaring it ‘the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.'”
Why Are We Stereotyping White People On TV?
“We’ve got lots of practice criticizing degrading images of black and brown people. Activists know how to gather the news stories, book the media appearances and assemble the petitions to press their case. Advertisers get nervous and programmers think twice. What many forget is that it can be just as easy to stereotype white, working class folks, and just as hard to scrub those stereotypes off your TV screen.”
LA County Museum’s $650 Million Plan To Redevelop Its Home
“If completed it would rank as one of the most significant works of architecture to rise in Los Angeles since Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall opened 10 years ago. It would also require demolishing the core of the museum’s campus, including the original 1965 buildings by William L. Pereira and a 1986 addition by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates of New York.”
Book Sales Rose Four Percent Last Year In UK
“Total spending on printed and digital books rose 4% to £3.3bn last year, the Publishers Association said.”
Spending On Home Entertainment Sharply Up In 2013
“The overall growth in home entertainment revenue, following years of decline, has pointed toward more stable performance by entertainment companies.”
What If Our Sense Of Time Is An Illusion?
“Time, of course, seems real to us. We live in and through time. But to physicists, time’s fundamental reality is an illusion.”
What Researchers Can Tell About People On Facebook (A Lot)
“There are topics people discuss on Facebook, based on their gender and age, like movies or politics. Men are more interested in politics, and the amount men talk about politics increases with age. Women seem to be less interested in writing about travel, compared to men, the older they get. And people talk about the weather more and more as they get older.”
Judge: Why We Didn’t Award A Literary Prize This Year
“We judges knew too well what a difference the award could make. Yet this willingness to hold back, even when the burden of doing so was heavy, hopefully reflects what makes the Vogel so unique: it still searches for those works that achieve a certain stillness.”
Canada’s National Film Board To Launch A Netflix For Documentaries
“It struck me there is room for an over-the-top service, a Netflix or a Hulu, for documentaries: The services out there are generalists, like the networks before specialty TV. There is room for a service for core documentary fans and specialized audiences who connect with particular subject areas.”