It’s a pop music festival, of course (where are we with that equal rep, classical and new music festivals?). But not of course, because no other festival has achieved anything like parity. Says the Primavera fest: “It can be done now and it should be done now, but you need to want it. We hope that our move can spark change.” – The Guardian (UK)
Tag: 05.03.19
Sometimes, TV Lets People Just Be People
That is to say, occasionally trans women get cast as women, no need to elaborate, and sometimes trans men get cast as men, ditto. But. “While television has made great strides in L.G.B.T.Q. inclusion with shows such as Orange Is the New Black and Pose, when trans actors are called in to read for a project, they still find they are only considered for parts specifically written for transgender people.” –The New York Times
What Is A Character Actress?
Margo Martindale, who is so famously called that name that it’s her official title on the Netflix show Bojack Horseman: “Sometimes you do things for money, and sometimes you do things for money that are different, too. But I’m trying very hard not to repeat myself.” – HuffPost
What Was It Like When The Chicago Symphony Returned From Its Seven-Week Strike?
A volunteer usher: “We don’t realize the richness this music brings into our lives until we don’t have it. … Our souls were hungry.” – Chicago Tribune
Australia’s Big Portrait Prize Has A Few Issues
Or so says a reviewer of the entries: “Like most creaking institutions built upon the cursed ground of a prize named for a self-hating, racist xenophobe, it’s also haunted.” – The Guardian (UK)
YouTube Viewership Is Exploding. Now It’s Making More Of Its Content Free
“Creators are driving record audiences to YouTube,” YouTube Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl told the presentation audience gathered at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan. “Two-hundred million people come to YouTube every single day just to watch gaming videos. That’s twice the audience of this year’s Super Bowl.” – Los Angeles Times
Growing Disparity: Mapping The “Brain Drain” Of US States
The end result is a lopsided “winner-take-all” pattern of regional haves and have-nots. Our politics become ever more divisive and polarized as the “big sort” grows ever bigger, eating away at the social fabric of our nation. – CityLab
Tin Pan Alley Buildings Owner Doesn’t Want Landmark Status Because Of “Racist Songs”
The owner of five buildings on West 28th Street that comprise the core of the historic “Tin Pan Alley” is trying to block them from being landmarked by pointing to racist tunes emanating from the block a century ago. – New York Post