“The professorship comes with considerable leeway. The person selected can teach the poetry of any era, in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, ancient Greek or Latin.”
Tag: 05.30.14
Um, It’s 2014. Why Are Theatres Still Doing Brownface, Yellowface, Redface, Blackface?
“If our media fail us and our school systems refuse to teach true American history, shouldn’t we as theater-makers do something about it? I write about these things to not be a downer, but to urge the theater community to make room for more stories.”
Libraries Have So Many Books – And Librarians Have To Toss Them
“At the heart of the [weeding] method is a formula consisting of three factors—the number of years since the last copyright, the number of years since the book was last checked out, and a collection of six negative factors given the acronym MUSTIE, to help decide if a book has outlived its usefulness.”
Dance Is Everywhere On TV, And (Basically) Nowhere In Kids’ Lives
“As humans we are compelled to create, to play, to love and to communicate through movement — after all, gesture was our first language. Dance gives us life and brings us joy and hope.”
After A Painting Gets Its Value Slashed, Australia Agrees To Return It In Nazi Restitution Case
“The gallery has now written to the sisters’ lawyer, Olaf Ossmann, to say it has established they are the rightful owners of the painting and released a statement explaining its decision.”
Struggling Shows Vie For Placement At The Tonys
“There is the public contest, where presenters hand out the trophies, packs of producers race for the microphone and creative types make teary speeches. And then there is the hidden one, perhaps more important, which involves jockeying for position in regards to which show comes out best on the televised broadcast.”
Director Ken Loach Says It’s Time To Fire The Movie Critics
“Loach has reiterated his belief that some critics find the idea of a politically informed working class ‘abhorrent.’ The reason, he told the Guardian, was that ‘by and large critics are people who live in darkened rooms – they don’t meet the people.'”
This Classical Trio *Wants* You To Fall Asleep At Performances (And Even Supplies The Pillows)
“Organisers said the success of the concert will be judged by how many people have fallen asleep by the end.”
Sam Greenlee, Whose Novel Inspired A Movie Disappeared By The FBI, Dies At 83
“The distributor, United Artists, never offered an explanation. Mr. Greenlee said that several theater owners had told him they were contacted by men who identified themselves as F.B.I. agents and ordered them to stop showing the film.”
Should The U.S. Lower The Legal Boom On Amazon?
“Somewhat perversely, until now, the closest encounter Amazon has had with antitrust authorities was when it successfully prodded them to bring a case against five major publishers and Apple. That fight, too, centered on the price of e-books.”