Curtis Brown: “No. There isn’t. It might be a bit more complicated than that but not much. I was about to write ‘child molestation’ when I remembered the comic novel generally regarded as America’s greatest after Huck Finn (which, for its part, joked about slavery).”
Tag: 06.04.15
North Korea Releases An Instructional Dance Video
“It shows how to perform a variety of moves for the country’s traditional mass dance events, like this one, that took place on May 1 in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang.”
Falling Down A Rabbit Hole? Uh-Oh. We’re Not In Kansas Anymore
“These days when we say that we fell down the rabbit hole, we seldom mean that we wound up somewhere psychedelically strange. We mean that we got interested in something to the point of distraction—usually by accident, and usually to a degree that the subject in question might not seem to merit.”
The Literary Force Who Started And Still Runs One Of The Oldest Black Publishing Houses In The U.S.
“He writes energetically and reads voraciously, has a personal collection of ‘some 50,000 books and growing’ and cannot recall ever reading a book that he did not like. He can, however, easily and vividly remember the book that started it all.”
From Zero To Hero (AKA, How ‘Bridesmaids’ Got Director Paul Feig Out Of Movie Jail)
“It’s about as dramatic a career turnaround as possible for a Hollywood filmmaker, but escaping his five-year stint in movie jail was far from the only time Feig’s found himself standing at the precipice of a professional chasm. It’s happened, in truth, with some frequency.”
Theatre People Love To Hate On Broadway. But…
“The truth is, there is plenty that is worthwhile on Broadway, maybe more this season that has just concluded than most. And, equally important, there are some promising developments.”
Guggenheim Director Richard Armstrong: Our Plans In Abu Dhabi
“Construction on the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi has not begun. Since 2007, we have worked together with the Tourism Development & Investment Company to improve conditions for the workers who will build the future museum. Documented progress has been made on worker accommodation, access to medical coverage, grievance procedures and passport retention, and additional work is underway.”
The Man Who’s Reinventing The American Musical
“While fans of Kristin Chenoweth and Kelli O’Hara duke it out, let’s raise a glass to Oskar Eustis, the Public Theater’s game-changing artistic director who, since he began his tenure 10 years ago, has been retooling the American musical at the historic off-Broadway venue founded by Joseph Papp.”
After Protests, Death Threats, And Knife Attack, Morocco Bans Film About Sex Workers
“The film, Much Loved, by the Moroccan filmmaker Nabil Ayouch, includes scenes of prostitutes in Marrakesh partying, speaking raunchy Arabic and servicing wealthy Saudi clients. Within few days after the May 19 premiere [at Cannes], the clips had received more than two million views on YouTube. The movie became the subject of protests outside Parliament in Rabat and of heated discussions on social networks in Morocco and France.”
Medici-Style Patronage Can Save The Arts? Don’t Be So Sure
For one thing, how interested are today’s Medici – tech moguls – in funding arts? For another, “if you go back historically, you see that arts patronage was hardly a great deal for the artist the first time around.”