Surveying the “oddly disjointed results” of the new show at Baltimore’s Walters Arts Museum (curated entirely by the public) and the “embarrassing” results of the Pittsburgh Symphony’s YouTube competition for a concerto soloist (all four finalists were rejected, Eric Felten argues that we should leave the artistic choices to the professionals.
Tag: 06.15.12
The Weird World Of Online Fan Fiction
“What if Edward Cullen, the moody vampire heartthrob in Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling Twilight series, was an undercover cop? Or a baker who specializes in bachelor-party cakes? Or a kidnapper who takes Bella hostage?” Fans write and post that kind of thing about their favorite fictional franchises all the time – indeed, Fifty Shades of Grey started out that way.