Shaun Leonardo is tired of people talking about guns. So, at the Guggenheim, he’s trying something different: “Mr. Leonardo, a former wrestler and college football player (who still has the physique to prove it) announced in advance that the performance would be inspired by one of the roughest sporting traditions to endure in the 21st century, the Italian Renaissance-era game of calcio storico. (Imagine a mix of rugby, soccer, martial arts, wrestling and fist-fighting rolled into one nearly lawless clash.)”
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MoviePass Decides To Implement Surge Pricing For Popular Movies
Like … Uber? Yes, exactly: “Similar to the way ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft up their ride prices when demand is higher, MoviePass will add a surcharge to see films when demand is higher, such as during a movie’s opening weekend.”
‘I Accuse, Therefore I Am’ – John Cameron Mitchell On How Queer Culture Has Changed In The 20 Years Since He Created Hedwig
“In the US, people have turned their energies to each other because they can’t do much about who is on top of the power structure. … [There’s an] oppression olympics [in which] outrage becomes proof of existence. … [The] grievances are real and our intentions are good, [but we are] looking for flaws, instead of looking for things in common.”
How Bollywood Broke The Shackles Of Silliness And Started Addressing Serious Women’s Issues
“This is the summer the vibrator arrives in Bollywood. No woman in the 105-year history of the Hindi film industry has ever pleasured herself. But this month, in the blockbuster Veere Di Wedding and Netflix’s Lust Stories, no fewer than three women are featured in onanistic embrace. It is one sign of the rapid change under way in India’s most prolific cultural industry. The past decade has seen Bollywood’s first gay kiss, a hit film about sanitary towels and the industry’s highest-ever grossing film – about the lives of two female wrestlers.”
After Tumultuous Year, Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Executive Director Resigns
“[Frances] Turner’s two and a half years at the head of New Zealand’s national ballet company were marred by trouble at the end of last year, when the board commissioned an independent review to investigate claims of workplace bullying and foreign dancers being preferred over New Zealanders. The review eventually cleared RNZB of those allegations but did make some recommendations for how [things] could be improved.”