“The distinctions between third- and first-person narration aren’t absolute, of course. Third-person narrators have implicit personalities, focusing more on some characters, making judgments of what they think and say and do … Most third-person narrators are less like omniscient gods than exceedingly snoopy, well-informed ghosts.”
Tag: 06.30.12
Why Julie Taymor Agreed To Stage The Lion King
“As she says wryly in this conversation with former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, ‘Disney’s aesthetic and my aesthetic are not the same.’ What finally moved her to accept, she says, was the challenge of reimagining the Disney story in a stripped-down form. She wanted to figure out how to create a stampede, or a sunset, on a stage.”
France May Extend TV License Fee To Computer Screens
“The French government is considering extending the television licence fee to include computer screen owners to boost revenues for public-sector broadcasting operations, the culture minister said on Saturday.”
A Philosophy For Literature
Does anybody read analytic philosophy for pleasure? Is this kind of philosophy literature? Here you might say, “Certainly not!” Or you might say, “What the heck is analytic philosophy?”
Professional Critics Are Going Away
“Why does this matter? Because critics perform two essential tasks in the cultural ecosystem – and as with any ecosystem, if you knock out one part, the entire network is at risk of unravelling.”
How’s The Twin Cities’ New (Well, Restored) Dance Venue Doing?
After a year, the Cowles Center for Dance has sold almost 30,000 tickets – and played to less than capacity on many dance nights. Still, say dance groups, it’s a fabulous space. Now can they do better next year?
Rousseau: An Ideal Philosopher For The Facebook Generation
“Jean-Jacques was also, in his way, the philosophical progenitor of Facebook, of the notion that we should live our lives in the open, hiding nothing, for concealment is both the symptom and the cause of insincerity, which was one of J-J’s bugbears.”
Does Canadian Theatre Even Exist?
“The United States and England may be two countries separated by a common language, but the fact remains that theatrical literature flows fairly freely across the Atlantic, with Irish and the occasional Scottish work thrown in for good measure. If you use theatrical awards as any kind of a yardstick, it’s often hard to tell, based upon nominees and winners in any given year, whether you’re looking at results for The Tonys or The Oliviers. … But what of Canada?”
Hell Yes, Canadian Theatre Exists (Let Me Introduce You To Vancouver)
Not only does it exist, but it’s a long list. “As I sat down to write this I became totally overwhelmed with the sheer number of playwrights in Vancouver and want to apologize in advance for anyone I’ve forgotten.Every time I thought the list was done I thought of more people who should be on it, and I’m positive there are still more missing.”
Does Famed British Author Martin Amis Want His Fame? Maybe Not
Is Martin Amis in the grip of the fame monster? “Only this week, his comments about how the British don’t show enough respect to writers made the headlines. You have only to think about how he dismissed the royal family as ‘Philistines’ or the absurd kerfuffle when he chose to spend a chunk of a large advance on having his teeth fixed. Or the discovery of a daughter from a previous relationship. Or the criticism he got for writing about his cousin who was murdered by mass murderer Fred West. Or that he has moved to New York with his wife, Isabel Fonseca, and their two daughters. Or the fact he has never been shortlisted for the Booker.”