Omar Victor Diop: “I wanted to bring these rich historical characters into the current conversation about the African diaspora and contemporary issues around immigration, integration and acceptance.”
Tag: 07.11.15
The Man Who Sculpted Disneyland – And Made Pirates Out Of Churchgoers
“Gibson’s handiwork includes the buccaneers of the popular Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, the fearsome ghosts and goblins of the Haunted Mansion, the colorful birds of Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room and the global village children of It’s a Small World. He created the sculpture of Abraham Lincoln that became the first Audio-Animatronic figure.”
Jon Vickers, One of 20th Century’s Great Heroic Tenors, Dead At 88
“A Vickers performance in the opera house was a grand, sweeping, overriding affair. It was often a performance of extremes, something more readily comparable to what Marlon Brando or Zero Mostel might do than to what his operatic colleagues did.”
Let’s Face It: Empathy Is A Choice
“Empathy for people unlike us can be expanded, it seems, just by modifying our views about empathy.”
The Biggest Shock In Harper Lee’s New Novel: Atticus Finch, Unrepentant Racist
“Atticus Finch — the crusading lawyer of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ whose principled fight against racism and inequality inspired generations of readers — is depicted in ‘Watchman’ as an aging racist who has attended a Ku Klux Klan meeting, holds negative views about African-Americans and denounces desegregation efforts.”
Is Rock, With Its Simple Chords And Overriding Beat, The Sound Of Mass Complacency?
“So powerful was the rock beat that all other attributes of the music were presented as secondary, or totally inconsequential. ‘ “Positive” lyrics are mostly a sop to minds that do not want to know what they are thinking,’ he wrote.”
A National Memorial Should Not Be Designed To Please One Family
“Critics in Congress insist that there will be no monument built without final approval by the Eisenhower family. For Congress to yield such power to family members, however, cuts against the whole idea of a national consensus to honor a national hero.”