Meghan McFerran gives a rundown of the pluses (free travel, free room and board, extra strength) and minuses (isolation, seasickness, the stage moving under you).
Tag: 07.22.17
Star Of Bolshoi’s Aborted ‘Nureyev’ Ballet Speaks (By The Way, It Had No Nudity)
“When such a huge collective [as the Bolshoi Ballet], after being told of the cancellation in the morning, still musters the strength to go out and perform in the evening – it’s nothing short of a miracle. It’s no longer just about the job, but something much more.” (Also, “all the talk about nudity is false. I don’t think something of that sort would be possible on the Bolshoi’s stage.”)
It’s Time (Probably Way, Way Past Time) For Women And Power To Be All Over Our Screens
Why? Because that’s real, even if Wonder Woman, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Game of Thrones are al fantasies. “Challenging power is itself a liberal, anti-authoritarian act, which means that power’s answer is much less important than the act of posing the question, because that’s what speaking truth to power looks like. The feminist question is how much our culture is prepared to reconcile women and power. And on that question, the jury is very much out.”
21st Century Fox Asks Matt Groening To Make The Simpsons Nicer To Fox News (And The President)
This was “after a joke that dubbed Fox News ‘not racist, but No. 1 with racists,'” the creator of The Simpsons said. “‘Then Bill O’Reilly called us pinheads and look what happened,’ Groening added.”
Actor John Heard Of The ‘Home Alone’ Movies And ‘The Sopranos’ Has Died At 72
One of Heard’s favorite jobs was in the 2013 original Sharknado movie. “‘I knew it was going to be a cult classic,’ he told the Baltimore Media Blog last year. ‘It’s just ridiculous. I thought it would replace people calling me the Home Alone dad.'”
Director Jane Campion Says ‘The Clever People’ Have Switched From Film To TV
Campion (The Piano, Bright Star), who makes the TV series Top of the Lake, says that “movies have become conservative cash cows,” but “in television, there is no concern about politeness or pleasing the audience. It feels like creative freedom.”