To Netflix, of course, which made a decision after watching the data on viewers streaming old romantic comedies since studios were only producing things that would do well with 12-year-old boys (and their parents). “That business decision has led to what Netflix has deemed ‘summer of love,’ a three-month period in which the platform is releasing a slew of exactly what Witherspoon described longing for: ‘romantic movies.’ They’re not all comedies, per se, but they’re the kind of movies that give viewers the feels.”
Tag: 08.03.18
Hey Lincoln Center, What *Is* Mostly Mozart Now?
The Lincoln Center Festival is gone, though a few of its programs got added elsewhere. But the whole Mostly Mozart brand has lost some of its allure. “Mostly Mozart has some thinking to do,” says NYT critic Anthony Tommasini.
Amazon Removes A Few Racist Items, But Many Remain
Wow: “After criticism from advocacy groups and Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison about the availability of Nazi-themed toys and baby onesies with pictures of burning crosses on Amazon’s website, the company said this week that it had removed several items and banned sellers who had violated its policies.” OK, but “a search by NPR of Amazon’s website yielded many results of racist paraphernalia, especially books by white supremacists.”
The Met And Two Of Its Largest Unions Reached A Quiet Deal
The Met is still reeling from the accusations against James Levine, so the quiet deals could be very good for the opera company. “If the deal is ratified, it will remove the threat of a work stoppage as the company prepares for its first season with the conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin as its music director.”
Shows About US Are Center Stage At This Summer’s Edinburgh Fringe
American history and politics are centre stage at this year’s Edinburgh festival. Alongside five shows with “Trump” in the title, from comedy to musicals, several fringe productions are interrogating troubling aspects of US culture.
You’ve Seen Nude Shakespeare In Central Park, Now See Nude Aphra Behn In Brooklyn
Director Pitr Strait and Torn Out Theater, who made headlines with a nude all-female Tempest in 2016 and a nude all-male Hamlet last year, will unveil a mixed-gender cast in The Rover by 17th-century English playwright Aphra Behn, one of the first women to make a living in that profession.