“Nielsen says Sunday’s three-hour special on Fox averaged just 11.9 million viewers, making it the least-watched Emmycast in history. Last year, when it aired on a Monday in late August on NBC, it logged 15.6 million viewers. In 2013, 17.8 million viewers tuned in for CBS’ broadcast, teamed with an NFL game as a powerful lead-in.”
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A Better Version Of Wikipedia?
The fact that there is a specific author and editor, and that the SEP has become so important to philosophy, helps make all of this easier. Any errors reflect poorly on the contributors, and someone who spots a slip-up can talk to a real person about it—neither of which is true with Wikipedia. And if an author is slow or unwilling to respond, the editorial board will transfer his or her responsibilities to a brisker philosopher.
A Rite Of Freakin’ Spring Grows In Brooklyn
As the asymmetrical groove of the “Ritual of the Rival Tribes” chugged into motion, men in their 20s and 30s began to bob their heads. Soon, movements grew more demonstrative (aided by a couple of professionals planted in the crowd). In the amorphous sections of “The Sacrifice” a few couples gamely tried to slow dance. The violent “Glorification of the Chosen One” briefly spawned a hardcore-style mosh pit in the increasingly steamy hall.
UK’s National Theatre To Cut Back Sunday Performances And Number Of Actors On Roster
“Rufus Norris is planning to scale back Sunday openings at the National Theatre and reduce the number of actors employed on its main stage as part of measures to make the organisation ‘leaner’. The NT director also spoke for the first time about the sudden departure of Tessa Ross from the theatre as executive director, claiming the theatre should be run by an ‘artist’.”
‘Yellowface’ Concerns Lead New York Gilbert And Sullivan Players To Cancel ‘Mikado’
“The Mikado poses special problems: it has some of the most beautiful music and wittiest lyrics of any Gilbert and Sullivan work, but its use of a fictional Japanese setting to satirize British culture presents staging challenges if it is not to come off as a jumble of ugly caricatures and stereotypes. A production last year in Seattle was criticized as ‘yellowface’ by a columnist in The Seattle Times, setting off a wide-ranging discussion of the work.”
The Rise Of The Bite-Sized Romantic Comedy
“In contrast to Hollywood’s rom-coms – whose pleasures often feel like ‘settling’ – their TV analogues have a romanticism that is at once earnest and earned. They’re unphony about sex. They’re legitimately funny. They provide a helpful blueprint for any American planning to sleep with a Brit. It doesn’t hurt that they have short seasons: you can binge-watch these shows without losing your week.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 09.21.15
How Not to Save Money
The other day one of the excellent character artists in opera wrote me that he was going into another business: he likes to perform in the United States, but many companies, both large and small, have … read more
AJBlog: OperaSleuth Published 2015-09-21
American Festival of Microtonal Music
We have a very busy week here, with the American Festival of Microtonal Music coming to town. Curated by two of our alumni, the festival has three concerts in three different venues on consecutive nights … read more
AJBlog: Infinite Curves Published 2015-09-21
LARB Video Interview: Miles on William S. Burroughs
Dunno how my tireless staff of thousands missed this. It’s as striking a summary of Burroughs’s life and writing as I’ve seen. His best biographer gives a sense of the man and his work that … read more
AJBlog: Straight|Up Published 2015-09-21
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Philadelphia Orchestra Contract Expires, But Musicians And Management Agree To Keep Talking
“Talks, which began in April, have yielded little progress, the sources said, and members of the full ensemble authorized a strike several weeks ago. Players had hoped to regain ground lost during the bankruptcy.”
Authors Ask Chinese President To Free Dissident Jailed Writers
“In an open letter to Xi, published just before the Chinese president’s first US state visit this week, more than 40 authors have come together to express their ‘deepest concern about the deteriorating state of free expression in China.’ The letter highlights four cases of writers who are currently imprisoned in China.”
95-Degree Heat And Long Lines Don’t Keep Thousands Of People From The Broad’s Opening Day
“The private parties have been great, but this is the real deal.”