Tuscon school officials last year claimed that they simply removed books from classrooms temporarily – but make no mistake, says author Jeff Biggers, those books are still banned.
Tag: 09.28.12
Did (Great) TV Kill The Cinema?
“There’s no point in pretending that movies play the same dominant role in our culture that they once did or that art-house movies of the sort the New York Film Festival so lovingly curates have any impact at all on the American cultural mainstream.”
California Enacts New Law To Protect Child Actors
“The law bars registered sex offenders from representing minors working in the entertainment business. It requires criminal background checks for managers, publicists, photographers and others with unsupervised access to young performers.”
Why Errors Still Persist, Even When They’re Corrected
“Despite our unprecedented ability to rapidly learn new things and crowdfix mistakes, Knowledge and its sinister twin Error continue to propagate in complex and intriguing ways. Errors persist among us for far longer than they should and even when there is more accurate knowledge elsewhere. Newer knowledge does not spread as fast as it should and weaves its way unevenly throughout society.”
Louvre Abu Dhabi Project Picks Up Steam
“The Louvre Abu Dhabi, is an entirely separate museum from the Louvre in Paris, Ms. des Cars said, although the two are linked by a 30-year branding and training agreement and the Paris Louvre is one of the 12 shareholders in Agence France-Muséums.”
The Restaurant As Gallery
“The boundaries between gallery and restaurant are increasingly becoming blurred. Some restaurants have employed artists in residence, who are curating whole restaurants, cutlery included.”
Should We Be Surprised That Artists Are Preoccupied With What They Know?
“It’s not a knock on performers to point out that they tend not to write well about anything else. To become a first-rate actor or musician requires a ruthless single-mindedness that leaves little time for secondary pursuits.”
Austrian Critics Attack French Author’s Fictional Critique Of Austria
It was well-received in France – Jauffret reaches “the heights of mastery”, wrote one reviewer; “a tour de force of incredible strength”, said another – but its publication in Austria earlier this month has provoked a series of vituperative write-ups.
Hollywood Returns To The Biblical Epic
“Noah, a $125 million epic … starring Russell Crowe and directed by Darren Aronofsky, is one of a boatload of religious films in the works from major movie studios. … With floods, plagues, burning bushes and parting seas, Bible movies make great vehicles for big-budget special effects.” What’s more, the source material is both familiar and in the public domain.
Watching India’s Favorite Satirical Ads Get Made
“The team that produces up to six of these cartoons per week comprises just three people: Rahul daCunha, creative head of ad-agency daCunha Communications, copy writer Manish Jhaveri and Jayant Rane, the artist who has been sketching Amul cartoons for a quarter-century. Recently, The Wall Street Journal got a peek inside their operation.”