“I have a massive chip on my shoulder. When you fall into something at age 11 and get paid incredible amounts of money for your entire teenage years for doing a job anyone would want, there is a part of you that thinks everybody is just saying, ‘He got there because he fell into it; he’s not really an actor.'”
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Choreographer David Dorfman, Transformed
“In 2007, Mr. Dorfman weathered a serious car accident near New London, Conn … It was the end of a long day (and, at around 1:30 a.m., the beginning of another); about 15 minutes from home, Mr. Dorfman fell asleep at the wheel. ‘I was so unbelievably lucky,’ he said. ‘So I’ve just had, as trite as this may seem, I’ve had this appreciation for every heartbeat, every moment.'”
Cross-Cultural Kink: Who Gets To Decide What’s Sexually Perverted?
Jesse Bering: “We W.E.I.R.D. people (the anthropologist Joe Henrich’s apt acronym for ‘Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic’) often assume a false obviousness along these lines of harm and consent that, interestingly enough, simply isn’t there. Scientists have found that since we would be harmed by a certain sex act, we presume others would be harmed as well.”
A “Reality” TV Show About Ballet That’s Not A “Reality TV Show”
“Those involved with “city.ballet” are quick to explain that this is a documentary series, rather than a reality show, and that it focuses on the work involved in being a professional dancer rather than on interpersonal drama.”
If You Don’t Know Anything About Dance, How Do You Watch It?
“You know what to do at a concert. You know how to watch a movie, where the words and story can pull you along. If you’re baffled at an art museum, you can just wander somewhere else. But with dance that doesn’t tell a story, what exactly are you supposed to get out of it?”
How Do You Become A Bestselling Poet? Write About Nature (And Dogs), Of Course
Mary Oliver on her latest subject, dogs: “They are a kind of poetry themselves when they are devoted not only to us but to the wet night, to the moon and the rabbit-smell in the grass and their own bodies leaping forward.”
“Please Leave Your Devices On For Take-Off.” Yes! Please?
“A 28-member panel set up last year to revise policies for electronics on airplanes recommended that the F.A.A. change the rule, allowing passengers to use their devices from gate to gate, including takeoff, taxiing and landing.”
How Out Of Touch Is The Literature Nobel Jury?
“Meet Jon Fosse, the angst-filled Norwegian journalist and novelist who turned to playwriting in his 30s and now, at 53, finds himself among the favorites to win this year’s prize.”
Are Magazines Designed For Tablets Doomed To Fail Amid So Many Other Apps?
“The average smartphone user opens only eight apps a day, with the most popular being Facebook, YouTube and game apps. And according to a 2012 report from Localytics, 22 percent of all apps are only opened once.”
Sidney Lanier, 90, Who Turned His Church Into A Space For Experimental Theatre
“His congregation, which had never numbered more than 25, grew in the next few years to include a kind of nonsectarian contingent of writers, performers and, eventually, 3,500 season-ticket subscribers.”