“Only with the Revolution could a myth of revolutionary genius emerge, and with the propagation of that myth was born a possibility, still fledgling, but soon to be fulfilled: that genius might be used as the basis of political power, celebrated not only in death but in life, employed to justify an extraordinary privilege and license.”
Tag: 10.19.13
Should America’s Top Public Universities Go Private?
“Across the country, a small but growing number of public universities are … looking to cut deals with state lawmakers that scale back direct oversight, often in return for less funding or for meeting certain performance targets.”
How Writers Read
“I became more critical, which can take a lot of the fun out of the reading It’s rather like someone who has always loved buildings, fallen in love with them simply for their beauty, and then goes on to study architecture and discovers that, though there is a greater understanding for how buildings are put together, the purity is lost.”
L.A. Welcomes Its Newest Ballet Company
“Melissa Barak, a Los Angeles native who made a name for herself with New York City Ballet first as a ballerina, then beginning in 2002 as a choreographer,” has spent two years preparing this weekend’s debut of her 17-member Barak Ballet.
How TV Is Changing Theatre
“How good TV has become at doing a certain kind of character-driven long-form storytelling really throws down a gauntlet for playwrights and challenges them to answer the question, with their work: What can only theater do? What can’t we get anywhere else? And there’s no one answer to that, but it challenges every playwright to try to come up with theirs.”
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Move To A Different Playing Field Entirely
“Lisitsa decided to try YouTube after realizing that she could not compete in a classical music business with so many talented pianists who studied in conservatory.”
Sometimes It’s Not Exactly Clear How To Celebrate ‘Latinidad’ In The Theatre
“There is this ‘generic Latino’ that is suggested in schools and it’s kind of… useless. (And frankly, offensive.) It’s made up. It’s a construct of the Taco Bell dog and Scarface.”
One Way To Make People Think You’re Well-Read: Use Your iPad
“Using a tablet as a portable radio is by far the best way to access the internet’s vast archive of free literary audio.”
’12 Years A Slave’ Doesn’t Lie About Slavery’s Place In U.S. History
“America’s foremost myth machine, Hollywood has always tended to offer an especially idealized view of the country’s problematic past. ” Not this time.
What Is The US Doing To Higher Ed, And Why?
Ask the British.