The founder of Montreal’s Just for Laughs comedy festival resigned from many posts after “Quebec daily Le Devoir on Thursday published women’s accounts of the circumstances in which they allegedly suffered the actions of Mr. Rozon over the last thirty years. Some accuse him of having raped them.”
Tag: 10.20.17
Five Atlanta Theatres Joined Forces To Fundraise In An Uncertain Economic Climate
Is it working? Yes, but in a different way than they’d hoped – one artistic director says, “It’s really instructive and inspiring to have regular contact with my colleagues, and that’s sharpening our artistic processes and our work” – and without nearly as much money as they’d wanted.
Billboard Will Stop Letting YouTube Weigh So Heavily In Rankings
Why? Someone was gaming the system, of course: “On Monday, word spread that Post Malone’s ‘Rockstar’ hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Three years ago Billboard decided to take YouTube plays into account for its Hot 100 ranking system and, through that technicality, a sneaky video of the song’s chorus on repeat with over 40 million views helped push ‘Rockstar’ to No. 1.”
The Future Of History Theatre: Many Voices, And A Kaleidoscopic View
In a new Canadian play by 10 different playwrights, “the result is something altogether its own: A 2 1/2-hour history play that pleases, puzzles and provokes, in a form that keeps shifting wildly from one moment to the next like a bucking bronco. One moment it’s a poetic drama, the next a comedy – then cabaret, RCMP musical ride or game show.”
Stop Being So Negative About Fonts And Find Some To Love
The author of Never Use Future says that we have to change the conversation. “People know not to use Comic Sans and maybe Papyrus ― those are things you just shouldn’t do. But very rarely do people understand why they should use a typeface.”
The Last Gasp Of The 20th-Century Scientific Suffix ‘Tron’
In the mid-20th century, “‘Stat’ signalled something measurable, while ‘matic’ advertised free labour; but ‘tron,’ above all, indicated control. To gain the suffix was to acquire a proud and optimistic emblem of the electronic and atomic age.”
Classical Music Has Its Own Bunch Of Mini-Harvey Weinsteins
“One big problem is the mindless adulation bestowed on famous conductors and directors. Such sycophancy doesn’t lead just to the tolerance of abuse, it mythologises the misdeeds so that they become part of the mystique surrounding ‘the maestro’.” (For example, Georg Solti, who’d seduce his way through the female choristers at the Royal Opera house and buy them white fur coats afterward.) And, writes Richard Morrison, “that was decades ago, but what has changed? In one acclaimed present-day ensemble female violinists rise up the ranks if they sleep with the conductor. It’s as simple, and jaw-dropping, as that.”