“Men and women may never be shown together on screen; plotlines considered subversive or counter to Haredi beliefs are forbidden; and when the credits roll, the audience must have a lesson or moral to take home. The rules also mean that audiences are strictly segregated by sex.”
Tag: 10.21.12
Feeling Poor? Try to Become Museum Boss
At least in St. Louis, where pay and perks for museum directors have spiraled up in recent years.
How David Mitchell’s Stammer Shaped His Writing
“[It] was an effective if merciless boot-camp instructor. It (or ‘He’ as I imagined it) trained me to amass a vocabulary flexible and muscular enough to avoid words beginning with stammer-consonants, and do so on the hoof, before the other person caught on. … What feels like a curse when you’re younger can prove to be a long-term ally.”
Researching A Broadway Play At The Adult Video Awards
David West Read, author of the upcoming comedy The Performers: “Since the script was already written … the primary purpose of the trip was to gather information for scenic and costume design. This meant that as scantily-clad performers paraded around the hotel, we were the weirdos taking pictures of the walls. … At times we struggled to maintain straight faces; at other times, our innocence.”