There’s a new director for the Budapest theatre – one with right-wing credentials and, thousands of protestors say, an anti-Semitic past.
Tag: 10.23.11
How Does England Celebrate The 400th Anniversary Of The King James Bible? With Plays, Some By Atheists, Of Course
Playwrights from Neil LaBute to the Archbishop of Canterbury, not to mention Tim Rice and Jeanette Winterson, take on all of the books of the Bible in a 24-hour cycle honoring the gorgeously written King James.
How’d He Get That Crazy Shot Of Dali And Warhol, Anyway?
Photographer David McCabe: “Hanging out at the Factory was mind-blowing. I had no idea people lived this way; any time of the day or night, there would be something wild going on. I couldn’t afford to get too whacked because I had to stay focused for my work, so I just observed. And a lot of what happened I couldn’t photograph.”
Brandwashing In The Backrooms: How Advertisers Repackage To Trick Our Brains
If we didn’t talk about brands, we’d lose about a quarter of our conversation topics. But are we talking about what we think we’re talking about? Author Martin Lindstrom says probably not.
When The Rules Annoy You, Just Narrate Your Own Damn Film
“The weekend’s Film Independent Forum began with a keynote Q&A in which the special guest speaker said that independent film doesn’t exist, and then slammed one of the forum’s chief sponsors. That’s what they get for inviting Werner Herzog.”
Where Did Merce Cunningham Come From? Ask His Family And Friends
“He would always ask you to do impossible things. And you felt compelled to try to do it. … People would figure out how to do it, or some facsimile of it. And it was still extraordinary, even if it wasn’t what it originally was supposed to be.”
We’re Celebrating Liszt. Was He Good Enough For That?
Liszt was “an unrivaled performer (‘A god for pianists’ in Berlioz’s words), a man of unusually catholic artistic interests and the 19th century’s nearest approach to a Hollywood superstar. But although he is surely significant enough to celebrate, the question whether his music is actually any good has never really gone away.”