“Jason Brewer, who lives in Kyle, said he is excited about the opening of the theater because it will mean less travel. He previously traveled to Rapid City — about 90 miles away — every time he wanted to attend a showing.”
Tag: 11.04.12
Le Blog de Jean-Paul Sartre
Though frankly, Henri the (existential crisis) cat is funnier than Jean-Paul.
Thanks to Sandy, The 9/11 Museum Is Flooded (Again)
“The memorial’s planners acknowledged the museum was constructed in a 100-year flood plain, which means the land has a 1 percent chance of flooding every year. Naturally (or not), the site has been through two ‘100 year floods’ in the past 14 months.”
The Internet Bell Tolls For Publishers, And It Probably Tolls For Thee
“In the long view of history, the Bertelsmann-Pearson deal will be seen as just the latest instalment of a long-running story: a tale of formerly dominant industries trying to prevent their venerable business models being dismantled by the internet. The early victims were travel agents, record labels, newspapers, magazines and broadcast networks.”
Why Is Downtown Abbey So Lily-White?
“Black people have been in Britain for hundreds of years, possibly thousands.”
Yep, Multicultural Abbey Time.
Writer and creator Julian Fellowes “said it would be ‘rather nice to open it up ethnically a bit.'”
Another Hollywood Powerhouse Turns To Broadway
Paula Wagner, famously protective agent of Tom Cruise for years, is “the latest arrival in Hollywood’s extraordinary colonization of Broadway, now awash in screen-to-stage adaptations and star vehicles.”
Where Will Britain’s Desire To Save The Houses Of The Rich And Famous End?
“Now that the trust has democratised, as it had to, the credentials for a building’s preservation, almost no house, and certainly no famous person’s house, can be disrespected as built heritage.”
Strindberg’s Miss Julie And Post-Apartheid South Africa Make A Powerful Cocktail
Adapter Yael Farber: “[The play] lacks teeth in today’s society, … [but] I saw that the spine of the narrative had an extraordinarily potent potential to speak about ownership through the domination of the body, and how this dynamic gets unlocked over a single night in one kitchen, in the heat of the kitchen.”