11.15.15 – Page 2 – ArtsJournal Wayback

Belarus Artists Stage A Secret Show In London [VIDEO]

“The Belarus Free Theatre is banned in Belarus, but Will Gompertz was invited to a performance at a secret London venue.”

Facebook Tries To Explain Why Only Paris – And Not Beirut – Merited The ‘Safety Check’

“Now that Facebook has set a precedent for using Safety Check for terrorism and other violent events, it will need to figure out when and where to use the feature. From Schultz’s comments, it’s not clear if the team would have enabled it for Beirut. He includes the Lebanese city among ‘other parts of the world, where violence is more common and terrible things happen with distressing frequency.'”

CBS Pulls Two ‘Terrorism-Themed’ Episodes From Lineup After Paris Attacks

“The network had originally slated the Supergirl episode ‘How Does She Do It?’ for Monday night. However, the plot for the hour revolves around ‘a series of bombings’ that strike National City. This will now be replaced with a Thanksgiving-pegged episode.”

How Long Does It Take To Become An Artist?

“The great Cuban-born painter Carmen Herrera, who turned 100 this year, and did not sell a work until she was 89, gets up every morning to paint. Her advice to the young is not to hurry through their 20s, and never to be intimidated by anything. ‘You don’t decide to be an artist,’ she has said, ‘art gets inside of you. It’s like falling in love.'”

Without Shakespeare, Who Would Know The Battle Of Agincourt?

But Shakespeare isn’t responsible for confusion around the meaning of the battle: “Henry V, ‘a master of propaganda,’ controlled the message; victory at Agincourt validated Henry’s divine authority. From there, over 600 years, uncertainties have been compounded.”

Yeah, I Know It’s Not So Easy: Aziz Ansari On ‘Brownface’ And Casting Minority Roles

“I had to cast an Asian actor for Master of None, and it was hard. When you cast a white person, you can get anything you want: ‘You need a white guy with red hair and one arm? Here’s six of ’em!’ But for an Asian character, there were startlingly fewer options. … But I still wonder if we are trying hard enough.”

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