“Back when I was a kid you watched old movies with alarming regularity because at certain times of the day and week they dominated the dial.” But there is so much good new TV that kids never have to see the old stuff.
Tag: 12.05.10
Hungary To Sell Off Communist-Era Art To Raise Cash
“The paintings, photographs and sculptures, a legacy of Hungary’s communist era, are to be auctioned by the government to raise funds for those affected by October’s toxic sludge spillage.”
Computer-Crunching 19th Century Literature (A New Analysis)
“The titles of every British book published in English in and around the 19th century — 1,681,161, to be exact — are being electronically scoured for key words and phrases that might offer fresh insight into the minds of the Victorians.”
The Educated Dancer
“Thirty years ago it wasn’t unusual for a promising ballet dancer to join a company without earning a high school diploma. Now a new generation is arguing that no matter the sacrifice, education matters.”
Can Spiderman Really Make A Go Of It?
“If Spider-Man is going to be a hit, it’ll have to be a giant one, because I can’t see this property making its money back off royalties from high-school productions down the road.”
Leslie Nielsen Was ‘An All-Purpose Embodiment of the Parodic Principle Itself’
A.O. Scott: “Mr. Nielsen’s ability to stay in character, to reel off sublime non sequiturs and koans of cluelessness with a precisely measured balance of dignity and density represents both a rare gift and considerable work. Looking back, it is easy to see that the times required someone like Leslie Nielsen: a handsome silver-haired gentleman of fatherly demeanor willing to commit and submit to any kind of indignity without losing his cool.”