“Our expectation that memory is consistent and reliable is ubiquitous. It is taken for granted in day-to-day interactions and determines countless decisions. We do not acknowledge often enough how unstable our memories are, how susceptible they are to change, and how serious the implications of those changes are when we rely on memory to determine the fates of real human beings.”
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Why Not Bring Back The Movie Serial? (Hey, It’s Working For Cable TV And Public Radio Podcasts)
“Imagine if True Detective, which aired as eight one-hour episodes’ worth of cinema-quality entertainment, had instead been packaged as four two-hour installments of cinema-quality entertainment and released in theaters on the first Friday of every month. And imagine if, for the first three weeks after each release, the only place you could see the new installment was in a movie theater.” The answer to cinema owners’ prayers?
Shonda Rhimes: “I Haven’t Broken Through Any Glass Ceilings”
“If I had broken through any glass ceilings, I would know. If I had broken through a glass ceiling, I would have felt some cuts, I would have some bruises. There’d be shards of glass in my hair. I’d be bleeding. … So how come I don’t remember the moment? When me with my woman-ness and my brown skin went running full speed, gravity be damned, into that thick layer of glass and smashed right through it?”
American Museum Of Natural History To Add New Science Center
“[The] sprawling hodgepodge of a complex occupying nearly four city blocks [in Manhattan] is planning another major transformation … a $325 million, six-story addition designed to foster the institution’s expanding role as a center for scientific research and education.”
The Greatest Animated Film That Never Got Finished
“Now in his 80s, the animator, director, and designer [Richard Williams] has created thousands of animated film titles and commercials and even written a book on the art of animation.” (Not to mention doing the Toons in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) “All this despite the fact that for three decades he was sacrificing other work to direct one immense film that never made it to screen, the Fantasia-esque Arabian tale called The Thief and the Cobbler.”
Some People Actually Like The Voices In Their Heads
Joan of Arc, for instance. (Sure, and look what happened to her.) Seriously, though, one Dutch study found that only 4% of a group of sufferers found the voices they heard to be solely negative.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 12.11.14
Pay-what-you-will performances – a caveat
AJBlog: For What It’s Worth Published 2014-12-11
Adrien de Vries Sculpture Fetches Record $27.9 Million
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2014-12-11
BlogBack: Spence Porter on British Museum’s Elgin Marble Loan
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2014-12-11
Brad Mehldau and the Bad Plus in Northridge
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2014-12-11
Sorkin HBO Rape UVA Rolling Stone Snowden #Keywords
AJBlog: blog riley Published 2014-12-11
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Germany Plans New, Tighter Regulations On Art And Antiquities Trade
“In the future, anyone who imports antiquities into Germany will need for each piece a valid export permit from the land of origin, which is to be presented when the object enters the country.”
The Reinvented Cooper Hewitt Museum
“After a three-year, $81 million renovation, during which the museum was closed to the public, a reinvigorated Cooper Hewitt is set to reopen. The 1902 mansion that was once Andrew Carnegie ’s home now has 60% more gallery space, interactive elements to highlight its collection, and free access to its cafe and garden starting at 7:30 a.m. daily.”
How The US Government Co-Opted Hip Hop Protests In Cuba And It Backfired
“Instead of sparking a democratic revolution, it compromised an authentic source of protest that had produced some of the hardest-hitting grassroots criticism since Fidel Castro took power in 1959, an AP investigation found.”