The justice’s nephew, Daniel Stiepleman, wrote the script; her grandson has a part; her daughter reviewed drafts of it, as did RBG herself. (“As if it were a contract.”) As Jane Ginsburg said, “There wasn’t going to be a movie, at least not by [Stiepleman], if my mother wasn’t comfortable with it.” — The New York Times
Tag: 12.27.18
New York Times Dance Critic Alastair Macaulay’s Farewell Column
“There have been breakthroughs and positive changes in the dance climate this century. They’ve made me happy. Yet, Cassandra-like, I foresee ills ahead. … We’ve now entered a Silver Age, in which theatrical dance is a less radically creative art than before. Where once choreographers forged their dance language, now they tweak within lexicons they have inherited from others.” — The New York Times
‘It’s Never Too 21st-Century For The Rockettes’: Sarah Kaufman On Why The World’s Most Famous Kick Line Still Pulls People In After 85 Years
“The Rockettes are all about power and cheery domination — they are a glittering army in heels — but there is no hierarchy. Their power is group power. It’s a collective whose uplifting force is greater than what any single dancer could achieve. There is something reassuringly American about them, their natural athleticism, their beauty, their wholesome sexiness.” — The Washington Post
Meet The First Dancer To Go From AileyCamp To The Main Ailey Company
As a 12-year-old on Chicago’s South Side, Solomon Dumas was interested in the arts but had never thought much about dance. Then his mother sent him to AileyCamp. “After that camp, I was completely obsessed.” — The New York Times
Italy’s New Nationalist Government Makes Leonardo Da Vinci A Battleground
“Nationalism — taboo for half a century following World War II and the fall of Mussolini — is suddenly in, as every possible political dispute is cast in chauvinist hues. Culture had long been a relatively neutral terrain. Not anymore. And deliberately so.” — The New York Times
“To Kill A Mockingbird” Sets New Broadway Box Office Record
The new Broadway adaptation from Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin made Broadway history for the week ending December 23, taking in $1,586,946 at the box office, shattering the house record at the Shubert Theatre for the highest weekly gross of any Broadway play (non musical) in the Shubert Organization’s 118-year history. – Playbill
Roxane Gay’s Radical Honesty
It is hard to read the abuse Gay gets for her size. If there is anything useful in the experience it is, she has said, in the way it engenders empathy, for other lives, for difficult lives, for different lives. Reading, she says now, does the same – fiction mostly, but also non-fiction, “because you just think, ‘Oh my gosh, imagine if that were my life, imagine if that were my children, how would I feel?’ – The Guardian
Turkish TV Is Hot. But Can It Export Internationally?
The shows are a phenomenon in the Middle East and Latin America, and have become such a symbol of Turkish soft power that they have been used as counters in political disputes. On March 1, for instance, the Saudi Arabia-based satellite broadcaster MBC abruptly dropped all Turkish drama, cutting off some shows midseason, apparently in response to Turkish support for Qatar. – The New York Times
A Record Year Worldwide For Movie Box Office
That would mark a healthy 2.7% gain from last year, with most of that hike coming from North America. Year-end projections released Thursday by Comscore predict that domestic grosses will hit $11.9 billion, a 7% increase from 2017. International grosses look to reach $29.8 billion, a 2.7% bump compared to the previous year.
You Don’t Own Your Tattoo Art (The Artist Does). That Can Be A Problem
Any creative illustration “fixed in a tangible medium” is eligible for copyright, and, according to the United States Copyright Office, that includes the ink displayed on someone’s skin. What many people don’t realize, legal experts said, is that the copyright is inherently owned by the tattoo artist, not the person with the tattoos. – The New York Times