“‘We can’t become anaesthetised and think, ‘Oh, he won [the election]. There’s nothing we can do,” said [Edu] Krieger, who has written songs for some of Brazil’s most celebrated female voices. ‘At least through our music we can pester them a bit and make some noise. This is the most efficient kind of resistance we can mount right now … We can’t just passively accept the kind of situation they are trying to impose.'” – The Guardian
Tag: 12.28.19
Best TV Of The Decade? Try Best Types Of TV
“I know readers only have time anymore to read lists, but bear with me. Here are the best kinds of shows we watched over the past 10 years. Many of them belong to more than one category — a sign of their greatness.” – Washington Post
Audible And Publishers May Soon Reach A Deal About Those ‘Captions’
Remember when this lawsuit started, and we discovered that Audible was transcribing every word that its readers – who were, presumably, usually, reading the book word for word – read aloud, in other words, recreating the entire book through “captions”? Settlement may come as early as January 13. (Meanwhile, Audible – that is, Amazon – defends its right to do just this recreation of the book with its own service.) – Publishers Weekly
Puppetry Can Do A Lot More Than Look Good On Stage Or Screen [VIDEO]
Indeed, it can help trauma victims and survivors start to heal. – BBC
Sue Lyon, Who Starred In ‘Lolita’ When She Was 14, Has Died At 73
Lyon went on acting until 1980, but – as is the case with many child stars – “she receded from acting and turned away from public life in her later years.” – Los Angeles Times
Barack Obama Releases The List Of His Favorite Books Of 2019
As usual, it’s “an eclectic mix of fiction and nonfiction,” and the former president included the collected works of Toni Morrison, who died in August. – Los Angeles Times
Broadway Remembers Jerry Herman
Everyone from Harvey Fierstein to Chita Rivera has something to say about the man who deeply understood his craft. Betty Buckley, who played Dolly Levi in the 2018-19 national revival tour of Hello, Dolly!, said, “The lesson for me in doing the show — and I owe him a debt of appreciation — was that joy is a choice. It’s not something you wait to happen to you. You choose it, and you work really hard to sustain that commitment.” – The New York Times
Vampires Are ‘So Over’ Right Now, But Their Return May Be Imminent
They’re so early 2010s, basically. But culture is cyclical, or so it appears in tastemakers’ plans, and – according to a vampire literature scholar – “updated versions of these monsters cycle in when we don’t know how to confront something as a society or when we need to find a metaphor to help us understand a situation.” – HuffPost
The French Government Has Offered Concessions To The Paris Opera Dancers Who Have Been On Strike
The massive strike, in its 24th day and spread throughout the country, went viral last week when dancers and the orchestra performed selections from Swan Lake in front of the Paris Opèra. “The special retirement plan for the Paris Opera, which allows dancers to bow out at age 42, was introduced in 1698 by king Louis XIV — making it among the oldest in France.” – France24
Kelly Fraser, Singer Who Gained Fame For An Inuit-Language Cover Of A Rihanna Song, Has Died At 26
Fraser “wrote or translated songs into Inuktitut, an Inuit language, [and] a key aim was to ‘use pop music as a platform to strengthen her language,'” her producer said. “She also wanted to make the music as accessible to as many people as possible, he said, so she mixed English and Inuktitut in her recordings and blended traditional Inuit sounds and themes with contemporary pop.” – Seattle Times (AP)