Yes, it happens – especially in Germany. And sometimes it’s not even gratuitous.
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Singapore Airport Unveils ‘The World’s Largest Kinetic Art Sculpture’
“The seemingly alive installation, composed of 1,216 bronze droplets attached to individual motorized pulleys, bobs and weaves in Terminal 1’s departure hall at Changi Airport.”
The 20-Year Virgin Loses It: Playwright Nicky Silver On His First Broadway Production
“Much was made of the fact that this was my first play on Broadway, after having had plays produced Off Broadway for almost 20 years. … I’ve been asked, now that we’ve closed, if I might reflect on some of these. I shall endeavor to do so. It won’t be easy, as I’d like to retain some sense of dignity, and were I to be completely honest, it would be apparent that I have none.”
Jerry Seinfeld’s Utterly Seinfeld-ish New Web Series
“Seinfeld, famously, was a show about nothing. Jerry Seinfeld’s new show, on the other hand, is clearly a show about something; it’s right there in the title: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. The meaning of something, of course, is relative.”
The Fearmonger’s Guide To Robot Composers (A Defense Of Software That Writes Its Own Music)
“We already use computers to edit films, process photographs, record and enhance music. Artists actually have a great working relationship with technology. So what’s the hang up with introducing computers into music composition? … [M]usic is different. It’s so rooted in math and science that it seems to make more sense to trust computers with it.”
Dancer Left Paralyzed After Mugging Ready To Return To Stage
“Jack Widdowson, 19, was told he might never dance again after suffering serious spinal injuries in an attack in Cardiff in November. Now he is rehearsing for his first public performance on stage on Friday.”
Russian Weaponmaker Hires Choreographer For Tank Ballet
“In the opening movements, the T-80 and T-90A tanks maneuver to techno music. There is a brief tango interlude. For the classical portion, the Russian arms company enlisted a ballet director from the Bolshoi Theater, Andrei Melanin. … The Russian tanker crews seem to coax their machines into delicate, even coquettish advances on other tanks. … At one point, two tanks twirl in a creaky, diesel-smoke-belching embrace.”
Comparing Savion Glover And Fred Astaire On YouTube
Judith Mackrell: “Reviews of Glover routinely put him and Astaire at extreme ends of the tap spectrum: dreadlocks v. top hat, grunge v. tails. … But watching the clips side by side it’s clear that, however disparate their styles, these dancers have the same DNA.”
Nora Ephron, Writer And Filmmaker, Dead At 71
“[She] gained a devoted following for her perceptive, deeply personal essays and parlayed that renown into a screenwriting career of wistful romantic comedies such as When Harry Met Sally and You’ve Got Mail, the marital exposé Heartburn and the whistleblower drama Silkwood.” Her final film, as screenwriter and director, was 2010’s Julie and Julia, starring Meryl Streep as Julia Child.
Old Jews Telling Jokes, The Nunsense Of The ’10s (Only Funnier)
The new show – whose title describes the contents more or less exactly (not all the cast is old) – has had so much success in its first month Off-Broadway that plans are already in the works to open versions in other cities.