We didn’t even need to say that it’s propaganda art, did we? There are the 20,000-odd statues of “Great Leader” Kim Il Sung; there’s the $10 million bronze of the late “Dear Leader” Kim Jong Il; there’s the Hollywood-sign-style “Long Live General Kim Jong Un, the Shining Sun” that’s visible from space; and so on.
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Dancer Expelled From Ballet School For Doing Porn Says He’s Glad He Started Debate About Art
Jeppe Hansen (nom de porn Jett Black): “What I wanted to do was to create a conversation about what’s acceptable, where our sexuality visions and views are going, and what you can do as an artist – and within the parameters of being an artist – with sexuality.”
Jane Austen Was A Game Theorist
Political scientist Michael Chwe “discovered that Austen’s novels are full of strategic thinking, decision analysis, and other tools that would later come to be prized by game theorists like those as the RAND Corporation just after World War II.”
Pauline Rescues Mario, For Once: Fans Produce Girl-Power Riffs On Video Games
“Many videogames have long followed the same guy-centered theme: Girl gets in trouble; boy goes on a quest to save girl. … With a few redrawn pixels and well-placed lines of computer code, the women crying out for rescue have become the ones who save the day.”
What Was The Hardest Part Of Bette Midler’s Broadway Gig?
“The cigarettes nearly killed me. I answer the phone now and people calling think it’s my husband. … And the wigs! Let’s not talk about the fricking wigs, that was such a saga. But the cigarettes were the hardest. … I was thrilled, though, when I finally got the timing down to smoke two at once – a cigarette in one hand and a joint in the other.”
Richard Matheson, Science Fiction Author And Father Of The Zombie Apocalypse, Dead At 87
“In addition to publishing twenty-eight novels and well over a hundred short stories, Matheson enjoyed a successful career as a screenwriter, and many of his literary works were adapted for the screen, inspiring such diverse motion pictures as I Am Legend, Real Steel, Somewhere In Time, Stir Of Echoes, and The Incredible Shrinking Man.”
Rick Santorum Intends To Be A Christian Movie Mogul
The former Republican presidential primary candidate has been named CEO of Dallas-based EchoLight Studios, which produces “high-quality movies for families of faith.” Said Santorum in a statement, “Dallas can become the Hollywood of the faith-and-family movie market.”
The World’s Oldest Hip-Hop Crew (Yeah, They Dance With Their Walkers)
Granny V, age 96, is the eldest member of “the Hip Op-eration Crew”, a group of New Zealand seniors devoted enough to their steps to travel to this year’s World Hip Hop Dance Championships in Las Vegas.
Mugger Who Broke Ballet Dancer’s Neck Gets 13 Years In Prison
In late 2011, Jack Widdowson, a young apprentice with the Swiss company Bern:Ballet, was assaulted by Mohammed Ali Mohamoed, 27, on a disused canal towpath in Cardiff. Mohamoed, of Splott, Cardiff, was found guilty at the city’s crown court of causing grievous bodily harm with intent but cleared of attempted murder.”
U.S. Mezzo Is Newest Cardiff Singer Of The World
“Sunday in Cardiff, Wales, young American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton joined an elite cadre of classical artists as the newest winner of the highly prestigious BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Barton also took home the 2013 Song Prize.”