“The seemingly irrational, but common urge to leap – half of respondents felt it in one survey – can be so disturbing that ruminators from Jean-Paul Sartre (in Being and Nothingness) to anonymous contributors in lengthy Reddit sub-threads have agonized about it. … The French explain it as l’appel du vide, or call of the void. Are they just French, or can the void really beckon you to kill yourself? New science on balance, fear, and cognition shows that the voice of the abyss is both real and powerful.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Can Neuroscience Explain The Power Effects Of Touch Between People?
Partly, but not by itself, argues researches Steven Phelps. “Touch embeds us in a social network. We choose what contacts we reveal and to whom, and those choices define us to a community.”
What Kind Of Accent Should American Actors Use In Period Movies And Movies Set In Other Countries?
Using criticism of Jessica Chastain’s use of a Polish accent in The Zookeeper’s Wife as a jumping-off point, three writers debate whether actors should use an accent from the country the characters are from, their own accents, or some form of a British accent. Each writer has a different answer, and they all have good points.
The Ballad Of Bassem Youssef, ‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’
Well, Egypt’s Jon Stewart with an audience about six times as large as Stewart ever had. That did not please Egypt’s government – either the elected president or the general who replaced him. Now he and his family are safe in the States, and he’s making comedy in English now.
The Extraordinary Off-Broadway Theater That Created ‘Natasha, Pierre, And The Great Comet Of 1812’ (And Gives Its Staffers Full Benefits!)
“Ars Nova is unusual – creatively, structurally, and otherwise. It’s not a traditional theatre company; it’s a finder, developer, and nurturer of unconventional artists working in hybrid forms.” And yes, it provides medical and dental insurance to its employees.
This Play Everybody Thinks Is About Brexit Is Not About Brexit, Claims Director
Amit Lahav of the company Gecko, on The Wedding: “It’s about the social contract that we all have with the state, the agreement in its simplest form that says you will be protected in return for taxes and loyalty. What if you start feeling, as I have, that you are in a forced marriage and the terms of the contract – potential changes to human rights; surveillance – are shifting beneath your feet, what can you do?”
A Look Back At Renée Fleming’s (Soon-To-End?) Opera Career
It hasn’t been said officially, but it’s widely rumored that her upcoming run as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier at the Met will be her final appearance in staged opera. Charles McGrath talks to one of her closest friends, her college voice teacher, a former manager, a former publicist, Met General Manager Peter Gelb, and others who have figured prominently in her career.
Unlooted 4,000-Year-Old Tomb Discovered In Upper Egypt
The grave, which holds the intact mummy of the brother of an important regional governor, includes a polychrome funerary mask and – in a first (so far) – all the customary burial goods.
That Guy Walking The Streets Of Philly With A Beat-Up Old TV? He’s Art – And At The Barnes Foundation, No Less
“He’s found them on the streets of Kingsessing and Mantua and Grays Ferry, all over the city: Broken and beat old television sets, cathode ray tubes long gone, many consisting only of angular shells. … It actually makes no difference to Wilmer Wilson IV if the televisions he has found, usually in early-morning wanderings about the city, still play.”
Member Of San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Collapses And Dies Onstage
“Ryan Nunez had been a member of the chorus for a number of years and worked on staff as the group’s Administrative Coordinator since 2014.”