“Every year, thousands of paupers’ funerals – for those without the means to pay for burial – take place across the UK. The Nine O’Clock Slot pieces together the stories of those who die alone.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
‘Noah’ vs. ‘Son of God’: The Twin Pitfalls of Biblical Films
“Whether directors accept the text on its own merits or add their own creative spice, the end product will never be wholly satisfying for any audience.”
Choreographers Bare Their Thoughts About Onstage Nudity
Marie Chouinard, Jonah Bokaer, Sibi Larbu Cherkaoui, Sidra Bell and Alexander Ekman talk “about why and how they use the naked body in their work. While for some it requires serious deliberation and justification, others see nudity as just another tool in their artistic arsenal.”
‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ Attacked in Russia Under Gay Propaganda Law
“The local organization League of Safe Internet (LBI), has sent complains to the prosecutor’s office and to the culture ministry, accusing the film of gay propaganda among minors and containing elements of child pornography.”
Are Comedians Really Depressives?
“One of the most enduring stereotypes in all of comedy is of the road-weary, alcohol-soaked, and/or drug-addled comedian. Certainly there is a long line of victims.” (The L.A. comedy club the Laugh Factory even has an in-house therapy program.)
Orthodox Jewish Dancercise Is Now a Thing
“On a crowded dance floor, a group of 50 women are swaying, stomping, lunging, and gyrating to singer Jason Derulo’s ‘Talk Dirty,’ Pitbull’s ‘Don’t Stop The Party’, and other popular numbers blasting over loudspeakers. It could be any trendy New York club, except here the dirty words and sexually explicit lyrics are missing from the raps, and no men are allowed. Ever.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.02.14
On the Value of the Arts
AJBlog: Field Notes | Published 2014-04-03
Delaware Art Museum’s Deaccession Debacle: My Q&A with Its Former Director, Danielle Rice
AJBlog: CultureGrrl | Published 2014-04-03
Betsky Asked To Leave Early?
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-04-02
Disassembling something that nobody owns
AJBlog: The Artful Manager | Published 2014-04-02
The choir who came in from the cold (for Joyce DiDonato)
AJBlog: Slipped Disc | Published 2014-04-02
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Muhammad: the Opera (Yes, the Prophet of Islam)
“It was quite a challenge, even for the crack team of theatrical experts summoned from around the world: less than six months to produce a hi-tech musical extravaganza about one of the most renowned figures in human history. Oh yes, and the title character can’t appear on stage.”
China’s Largest Private Museum Opens in Shanghai
The second branch of the city’s Long Museum – this one in the West Bund – contains 33,000 square feet (about half of which is exhibition space) and took just over one year to complete.
Lorenzo Semple Jr., Creator of TV’s ‘Batman’, Dead at 91 (Kapow!)
This obituary would be about the man who wrote the scripts for Papillon, The Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor and the like – if he hadn’t seen “the absurdity in the character of a wealthy bachelor who enjoyed dressing up as a bat to fight crime.”