“It was a very progressive, surprisingly forward-thinking show — for about an hour or so, during the TV winners. The movie choices felt far more conventional.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 01.11.15
Not So Fast: Private Art Museum Under Scrutiny
AJBlog: Real Clear ArtsPublished 2015-01-11
Remember That Retracted Announcement from Chicago?
AJBlog: Real Clear ArtsPublished 2015-01-11
Two Becoming One Remaining Two
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2015-01-10
Will The Brits Win At The Golden Globes Because Of Youth Theatre Schools?
“Tutors at both drama centres have raised their glasses in anticipation on the eve of the ceremony in California and are ready to toast the theatrical tradition that prepares actors to work at the highest level.”
If You Want To Be Fair, Get Enough Sleep
“Selfishness may be the default, automatic response — and the one that takes energy and self control to overcome.”
What Makes ‘Selma’ Director Ava DuVernay Different
“Selma could have been a run of the mill biopic—following a tremendous man who made tremendous changes. But DuVernay makes Martin Luther King Jr. more than the myth—she makes him human. … DuVernay looks at Selma as a story of the community and all the people who were integral to making change happen, showing the quiet moments in between the escalating tension.”
Turns Out First-Time TV Directors Are, By The Numbers, Almost All White Guys
“Even as shows such as ‘Black-ish,’ ‘Empire’ and ‘Cristela’ broaden the diversity of characters and stories on television, the opportunities for first-time female and minority directors on TV remain limited.”
Anita Ekberg, Who Waded Into The Trevi Fountain In ‘La Dolce Vita,’ Dies At 83
“The voluptuous young starlet’s career didn’t start taking off until after she replaced Marilyn Monroe on a Bob Hope Christmastime visit to Greenland to entertain GIs at an Air Force base in 1954 — Hope’s first show filmed for airing on television.”
Writers Don’t Get Respect On Movies And Thus Prefer TV, Says Writer
“Although I understand why they treat writers so badly, it’s not in their interests to do so. They will get poorer work from their writers. Create an atmosphere of trust and [writers] will take risks and write better for you. Create an atmosphere of fear and neglect and they won’t.”
Universities Own A Lot Of Art, And Students Need To Know More About It
At Columbia, “the collection was established in the 1750s, when King George II donated silver to what was then called King’s College. Alumni, faculty and other benefactors have added to the troves, but there have been no major campaigns to solicit, research and repair art.”
This Whole ‘Overlooked Female Artist’ Trope Is Getting Annoying, And It Has To Change
“The rhetoric surrounding these ‘rediscovered’ artists excludes too much about the specifics of their lives and the sociopolitical contexts that have perpetuated their exclusion — not simply from notoriety, but also from market success and a place in art education. Instead of acknowledging these forces, we often say women artists were too unorthodox for their times.”