Film Critic Hulk writes in all caps. Hang in there for serious content below the Hulkiness of the writing. “SINCE HULK’S ENTIRE PHILOSOPHY OF FINDING THE NUANCE CAN’T BE EQUATED TO FINDING MERIT IN THE MERITLESS, IT INSTEAD HAS TO BE FOUND RIGHT HERE IN THE HUMANIZATION OF OUR DISAGREEMENT. BECAUSE BEING NUANCED ISN’T SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE ‘ACKNOWLEDGING BOTH SIDES.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Can An Overtly Religious Musical Make It On Broadway?
“With its graphic depiction of the slave trade (black actors play characters suffering under the branding iron) as well as overt religious content (God rescues Newton’s soul), ‘Amazing Grace’ would be unlike any other recent Broadway production.”
The Latest Well-Written Piece In The War Over Young Adult Books With Adult Readers
“The binary between children’s and adult fiction is a false one, based on a limited conception of the self.”
Did Sotheby’s Cheat The Seller Of A Painting Out Of Millions Of Dollars Due To Misattribution?
“The seller, Lancelot Thwaytes, claims that the auction house did not consult enough experts or sufficiently test the painting before the sale.”
After An American Tourist Got Trapped In A British Bookstore, It Organized A (Voluntary) Bookstore Sleepover
“There’s something really exciting about being in a bookshop when it’s dark and there’s no one else there, and it’s a bit out of bounds; like you’re an explorer and you’ve broken into a library.”
OK, Starchitect Frank Gehry Gave A Journalist The Finger. But Why?
“Everyone loved him in the decade after the Guggenheim, but a backlash is now under way, part of the new post-financial crash mood. The Fondation Louis Vuitton museum in Paris, which opens to the public tomorrow, has been labelled ‘a detumescent Sydney Opera House’ by one writer.”
This Woman Made All Of The Paintings Claimed, And Made Famous By, Her Husband
“We need the money. People are more likely to buy a painting if they think they’re talking to the artist. People don’t want to think I can’t paint and need to have my wife paint. People already think I painted the big eyes and if I suddenly say it was you, it’ll be confusing and people will start suing us.”
Arts Education Causes Innovation Way Beyond The Classroom
“While 78 percent of college-educated Americans believe that creativity is important to their current careers, most found that they value creativity more as professionals than they expected to while in college.”
Seattle Is A Deathtrap For Nonprofit Theatre. Unless It’s Not.
“Even when well-managed, even when actors are (regretfully) poorly paid and costumes bought at Value Village , survival is precarious. You could try charging Broadway ticket prices (as high as $185). But that ain’t feasible in Seattle, and it ain’t right either.”
How Did A Dutch-Belgian Director Start To Rule New York Theatre?
“I admire Ivo’s work because it is epic, it’s messy, it exists within a sprawling landscape, both physically and psychologically, and he always puts his actors and their biggest acting chops at the core of his work.”