“About 20 blocks away is another America entirely. It’s astonishing how little we have to do with each other, and yet we are living in such proximity.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
When TV Gets Boring, Is It Time For A Musical Episode … Or Not?
“For shows that don’t normally have music … and achieve a certain longevity, the musical episode is something of a television tradition. These episodes no doubt give the cast a way to shake off the doldrums, and they tend to make a big impression on fans.”
Stonehenge Remodeled Just In Time For Winter Solstice
“There has been a growth in Druid orders and in the number of people interested in pagan festivals.”
Upworthy Style Headlines Have Colonized Our News Feeds. Why?
“If you want to understand why the Upworthy style is suddenly everywhere, you start with a program that controls what millions of people see and read everyday–and which very few people understand.”
Off Broadway (By 7000 Miles), Broadway Musicals Reign
“Ticket sales to American and European musicals, as well as to a sprinkling of Korean originals, have grown from $9 million in 2000 to an estimated $300 million this year, and a frenzy of licensing deals is underway.”
They’re Going To Revive Elaine’s Without Elaine?
“Not only did Ms. Kaufman genuinely like writers, but early on, she may have sensed that when one coddles them, one tends to get written about.”
It’s Wrong And Flat-Out Stupid To Loot The DIA
“The whole point of a bankruptcy is to solve deep and structural problems in the economic organization of a major city – not to strip-mine everything from the Bellinis at the museum to the baboons at the Detroit Zoo for however much one-time cash you can squeeze out of them.”
What Can We Learn From Katy Perry?
“Perhaps Perry mimics geishas because she recognizes in them the same elaborate traditions of costume, makeup, dance, singing, and erotic performance, to a commercial end, of which she is a part.”
The Most Important Monuments Man Might’ve Been A Parisian Woman
“During the Nazi occupation, she had worked in the Museum Jeu de Paume, an important depot for art plundered by the Nazis. There she tried to keep track of where the artworks ended up, registering every single work.”
When Your Body Fuses With Your Musical Instrument
“Proprioception (e.g. muscle memory) provides the player with a cognitive shortcut that frees the conscious mind from primarily focusing on the mechanical details of music performance and allows it to address issues of aesthetics.”