“Contemporary theater is largely a false market supported by philanthropy’s phantom seats and unless we want to really invest in letting it fail with the support of funding, we ought to pull the rug out from underneath.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Turner Prize: Yet Another Way The UK And US Are Deeply, Deeply Different
“The prize is well known in Britain, and it makes for a moment when people entirely uninterested in contemporary art discuss contemporary art. The award ceremony on Monday will be shown live on national television, as it is each year, and bookmakers are eagerly taking bets on the winner.”
Yes, It’s A Challenge To Play A Controversial Leader While That Leader Is Still Alive
“Naomie Harris’s task has been to treat [Winnie Mandela’s] transition from innocent young woman to violent demagogue sympathetically – or at least with understanding.”
We Need New Names For ‘Alternative’ Performance
“It definitely was theatre, but this piece that has no actors and only a paying, playing audience also had as much claim to be reviewed on the gaming or psychology pages. Part of what makes it so fascinating is the fact that it is so hard to define.”
Paul Walker, 40, Star Of The ‘Fast And Furious’ Movies
The actor, who also appeared in “Varsity Blues” and “Pleasantville,” was one of two people killed in a single-car accident in L.A.
How To Hate-Watch Reality TV (Or Maybe How To Just Revel In The Bad Stuff)
“Viewing reality TV as both credulous consumer and critic isn’t uncommon. Plenty of us get as much pleasure out of pulling a show apart limb by limb as we do out of engaging with the storyline.”
Want To Be A Conductor? 10 Tips From Esa-Pekka Salonen
“I get all my conducting sticks in [Harry Potter’s] Diagon Alley.”
Hollywood By The Numbers: Still So Intensely Sexist
“The film industry doesn’t exist in a bubble. It’s part of a larger society that tends to have biases and prejudices.”
Peter Kaplan, 59, Legendary Editor Of The New York Observer
“There are few publications in New York City–either extant or extinct–that do not bear at least some of his influence. Writers talk about the old Observer as if it were a sacred religious text. Under Kaplan’s tenure, the paper became nothing short of the best kept secret in New York.”
The Real Crisis In The Humanities
“For those with humanistic and artistic life interests, our economic system has almost nothing to offer.”