“When she was 11, Maya’s family moved to a Texan border town, and in an attempt to make friends she followed the tips from a 1950s popularity guide, with painful and ‘profound’ results.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Why Everyone (Yes, Everyone) Should Take A Stage Combat Class
“Stage combat has more in common with a combination of ballroom dance and stage magic than it does with any actual fighting discipline.”
How Do You Write A Gift Inscription On An Ebook?
“My worry is that the fine art of inscribing a book with a pertinent message for its recipient is starting to look decidedly peaky.”
Hold Up On Celebrating Banksy’s Big-Ticket NY Charity Auction
“The buyer immediately defaulted on his bid, according to officials at the charity. And now other bidders are crying foul over the way in which the attention-getting sale was conducted.”
Should Philly Expand A Playground On Top Of The Oldest African American Cemetery In The City?
“You don’t play tag over the bodies of the ancestors.”
The Eternal Fascination Of Yorick’s Skull (Though Actually, It’s His Cranium)
“Perhaps because Yorick was such a lauded character in the play, individuals have long expressed an interest in posthumously taking on the role.”
Toddlers Beat Soap Operas, At Least According To Disney
“In the end, SOAPnet was a casualty of a shift in corporate priorities for Disney — and technology.”
Gore Vidal Remained Ornery Until His Death – Lucky For Harvard, But Not For His Family
“Anger was Gore’s default mode. He wanted to go out like Ebenezer Scrooge, with a huge finger to everyone around him.”
How, And Why, Did Hollywood Screw Up ‘The Golden Compass’?
“The failure of this film means that we’ll never get a film of The Amber Spyglass. We’ll never get to see the film where Nicole Kidman murders God. And for that reason alone, I really wish that The Golden Compass had done better.”
Private Schools In Pakistan Ban Malala’s Book
“Malala ‘was a role model for children, but this book has made her controversial,’ Mirza said. ‘Through this book, she became a tool in the hands of the Western powers.'”