“Ferguson asked the audience how many children Keynes had. He explained that Keynes had none because he was a homosexual and was married to a ballerina, with whom he likely talked of ‘poetry’ rather than procreated.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Silent-Film Roots Of A Century Of Bollywood
The film “features scenes of grand palaces, elaborate costumes, and dancing courtesans that seem to appear out of thin air — early glimpses of Bollywood-style storytelling that’s now world-renowned.”
The Met Will Return Statues To Cambodia
“The decision — one of the more significant in a recent spate of controversial repatriations by American museums — came after the Cambodians offered evidence that the works had been improperly removed from the Koh Ker temple complex.”
The Medical Orchestra At Duke
“We come together as equals, true colleagues, which helps build and develop professionalism. In the orchestra, there will be a surgeon right next to a med-school student. They’re of the same importance.”
Reviving Old Musicals By Putting (Newly Choreographed) Dance Front And Center
“‘It’s like walking in someone else’s footprints, in a way,’ Kathleen Marshall, who has choreographed 12 Encores! shows, said of creating new steps to the pre-existing musical arrangements. ‘You have to find a way in there for yourself.'”
How Can Contemporary Culture Possibly Depict The Internet?
“We don’t understand what we’re doing, what we’re writing about, our own creation has surpassed the methods of reductionism we used to create it. Isn’t it more honest and true to write about it with a kind of vetted mythology?”
Literary Translators Are In Demand – And The Internet May Provide The Supply
“Literary translators have to understand the cultural underpinnings of both languages and they have to elicit the author’s voice, intended meaning, melody, rhythm, and sensibility. They have to understand the intricacies of place and time as well — and all this often requires research and travel and a kind of intimacy with the author.”
Midnight Movies Live On (And Have Some Passionate Advocates)
“The movie at midnight may be dying. But the midnight movie, particularly in Los Angeles at this moment, is more alive than ever.”
Karl Marx, Garden Gnome(s)
“In honor of Karl Marx’s 195th birthday, Hörl has spread out 500 plastic figurines of the famous thinker in Trier, the western German city near the border with Luxembourg where Marx was born.”
Library Of Congress Gets Stuck In Sequester Molasses
“The office contributed more than 636,000 copies of books, serial publications, motion pictures, sound recordings, printed music and other creative works to the library’s collection last year; the average annual value of newly copyrighted works is $30 million.”