“When someone is punching Spider-Man, he feels the sensation and can avoid it. Our suit is the same concept.” The inventors intend it for safety uses, of course.
Author: ArtsJournal2
Go Ahead, Feel Those Feelings (And Watch Some Tennessee Williams)
“Williams refused to conclude that happiness was the normal, let alone invariable, condition of Americans. He was like a travelling salesman of unhappiness.”
The Oscars: A 2013 Haters’ Guide (
“Sunday night’s show will be SINGING and DANCING all the time! Musical tributes to musicals! Musical tributes to Ernest Borgnine! A star-studded musical tribute to the work of David Lean! IT’S EVERYTHING YOU WANTED THE OSCARS NOT TO BE!”
When The Material Is Whimsical, And The Content Deadly Serious
“The depiction of slavery using Lego serves to sanitize the endeavor. Difficult as it may be to confront, I don’t believe that the abject nature of slavery should be assuaged.”
The ‘Opportunity To Dance’ Means The Opportunity To Pay Extra Taxes
In Seattle, “there is confusion over when a musical performance is considered a nontaxable concert and when it’s a taxable ‘opportunity to dance.'”
Ozzie Sweet, 94, Photographer For A Colorful Time
“His signature images from the 1940s through the 1950s and into the 1960s, many in the fierce hues of increasingly popular color film that emulated the emergent Technicolor palate of American movies, helped define — visually, anyway — an era.”
Print: It’s Not Just For Reading Anymore (It’s For Buying!)
Oh, hurray: “The technology turns book covers, print catalogues, and magazine ads–any physical product that’s flat–into online storefronts by superimposing online buy buttons onto each product.”
Zheng Cao, 46, Mezzo-Soprano With Charm To Spare
“For as many times as she bubbled around the stage as Mozart’s love-stricken adolescent, Cherubino, she tore people’s hearts in two with her immensely sympathetic Suzuki (Madama Butterfly). “
Hollywood Still Sucks At Gender Equality: Why?
“An increase of women behind the scenes likely would raise that number. Smith’s study found that Best Picture-nominated films with at least one female screenwriter featured more girls and women on screen than those with none.”
Taken Banksy Artwork Is Withdrawn From Sale In MIami
“The Banksy mural, depicting a boy hunched over a sewing machine making Union Jack bunting, disappeared from Whymark Avenue earlier this month.”