“I have a secret; I’ve started to doubt that dramaturgy is a job.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Will Netflix Lose The Hitler Channel (Not To Mention Dog the Bounty Hunter)?
Eh-oh: “Some of the most popular and longest-running cable series of recent years could be leaving Netflix, including History’s ‘Ice Road Truckers,’ ‘Pawn Stars’ and ‘American Pickers’ and A&E’s ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter,’ ‘Gene Simmons: Family Jewels,’ ‘Hoarders’ and ‘Intervention.'”
While You’re Clicking Upload On Instagram, Remember This
“Photography has become so thoroughly prostituted as a means of visual exchange, available to all or none for every purpose under the sun (or none worthy of the name), that it is easy to forget that until relatively recently one of the most important consequences of fearless photographic practice was to tell the truth about power.”
American Poetry’s Kingmaker (Yes, We Have One, Apparently)
Stephen Burt “is 41, a professor of English at Harvard, heir to the intellectual mantle long held by giants like Harold Bloom and Helen Vendler. He is also an avid science-fiction fan, the founder of a short-lived indie-pop zine, an authority on women’s basketball, the husband of Jessie Bennett, with whom he has two sons, and an unabashed cross-dresser.”
Google Takes All Of The Fun Out Of Everything, Including Kevin Bacon
Seriously? Google? You’re killing dinner parties: “Google has just launched a ‘Bacon number’ search feature. Just add those magic words to a celebrity’s name (as in: ‘Tom Cruise Bacon number’) and get the answer (as in: ‘Tom Cruise’s Bacon number is 1’) and the reason (A Few Good Men).”
Pussy Riot Keeps Up The Fight With An E-Book
“Pussy Riot! A Punk Prayer for Freedom will be published on September 25 by The Feminist Press, part of the City University of New York, with profits going to the Pussy Riot legal defence team.”
At The Theatre, E-Brochures Just Aren’t Going To Cut It
Lyn Gardner: “One of the advantages of the brochure is that it lays out everything that is available, including the shows and events you didn’t know you were interested in until you started browsing. An online brochure not only involves lots of scrolling, but requires you to actively click. It makes it easier to stick to what you know.”
Jet-Setting Violin Dealer On Trial For (A Lot Of) Fraud
“On Wednesday, Dietmar Machold, 63, comes up for trial in Vienna, Austria. It is the largest fraud case in the history of a trade that goes back to at least the middle of the 18th century: Apart from criminal charges, Machold faces civil claims estimated at $200 million.”
How’s That Angry Birds Movie Thing Working Out, Then?
Can apps become movies? Studios say maybe.
Thanks For That Cultural Olympiad, UK (Now We Slash Your Arts Budget)
“The industry faces a grim autumn. It is now, after Britain’s moment in the sun, that the cuts implemented in the spring will begin to show.”