True: “Though Hollywood is now seen (sometimes unfavorably) as a liberal bastion, it wasn’t always that way. For lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, life in Hollywood up until the early 1990s — and perhaps, in some ways, still today — was a game of smoke and mirrors, hiding parts of themselves in public for fear of losing their jobs, being harassed by the police or worse.” That’s why Scotty Bowers pimped for the queer men and women of Hollywood for years.
Author: ArtsJournal2
An Artist, With The Help Of Many Others Across The DMZ, Unites The Koreas By Hand
Kyungah Ham found a North Korean propaganda leaflet – something she hadn’t seen for decades – in 2008, and that changed her art, and her life. “For a decade, Ms. Ham has been producing designs on her computer that are printed and smuggled into North Korea through intermediaries based in Russia or China. Then a group of anonymous artisans, whom she has never met or spoken to, are paid to convert them into embroideries, using exquisitely fine stitching. With bribes and subterfuge, the works are smuggled back out. Ultimately, they are shown and sold at galleries and exhibitions.”
Artists Deal With The Tide Of Gentrification In Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo
The area is changing rapidly: “The promise of more light rail and Little Tokyo’s proximity to popular destinations like the Arts District are also increasing construction of market-rate housing that has led to the evictions of long-time residents, including Japanese American artists with ties to the Little Tokyo community.”
Late Last Week, MoviePass Had To Get An Emergency Loan To Survive
How long can the subscription-based service last? It might not be too long. “Any of the app’s 3 million users that attempted to see a movie on Thursday were greeted instead by an error message claiming that their reservations could not be processed.”
Why Do Adults Reread Our Childhood Classics – And What Do We Learn About Ourselves When We Do?
It’s familiarity, true: “There is an allure to the repetition of rereading, submitting to the rhythms of a narrative, place, and characters you know well, and the familiar emotions they evoke. Rereading also has a different pace. I tear through a book on the first read, to find out what happens next, but rereading feels mellower and more leisurely, even while relearning the parts I’ve forgotten.” But then, there’s the discovery of racism, sexism, classism, homophobia – basically, there’s the risk of understanding the suck fairy.
A Broadway Show Actor Commits Suicide Six Days After A Brutal Meeting With The Director, And The Cast Is Reeling
“However complex the causes of Mr. Loeffelholz’s death may be, widespread discussion of his final rehearsal has brought new attention to the way theatrical creative teams wield power in an era of increasing concern about how managers treat subordinates in the workplace.” In other words, there’s a lot – a lot – of bullying on Broadway.
How Opera Became A Tool For Empowering Young People In South Africa’s Townships [PODCAST]
The founder of Umculo, an organization that uses musical theatre and opera to get both young people and adults interested in the power of the music for social change, was inspired by El Sistema in Venezuela.
Is The Smash Hit Musical ‘Hamilton’ Going To Become A Movie?
Fans would demand nothing less: “In an unusual twist, the ‘Hamilton’ movie won’t be a filmed adaptation. Instead, it is a recording of the show made in 2016 with its original cast, including Mr. Miranda in the lead role.”
A Genderfluid Ballerina Would Love The Entire Ballet World To Open Up [VIDEO]
Assigned birth gender shouldn’t limit dancers to certain roles – “that was what the English National Ballet showed me,” says genderfluid dancer Chase Johnsey. “They saw me for how I danced.”
Grammar Purists Are Running A Ridiculous (And Classist, Racist, Etc.) Ponzi Scheme On The English Language
What’s ‘standard’ English? What’s ‘colloquial’? Why is one right or wrong? “There is no official source of grammar prohibitions. For the English language, no one has the authority to lay down laws. Rules exist. It is possible to speak or write ungrammatically. It’s possible to be ‘wrong.’ But right and wrong derive from a far more powerful, albeit hard-to-pin-down source: us.”