“I’ve never been interested in obliterating John-Boy. I loved that character and show. Families come up to me now with very young children who watch the show, and it thrills me. I’m very happy that John-Boy is still up in his room writing on his tablets for a lot of people.” [Warning: This story contains spoilers for Season 4 of The Americans.]
Author: ArtsJournal2
Morley Safer Of ’60 Minutes’ Dead At 84
“To an earlier generation of Americans, and to many colleagues and competitors, he was regarded as the best television journalist of the Vietnam era, an adventurer whose vivid reports exposed the nation to the hard realities of what the writer Michael J. Arlen, in the title of his 1969 book, called ‘The Living Room War.'”
The Subterranean Sound Chamber Meant To Host An Invisible Orchestra
“When layers of paint and cracked and peeling render were stripped in a £6m repair project on the terrace, intricate brickwork and hidden funnels in the ceiling were revealed.”
Is Snapchat The Closest Thing (On Our Phones) To Pure Emotional Communication?
“This is not to say that text is irredeemable. A significant humanization of our text interactions happened quietly in 2011, when emoji were introduced as part of an Apple iOS software update. They offered a palette of punctuation that clarified intent. Tacking on emoji like hearts, skulls, grins and bugged-out eyes to a short message made it infinitely easier to confidently project sarcasm, humor, grief and love across a medium that had been, until then, emotionally arid.”
The World Of The Hugo Awards Keeps Getting Weirder And Weirder
“The presence of the author behind titles such as Helicopter Man Pounds Dinosaur Billionaire Ass and My Ass Is Haunted By the Gay Unicorn Colonel does somewhat detract from the grand stature of the Hugos.”
The Director Who Failed At Painting And Acting, Survived A Stabbing And Changed The Theatre World
“In fusing two cultures, Mr. Ninagawa injected modern music, Buddhist imagery, indigenous Japanese flora and teeming spectacles into classic plays. Yet he remained faithful to the text.”
Des Moines Paints Over Public Mural Created By Schoolkids
“At one end of the mural that was destroyed was written, ‘Ideas are forever.’ At the other end was, ‘Writing is Sacred.’ Writing, in this case, meant graffiti, Rollins said. It was how the students were getting their voices heard.”
Kids Learn Through Movement, Including Dance, So Why Do We Limit Them To Desks?
“Research has shown time and again that children need opportunities to move in class. Memory and movement are linked, and the body is a tool of learning, not a roadblock to or a detour away from it.”
Protestors Over BP Sponsorship Temporarily Close British Museum
“Greenpeace said it was targeting the oil company’s sponsorship of the Sunken Cities exhibition, and called on the museum to end the partnership. The protest today follows two on Tuesday at the museum’s Great Court by the group BP or not BP, which campaigns against fossil fuel sponsorship of the arts.”
Guy Clark, King Of The Texas Troubadours
“‘Stuff that works’ is how Mr. Clark alluded to the rustic images and folk tunes that defined his body of work in his 1995 song bearing that title. ‘Stuff that’s real, stuff you feel,’ he sang in a gruff, half-spoken baritone, ‘the kind of stuff you reach for when you fall.'”