“The postapocalyptic imagination depends on an attitude of disillusionment that presupposes that hope once sprang eternal in the human heart.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
What Happens When Dudes Have To Go On Point For A Ballet
“The women in the company have given us a few tips. But mostly they find it very amusing.”
Making Good Theatre, Political Or Not, For Actors With Disabilities
“The £3m, three-year Unlimited initiative aims to give venues a choice of work and stop them from, as Verrent put it, ‘programming shit, and the first piece of work that they came across with a wheelchair and a guide dog in it.'”
Four Girls (And Their Director), Revolutionizing French Cinema
“In opting for an all-black cast, Sciamma was deliberately rejecting what some might have seen as a politically correct approach. ‘That would have been more comfortable, wouldn’t it?’ she says. ‘But I didn’t want to get into that overworked logic of balance and diversity. In terms of fiction, it’s a blind alley.'”
An Art Critic Skewers The MoMA Björk Show, In Verse Akin To The Vapid Audio Guide
“The girl continues, step by step,
the critic girl, girl critic
listening to the audio guide, with its stories that are free, so free —
free of context, free of facts, free even of the lava girl’s name,
a lava girl, in the shadow of 50, still being described as a ‘girl.'”
Shakespeare’s Plays Show That His Attitudes Toward Women Evolved
“Something happened, somewhere around Love’s Labour’s Lost and the early history plays and going into Romeo and Juliet. Either he fell in love or he just grew up, but something happened to him where he suddenly ‘got it’ about women and there was a profound shift in his writing.”
Marvel And Disney Get Grief For Ignoring Black Widow In Merchandise Blitz For New Avengers Movie
“Of the 60 items released on the Marvel and Disney websites on Monday, only three featured the female superhero. Unlike her male counterparts, Thor, The Hulk, Captain America and Iron Man, there are no Black Widow costumes, dolls or clothing. She only appears with the other Avengers on a tote bag, in one of the six lego sets and on a men’s T-shirt.”
Not Every Writer Can Afford To Just Donate Prize Money
“With increasing pressure for writers to work for free – some of Australia’s largest books festivals offer writers a chance to donate back their small fee and work gratis – and the vast majority of authors struggling to earn a living at all, what is the knock-on effect of these individual actions? For future award winners and for funding (prize money or otherwise), the unintended consequences could be significant.”
The Problem With Adam Sandler
“Something has been bubbling beneath the surface of too many Sandler comedies in recent years, a cold, mean-spirited smugness reeking of unexamined white-male privilege.”
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AJBlog: Performance MonkeyPublished 2015-04-26
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