“[Kate Godfrey studied] anatomy, ‘from the nose down to the pubic bone’. She studied phonetics to be able to teach dialects. And she knows Shakespeare backwards, going through the plays in detail, looking up obscure words, picking up on a particular character’s repeated use of imagery – ‘usually animals, birds or death’ – and teasing out rhetorical devices such as antithesis and alliteration. It’s that last element of the three strands of voice work – parsing the text in the way that makes it sound rhythmical and comprehensible to an audience – that Godfrey says can be the most difficult.”
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What The Press Is (And Isn’t) And Why It Needs To Be Reinvented)
Objectivity has totally failed, and we have to question whether there ever was such an animal in the first place. Christopher Lasch has brilliantly argued that it was manufactured by those who needed a sterile environment within which to sell advertising, and I don’t disagree. That sterile environment was also very useful for the selling of ideas, which is the role of public relations – the spin doctors.
The Story Of Ice Cream Is The Story Of America
“From the tables of European royalty to a bag of 10 Hoodsies for $2.98 at Market Basket, the story of ice cream echoes that of the American experiment — democratization, fueled by technology, ingenuity, and mass marketing.” Ice cream figured in the assimilation of immigrants, and it was even tied up with Prohibition.
Netflix Viewing Now Exceeds That For Any Other Video Service
The subscription-video service is now the most popular platform for watching entertainment on TV, ahead of traditional cable and broadcast television networks as well as YouTube and Hulu, according to a recent survey of U.S. consumers by Wall Street firm Cowen & Co.
It Seems David Lynch Is Exactly The Wrong Person To Explain David Lynch
Laura Miller: “Instead, the Lynch of [the new memoir] Room to Dream lives a bit like a medieval peasant, in a realm of signs and portents, a cosmos whose ultimate design he cannot grasp but devoutly trusts.”
How Audible Is Powering The Next Revolution In Book Publishing
Audible isn’t exactly a giant-killer yet, but it is putting out an intriguing mix of content, one that—if you squint a bit—resembles the work being done by the publishing houses Audible simultaneously is partnering with and competing against. Audible is emphasizing its strengths while essentially taking what it can get from big-name authors—it’s a smart, patient strategy that is yielding results.
Lang Lang Is Back At The Piano After A Year Of Injury – Here’s Why That’s Such A Big Deal
“His return to the stage on Friday — to headline the season opener at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home in the Berkshires — is being closely watched not only by his fans, but also by the music industry. … The select group of artists who can still sell out concerts on the strength of their names includes Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell and Renée Fleming — and Mr. Lang.” Michael Cooper explains what kept Lang Lang away from playing and what’s at stake now.
How One Bay Area Foundation Is Helping Keep The Arts Stable In America’s Craziest Real Estate Market
“[The Kenneth Rainin Foundation] has been ahead of the curve when it comes to providing Bay Area artists organizations with affordable spaces through its support for the Community Art Stabilization Trust. Through its work with the city of Oakland, it’s at the forefront in supporting traditionally underfunded arts organizations of color. And its Open Spaces program has astutely framed public art as a medium through which audiences can engage with work addressing issues like gentrification and poverty.” Now it’s adding yet another approach.
New York And The Rest Of The Dance World Discover That L.A. Has A Busy Dance Scene
“‘No nudity at all,’ said a dance presenter, incredulously, as she emerged from the final showing of the DCA LA Dance Platform presented here in early June. ‘That would never happen in New York.’ But the dance showcase … was not about what is happening in New York, or London or Berlin. It was focused on dance in Los Angeles, a city where companies, big and small, classical and contemporary, have historically struggled for visibility and viability.”
Claude Lanzmann, Director Of ‘Shoah’, Dead At 92
While he had an extensive career as journalist, editor, public intellectual, and lover of Simone de Beauvoir, it was with Shoah, a 9½ oral history of the Holocaust widely considered one of the greatest documentary films ever made, that Lanzmann gained world renown. He never retired: his final film, Napalm (about his youthful affair with a nurse in North Korea), and his miniseries The Four Sisters were both completed last year.