Quentin Tarantino doesn’t come off very well, either. Thurman says, “I went from being a creative contributor and performer to being like a broken tool.”
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Some Deep Thinking About What Enjoyment Is
Philosophers have puzzled over the question of what enjoyment is, proposing competing accounts of pleasure, but we can take a straightforward view that enjoyment is a distinctive state of finding an experience pleasurable. The hallmark feature of pleasure, in turn, is its feel-good quality. An enjoyable experience feels good. And it can be distinguished thus from a painful one, which feels bad. Does then the transitory nature of enjoyment undermine its worth? Or might that very brevity of enjoyment be part of its importance in human life?
Fueled By Leonardo Sale, Christie’s Sales Rose 26%, to £5.1 Billion In 2017
Despite global economic and political uncertainty, 2017 was a strong year for the top end of the art market, with data-driven reports pegging the growth at 25% across auction houses.
French Court Takes Up Case Of Facebook Taking Down Account Over Courbet Nude
Facebook fought for five years to avoid being taken to court in France over the case. But lawyers for the Facebook account-holder say “the deactivation of the account two and half years after it was opened, and just after L’Origine du Monde was posted, cannot be a coincidence.”
Chicago Sun-Times Suspends Film Critic Richard Roeper
“Roeper was one several prominent journalists, sports stars, politicians and celebrities who had paid to increase their Twitter followers with fake accounts, according to a New York Times report published over the weekend. Roeper’s Twitter following currently numbers over 225,000, but it was not specified by the Times report how many of those followers were fake.”
Chicago Sun-Times Axes Long Time Theatre Critic Hedy Weiss
Weiss did not respond to a request for comment, but she told friends she was notified weeks ago that her position was being eliminated. Weiss had been covering theater and dance for the Sun-Times since 1984 (which actually makes it 34 years).
Why You Should Still Collect DVDs
“I’m not against digital media, and I think it’s certainly a fine way to have access to your films without taking them with you. But when you become solely reliant on digital sources, you have fewer options than you think, and you’re certainly not getting the best version of the movie available. All of this is troubling because streaming is dominating the landscape.”
Grammys In The Crosshairs After Last Week’s Malethon
Having apparently learned nothing from the many men forced to walk back tone-deaf commentary during the #MeToo movement, Recording Academy President Neil Portnow almost immediately made things worse. He responded to the hashtag by urging women to “step up.”
Female Recording Execs Demand Grammys Boss Step Down
The letter, signed by over a dozen female execs, calls Neil Portnow’s comments “spectacularly wrong” and says he is “oblivious to the vast body of work created by and with women.” The letter goes on to list statistics of gender discrepancy in the recording industry, as well as at the Grammys themselves.
How Do You Program Diversity When We Have Diverse Reactions?
Matthew van Besien: “When we step back and remember that one person’s provocation may be another person’s reality, we are also reminded that it behooves all of us to move out of the echo chamber and expose ourselves to environments where people may disagree with us.”