Moore’s show had a 12-week run and was always scheduled to close, but the president tweeted, “While not at all presidential I must point out that the Sloppy Michael Moore Show on Broadway was a TOTAL BOMB and was forced to close. Sad!”
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Alejandro Inarritu Gets Awarded A Rare ‘Special Oscar’ For His Installation Carne Y Arena
Carne y Arena is Iñárritu’s immersive work that places viewers in a six and a half-minute virtual reality walk “alone and barefoot across sand, joined by virtual migrants hoping to reach America, while border guards patrol the area.”
Now That An Accused Harasser Isn’t Running Amazon Studios, It’s Time To Reassess ‘Good Girls Revolt’
One of the actors from the show, which is about workplace sexual harassment (and more): “I know we’re talking about TV, but it was sort of a microcosm of what was going on. … We thought we had it in the bag. There’s no way [Trump’s] going to win. There’s no way we’re getting canceled. That happened, and that happened, and it was like … we’re really operating against some crazy forces right now.”
Telling The The Oral History Of A Community Through Dance In Apartments And Hair Salons
That’s right, a dance of oral history: “‘Sit, Eat, Chew’ also staged performances in a private apartment, a restaurant, a public park, and a museum. The stories — told in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, and through movement — were culled from interviews with senior citizens and local youth. The project, born out of a desire to share oral histories from Manhattan’s Chinatown residents with the public in an engaging way, was funded through a Kickstarter campaign as well as several nonprofit and city and state grants.”
Well, This Is Interesting: Yves Bouvier Sells Off His Geneva-Based Art Storage Company
“Bouvier, who is Swiss, made his reputation as a businessman involved with freeports, the largely tax-free storage depots where wealthy collectors now store so many of their treasures.” But he’s battling in courtrooms across the world, including against a Russian billionaire who claims Bouvier committed fraud.
Wizarding: It’s Not Just For White People, Say These Young London Actors And Activists
The campaign puts Black Londoners into famous movie posters, including Harry Potter. The recast posters will be going up in London’s Brixton neighborhood. “Black kids can be wizards too,” says the young woman playing Hermione in the posters.
Hollywood Is A Little – Read, A Lot – Behind On Welcoming Deaf Actors
Or Deaf audiences, for that matter – though next year, all theatres using digital projection must comply with closed captioning rules. Things were better before movies became “talkies”: “Deaf and hearing audiences could delight equally in silent films. What’s more, deaf actors appeared frequently.”
First, Write A Bestselling, Critically Acclaimed Debut Novel. Then, Figure It All Out Again.
Yaa Gyasi, author of Homegoing, says it’s not easy to recreate the feel of writing her first novel, which she wrote in a dank little apartment in Iowa City. “Every day I would wake up in the dungeon, head to my nook, sit at my desk and feel proud and productive and contented. I’m trying to recapture that feeling.”
The Motion Picture Academy (Finally?) Adds A Code Of Conduct
Hmmm. “Although we have no intention of functioning as an investigative body or moral court, we do have a right and duty as a voluntary association to maintain clear standards of workplace behavior for those we accept as members.” (So are Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby the next to go?)
In Los Angeles, Artists Are Being Rent-Hiked And Flat-Out Evicted From The Arts District
Make that “The Arts District,” since the artists are getting booted.