Binge watching? That’s passé. But what’s next isn’t entirely clear. – The Wall Street Journal
Category: AUDIENCE
Women Are Funny, But The Grammys Don’t Seem To Know That
This is a year when Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette” earned rave reviews and made the comedian (as she notes in a joint interview with Roxane Gay this week) unbelievably busy. A year when Michelle Wolf’s epic set at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner made waves – and infuriated the president. “So it’s a shame that the 2019 nominees for best comedy album — a category that now includes spoken comedy and musical comedy — only lauds men.” – Los Angeles Times
A YouTube Channel To Share And Promote New Opera
On the channel, called MyNewOpera, artists and fans will be able to watch and upload new operas, curate and share their own playlists and view other artists’ playlists. The initiative is the brainchild of UK-based opera production company Tete a Tete, however it is hoped the channel will encourage international collaboration. – The Stage
Doing Your Part? The Average American Household Has TV On Eight Hours Per Day
When Nielsen started measuring TV viewership, American households were averaging four and a half hours a day. This figure rose steadily over the course of the century, but the biggest jump came in the 2000s, when it peaked at almost nine hours. Now it’s a little under eight. – The Atlantic
Could We Unite America Around Orchestras?
“As a secular American living in Manhattan, I’m a stranger to the senator’s world of church and picnics. I worry that religion may be as much divisive as binding in America’s map of red versus blue. My professional world is one of orchestras (with which I work) and cultural history (about which I write). My perspective suggests another opportunity for healing—regaining a lost “sense of place” and shared American identity via our history and culture. And, yes, I mean high culture.” – The Weekly Standard
MoviePass Tries To Get Itself Back Together With An Overhauled Pricing Model
“Despite becoming a trending topic for all the wrong reasons, the company that once planned to be the Netflix of moviegoing believes it can win back the trust of its customers after a bumpy year that’s led to a wave of articles predicting its imminent demise. … As part of that effort a chastened MoviePass is unveiling a new series of monthly plans, the prices of which will vary depending on geography.” — Variety
Will Customers Accept MoviePass’s New Pricing Plans, Especially After All The Company Has Put Them Through?
Brian Barrett offers an analysis of the company’s new monthly pricing plans vis-a-vis those of the competitors that sprang up this year to lure customers angered by MoviePass’s failure to live up to its wildly overgenerous initial promises. — Wired
Museum Crowdfunds For Yayoi Kusama Infinity Room But Falls Short
The Art Gallery of Ontario raised $651,183, or about half the $1.3-million target it had set to buy the property. But we will still get to appreciate the artwork after the Toronto gallery decided to dip into existing funds.
C’Mon People – Your Behavior In The Theatre Is Dreadful!
Every night there is bad and thoughtless behavior conducted by people who may have spent hundreds of dollars on theater tickets yet seemingly have no idea how to behave in an actual theater. Why should you check that your phone is off, because, gee, that would be way too much trouble. Puleeze, that recorded announcement doesn’t refer to you! An hour later, that ringing sound: Oh, sorry everyone, is that me? Yes, it’s you! Look, you’re in public at the theater! Who knew! – The Daily Beast
The Whole Concept Of The ‘General Audience’ Is A Myth
Playwright Alana Valentine: “Are we not part of a generation whose success has been to interrogate all forms of generalisation? So why do we continue to refer to a general audience? And please, I’m not taking issue with the nature of the adjective as a collective descriptor, I’m actually leaning into the definition of general as imprecise, inexact, sweeping, and vague. I’m questioning what it is that we’re referring to as general.” — ArtsHub (Australia)