Hank Azaria, the white actor who has voiced Apu for 29 seasons, says he’s ready to step down, and that a South Asian actor could step in – but, while that would be welcome, the problems with Apu stem from areas far beyond his voice.
Category: AUDIENCE
Thirty-One Hours Of Marvel Movies In One Theatre? Sure, Why Not?
Eleven movies, leading up to the newest Avengers show. A two-day movie marathon. “By the time Infinity War was on deck, 28 hours in, the excitement was palpable. When the 3D seemed to be misaligned during the unwanted trailers, I was genuinely worried there was going to be a riot. A raucous ‘FIX IT! FIX IT’ chant filled the room before the image was quickly repaired.”
Athenian Symposia And Parisian Salons, Reinvented For Millennials
“On a mild spring evening, ten people gathered for dinner in a converted brewery in east London to speak of serious things. The event was hosted by Norn, a hospitality company that describes itself as an ‘offline social network’. Members can stay for a month or more in its houses in London, San Francisco, Berlin and Barcelona, and take part in salons and meals which come with conversation menus that prescribe high-minded topics for each course.”
Art History Gets The TED-Talks Treatment
“The [Heni Talks] website currently has 25 videos and plans to post new films once every two weeks. Many are presented by high-profile artists and art-world figures such as Damien Hirst, Jeremy Deller and The Art Newspaper‘s new editor, Alison Cole. … The video subjects range from important works such as the Mona Lisa, and the oeuvre of masters such as Cézanne, to art movements like Pop art and Modernism.”
Lending Libraries For Art Are Catching On
“Art lending libraries function like traditional book libraries: individuals can borrow an artwork, enjoy it in their own home, and return it by a due date with little to no fee. They have a decades-long history on university campuses, but they seem to be gaining popularity among museums, public libraries, and nonprofits.”
Augmented Reality Is Transforming The Museum Experience
Museums have long dealt with unauthorized augmentations of their exhibitions, such as unofficial tours, but technology has opened up new possibilities for activists and art enthusiasts eager to have a part in shaping the museum-going experience.
Why Is Marvel Ending The Most Lucrative Movie Franchise In History?
With the Avengers movies, “the studio has breathed lucrative new life into its decades-old comic-book properties, and built a ravenous fan base for each new character it introduces at the multiplex. Now Marvel says it wants to clear the table it has spent the last 10 years arranging and make way for something new. … Audiences are about to find out what finality looks like for a motion-picture money-minting machine: Will the story actually come to a conclusion? Will characters die, and will actors leave the series?”
You Know What Taste Is? An Algorithm
Philosophers in the 18th century defined taste as a moral capacity, an ability to recognize truth and beauty. “Natural taste is not a theoretical knowledge; it’s a quick and exquisite application of rules which we do not even know,” wrote Montesquieu in 1759. This unknowingness is important. We don’t calculate or measure if something is tasteful to us; we simply feel it. Displacing the judgment of taste partly to algorithms, as in the Amazon Echo Look, robs us of some of that humanity.
In The Netflix Vs. Cannes Skirmish, Everybody Lost
The Guardian says: “In this brittle standoff, fault lies on both sides. The French anti-streaming measures may be draconian, but resistance to Netflix’s anti-cinema model is quite understandable. … Quite aside from diminished screen size and visual impact, what films gain in universal accessibility, they lose in promotion, public awareness and even prestige, slotted as they are into a vast, fast-moving content menu between Adam Sandler originals and new episodes of Queer Eye.”
Changing Up The ‘History’ Part Of Art History In Museums To Mix Old, New, And Whatever Else Fits
The museum buzzword is “transhistorical,” and it’s being applied to everything from Franz Hals paintings to the Met’s big “Unfinished” exhibition from 2016. “Suzanne Sanders, an art historian in Amsterdam, who organized conferences on ‘The Transhistorical Museum’ in 2015 and 2016, calls transhistorical curating ‘the most urgent thing curators are doing in trying to reinvent the museum to create some sort of new paradigm.'”