This Week: Have orchestra pops concerts lost the pops thread?… A decade of experimenting with pay-as-you-will theatre in Charleston… NBC confirms a shift in how audiences want to watch the Olympics… Are middle class norms stifling the arts?… What do regular museum goers think about the art?
Category: AUDIENCE
Can A Neighborhood Nonprofit Succeed At Saving Langston Hughes’ Home As Harlem Arts Center?
“We’ve been talking a lot about what it means to embrace newness but also hold on to legacy, hold on to culture, and not erase the actual places that we believe are sacred spaces of the Harlem Renaissance.”
The Cleveland Orchestra Goes To The Heart Of The City For The Summer [AUDIO]
“The old model of service has sort of imperial, colonial overtones,” but the relationship they actually built was refreshing.
You’re Too Late To Get A Ticket For The Opening Weekend Of This Museum
“Smithsonian officials said 28,500 free, timed passes for Sept. 24 and 25 were distributed on the website and via a special phone service. By noon Saturday, passes over the following two weekends were sold out, too.”
Is This The Year That Movies Stopped Mattering In Pop Culture?
“Nowadays there’s likely something way more exciting than the latest alleged blockbuster waiting for you on your phone, whether it’s a Frank Ocean record, a cornered Charmeleon, or some dank memes. And with social media providing us real-time updates of our passions and consumption, it’s become clear that, in 2016, people are less passionate about films than ever before.”
After A Decade Of Fluff: How The UK Fell In Love With Brainy Quiz Shows
“The appeal of tough TV quizzes is that sometimes, we want to be taxed. The lowest common denominator doesn’t always have to win. Difficult things can be fun. That competitive element, a touch of showing off on the sofa, doesn’t hurt either.”
Critical Disconnect – The “Best Movies Of The 2000’s” List Shows Gulf Between Critics And Audiences
“Critics can champion as many ferociously innovative films as they like, but if the audiences who actually feed the coffers of studios continue to ignore their recommendations, then the industry will simply keep delivering substandard, heavily franchised fare.”
The 450-Year History Of The True Crime Genre
“Between 1550 and 1700, British authors and printers produced an unprecedented number of publications that reported on capital crimes. As literacy rates expanded and new print technologies emerged, topical leaflets began to circulate among newly literate and semiliterate consumers.” It was a respectable genre, “consumed primarily by literate members of the artisan class and above.”
Religion Makes Its Way, Carefully, Into TV Drama
“As important as religion is in the lives of many viewers, television has had a tentative relationship with it. … But are things changing, and how? Here, the New York Times critics Margaret Lyons and James Poniewozik survey how television’s congregation has expanded and where there’s still room for improvement.”
What Do Plain Old Museumgoers Think Of The Art They See? The Times Asked Them, And Here’s What They Said
“We tried to find out what goes on in the mind of the modern museumgoer, unscientifically, by staking out the Met Breuer and interviewing nearly 50 art gazers over the course of two months … they included students who said museums were like ‘eating your vegetables’ and romantics who cherish their lunch breaks, when they can hop in a cab to go steal a few quiet minutes in front of a beloved painting.”