“It seems that we recognise talent far more easily when it’s accompanied by its occasional companion, success. When success enters the picture, talent pops right up, almost as if a red arrow has been drawn into the frame, leading the eye to where it’s meant to go. Without success, sometimes it’s hard to see talent for what it is.”
Tag: 08.23.13
Theatre Is More “Liberating” Than Film, Says Kevin Spacey (Who Would Know)
“Kevin Spacey has said that despite his Oscar winning career in film, and his current commitment to making and starring in the second 13-part series of House of Cards for Netflix, he still finds theatre a ‘more liberating’ artistic form.”
Thrashing For Allah: Meet The World’s First Islamic Heavy Metal Band
Tengkorak (Indonesian for “skull”) plays grindcore metal, growling lyrics about politics and religion and encouraging their fans to follow Muslim ideals.
Ad Execs’ Dream Audience: Tablet Users
“People staring at their tablet screens are more likely to watch a commercial and remember it.”
What’s Up With The Harsh Attacks On A Strong Woman Character – And The Actor Who Plays Her?
“Most people’s hatred of Skyler had little to do with me and a lot to do with their own perception of women and wives. Because Skyler didn’t conform to a comfortable ideal of the archetypical female, she had become a kind of Rorschach test for society.”
Barcelona Has The Keys To The Mansion, But Where Did The Old Masters Go?
After a long-running legal battle, Barcelona finally took ownership over a private residence left to the city in 1991. But works by Rembrandt, El Greco, Vélazquez, Botticelli and Goya seem to have disappeared.
Rituals Make No Sense, But Even Little Kids Create Them. Why?
“Rituals are deeply rooted and they emerge early. Surprisingly young children are already sensitive to the difference between purposeful actions and rituals, and they adopt rituals themselves.”
Tasting, And Smelling, SAT Words
“I loved ‘perspicacious’ and ‘recondite’ and ‘hortatory’ and ‘cleave,’ the last of which meant the opposite of itself, both to join and to tear apart. ‘Impregnable’ was an autoantonym, too. It was like a snake that ate its own tail.”
Making Video Games More Like (Good) Experimental Theatre
Could the immersive Macbeth-based “Sleep No More” become a model for more enjoyable gaming?
Losing A Trio Of Jazz Greats – Some Of The Era’s Brightest Lights
Marian McPartland, Cedar Walton, Albert Murray: Among them, they spread jazz into nearly every part of American culture.