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How George Orwell’s “1984” Became An Iconic Work
Television lives by viewing figures. Those for Nineteen Eighty-Four were, for a live drama, unprecedented. The tally (seven million) was exceeded only by that for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the previous year. “Big Brother is watching you.”’ “doublethink,” “thought- crime” and the “two-minute hate” became catchphrases. They still are. The 1954 televization jump-started Orwell’s upward progress to his present status as the Cassandra of his time.
These Books Didn’t Have A Lot Of Flashy Support This Year, But Hoo Boy, Are They Ever Good
The Observer critics give you ideas for all kinds of 2016 books that, as one critic says, “should have been huge.”
Despite The Decades Of The Murderous Khmer Rouge, Cambodian Literature Is Far From Dead
This is how culture rebirths itself: With a literary festival. “There were stalwarts from the Cambodian literati, cult-classic Australian crime writers, Academy Award–winning filmmakers, feminist Khmer rock bands, and cutting-edge spoken-word poets — all generating a significant buzz as they idled around town.”
Where Are All Of The Disappeared Women Of Theatre?
Structural challenges keep people who are caregivers from theatre – and this group of women are so very finished with that. “For many of them, it was the first time anyone wanted to know who they were as artists, where they were in relationship to their art, and what was holding them back in terms of their artistic role in society.”
Why A 1928 Play About WWI Might Be One Of The Most Important War Movies Coming Next Year
“It became an unofficial war memorial; a meeting-place for people who had one thing in common – loss. People didn’t really talk about it when they came back. They didn’t want the degradation to infect their families.”
It’s An Essential Moment For The WWII Museum To Move Its Oral Histories Online
The New Orleans museum has thousands and thousands of hours of video and audio histories from veterans, and the six historians responsible for putting it all online are also responsible for taking as many oral histories of the last remaining veterans – and they’re doing it all as fast as they can.
Is It Possible That Anne Frank Was Not Actually Betrayed To The Nazis?
A new investigation indicates that the arrests – and eventual deaths – of those living in Anne Frank’s hiding place could have come from an investigation into illegal ration coupons.
Sigourney Weaver Is A Monster, And Then A Few Other Things Too
As the actor prepares for a blitz of movies, including two “Avatar” sequels filming at the same time, she says she hasn’t suffered for parts. “I’m a weird duck, because I was never a ‘girlfriend’. I was always too tall to be the girlfriend. So I didn’t have to say goodbye to my sexual self and hello to my executive self.”
This Ballet Dancer Was Assaulted By An Instructor – And Now She Makes Ballets About Assault
Lissa Curtis’ instructor assaulted her on a plane and in Romania – but the FBI can only prosecute the plane portion. Now, she “advocates on behalf of survivors through her ballet, even as that very art triggers her severe PTSD and pushes her to her mental and emotional limits. ‘I feel as though I live with a ticking time bomb inside my chest,’ Curtis says.”