Yes, it’s a made-for-reality-TV concept that indeed is reality TV in Britain and now in the US: “Without speaking, or even knowing each other’s names, two strangers share a choreographed dance — they learn their parts independently in advance — and get to know each other through movement alone.” – The New York Times
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The Old-Fashioned Theatrical Magic Of The Harry Potter Plays
The designers didn’t want an audience probably well-steeped in the Harry Potter movies to be either disappointed or blasé. In the two-part play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, “the result is a spectacle that relies much more on human-powered magic than special effects trickery.” – NPR
How Are Two Small Canadian Films Making A Splash In Hollywood?
Partly it’s by letting Canada be Canada. “While movies and TV series are shot across the country, the Canadian locations rarely stand in for themselves. Toronto might be New York. Or Vancouver is meant to be L.A. It’s less common to have uniquely Canadian stories — and cities — stand on their own.” – CBC
The New Yorker’s Top 30 Cultural Moments Of The 2010s
Troy Patterson’s choices range from Zadie Smith’s essay “Generation Why”?, through Matthew McConaughey’s nihilist scene in The Wolf of Wall Street, David Lynch’s art show, the Kylo Ren lightsaber toothbrush, Greg Tate’s MTV News lament for Prince, Lin-Manuel Miranda doing Alexander Hamilton on Drunk History, artist Cindy Sherman’s Instagram feed, and the La La Land/Moonlight Oscar night fiasco, to Patricia Lockwood’s essay “Malfunctioning Sex Robot” (and 21 — sorry, twenty-one — more). – The New Yorker