This theater company rebuilt the Titanic and sinks it in a lake every night
www.fastcompany.com: A theater company outside Atlanta is putting on a production of the musical Titanic that features an ambitious centerpiece: a massive three-story structure that sinks into the middle of a lake during the performance—only to rise again and do it all over the next night.
Behold, the most Burning Man thing ever
www.fastcompany.com: It’s not just the effigies that burn at Burning Man. Last year, temperatures in the Black Rock desert reached nearly 100 degrees. And so the 70,000 attendees–at least those without posh glamping setups–had to weather the heat with nothing more than water and shade.
The Is No 'Eclipse' of White Men in Cinema
The Mary Sue: Writing for Deadline Hollywood, in a piece titled “Make Way, Or Rather Don’t, For The Recessive Movie Male Of 2018,” Michael Cieply decided to invent the inane idea that the 2017 nominations at the Producers Guild were “cinematic eclipses” of white men. He’s particularly concerned that these men are being sidelined and outshined by a wider diversity of characters. What’s most head-scratching about this notion is that most of the films he listed had white men either behind the camera, behind the pen, or still acting as a main focal point of the story.
A "New York Times" critic body-shamed a Broadway actress in a review
HelloGiggles: The spirit of musical theater has always been one of acceptance, a place where people from all walks of life can come together and enjoy. Which is why many are calling out a New York Times theater critic who body-shamed talented theater actress Alysha Umphress in a recent review.
The Rise of Artistic Censorship on College Campuses Should Worry the American Public
Artsy: Artistic freedom protects high and low art alike; notions of “good taste” and artistic worthiness are the realm of the artist or curator, not the bureaucrat. But at a number of American universities, controversy has been acting as the curator, leading to the degradation of both freedom of speech and students’ ability to interact with challenging artwork.
Sunday, July 29, 2018
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