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Sunday, April 26, 2020

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts from the last week:

Must the show go on during the COVID-19 outbreak?

The Japan Times: Responses to the spread of the COVID-19 virus have varied widely from country to country and are changing from day to day. So, while Broadway shows in New York have shut down for at least a month, West End productions in London have been canceled until further notice.

Learning in lockdown - a training roundup

www.avinteractive.com: At a time when many people in the industry have more time on their hands than before, as events and project are cancelled, industry companies have turned to online learning to offer opportunities to develop and refine skills during the downtime. A selection of these online training opportunities are listed alphabetically.

Will Covid-19 Affect the Design of Universal's New Theme Park?

www.themeparkinsider.com: Yesterday, I wrote about the operational challenges facing theme parks as they look for ways to conform to potential new rules and conventions for protecting the health of their guests and employees once they reopen. Demands for social distancing and new hygiene standards might force Disneyland, Universal Studios and other theme parks to make a wide range of changes, including the expansion of virtual queues, new loading procedures for attractions and even new floor plans for restaurants and shops.

Work-Life Balance: Leveling the See-Saw

Remodeling: Remember going to the playground when you were young and riding the see-saw? Some people call it the teeter-totter. Little more than a board centered on a fulcrum, you and a friend would get on each end, alternately pushing one another up and down.

Suicide Squad Director on Harley Quinn Costume Criticism

The Mary Sue: David Ayer, the director of 2016’s Suicide Squad, responded to a Twitter user who claimed that the character of Harley Quinn was sexualized in his movie and was better humanized in Birds of Prey. Ayer’s response to the comment and the small interaction that came after was pretty telling.

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