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Sunday, April 7, 2019

The Intense, Often Silent Relationship Of Authors And Their Translators by Artsjournal2

The dance of translation can be difficult and sublime, but the author and translator(s) can never forget (or sometime forgive) the fact that "translation is not only a two-way but a three-wa…

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The Latin American Movie-Makers Rejecting Machismo by Artsjournal2

At Madrid's Film for Women Festival, three directors agree that quotas aren't ideal, but they might be necessary right now. "At least until there is some equality. 'Or better, let's talk abo…

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The mirror in Richard II by Artsjournal2

What does it mean for the deposed monarch in the Globe's new production to see the face of a Black woman? " David Jays

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A Book As Artist's Fever Dream by Artsjournal2

The book Flesh Film is as much the artist's creation as the author's. " Jan Herman

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As Movie Studios Keep Churning Out Superheroes, Who Is Shazam, Again? by Artsjournal2

Other than a fun lunkhead, Shazam " who, let's just go for maximum confusing here, used to be called Captain Marvel " is one of comic books' most important superheroes, historically speaking…

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Martha Graham and Beyond by Artsjournal2

A strenuous program of dances may have pleased the choreographer " if she only could have offered minor corrections. " Deborah Jowitt

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Scott Robinson's 'Tenormore' by Artsjournal2

Whoa: "An out-and-out plug on Rifftides is rare." " Doug Ramsey

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:15PM[SHARE]

Dan Robbins' Painting By Numbers Revolutionized Art by Artsjournal2

Robbins " who just died at 93 " changed the relationship of the average, at-home painter to abstract art through his homely scenes that, reduced down to color shapes with numbers in them, in…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00PM[SHARE]

This Norwegian National Ballet Principal Is Balancing A Career, Another Career, And Parenthood by Artsjournal2

Moving to Norway can focus the mind, or so says former Houston Ballet star Melissa Hough: "I had quite a few life revelations that took me by surprise. I began to ask myself a lot of hard qu…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:30PM[SHARE]

If You Judged By TV Shows, You'd Think Most Bisexual People Were Psychopaths by Artsjournal2

What's up with the terrible representation, TV? Of course, "the sexually manipulative bi character is not so unique," but Villanelle, Frank Underwood, and Annalise Keating's characters shade…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00PM[SHARE]

Does Australia Need Its Own Turner Prize? by Artsjournal2

Maybe. Australia seems to have prizes for everything in art, but none is a big national prize like the Turner in the UK. "A major, national contemporary art prize therefore needs two things:…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:30AM[SHARE]

The Man Who Was Called 'Mr. Followspot' by Artsjournal2

Linford Hudson worked at London's Palladium Theatre for more than 50 years, and he just got a special Olivier award for his skill. "I was born to do the followspot," he says. 'A lot of peopl…

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Netflix Suddenly Isn't Casting To Apple TVs by Artsjournal2

Until very recently, you could start a Netflix video on your phone and then "cast" it to your Apple TV. Then, boom, it just … stopped working. That's "a change Netflix says is due to "tech…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:30AM[SHARE]

How Did The Moomins Get So Popular? by Artsjournal2

For years, they were a secret of Finnish literature, guarded by those who loved them fiercely. Then the author died, the books were reissued, and the absolute flood of character consumer opp…

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The World's Longest-Running Soap Opera Finally Features A Black Family by Artsjournal2

It's been a long time coming for Coronation Street. "To many observers, the addition, while welcome, came astonishingly late for a show, known as 'Corrie,' that debuted in December 1960 and …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:30AM[SHARE]

The TV Show That Revived Musicals Comes To An End by Artsjournal2

After four seasons, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is ending, but it began at a time when critics declared the TV musical utterly moribund after the decline and fall of Glee (and, earlier, Smash). But …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:00AM[SHARE]

Groundbreaking Writer Vonda McIntyre Has Died At 70 by Artsjournal2

The Nebula and Hugo-award winning McIntyre was a good friend of Ursula LeGuin's, and founder of the Clarion West writers' workshop in Seattle. She wrote feminist science fiction, including a…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:30AM[SHARE]

LACMA's Director Defends The Incredible Shrinking Design by Artsjournal2

While an awful lot of art and architecture folks are asking what (the hell) happened to the original LACMA redesign, Michael Govan, as he must, defends the plan: "I'm just going to say, for …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:00AM[SHARE]

New York Is Getting An Underground Green Space 'Lowline' To Go With Its High Line by Artsjournal2

What is this sci-fi word salad? The underground park will have a ventilation system and a year-round garden, "thanks to remote skylight technology that filters sunlight underground through f…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AM[SHARE]

Instagram Seduces Booklovers With The 'Seven Day Cover Challenge' by Artsjournal2

Bookstagram " that is, reviewers and other book people on Instagram " are addicted to book covers, and book cover posting challenges. One fashionista/book lover: "I got out all the books I h…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM[SHARE]
Monday, April 1, 2019

It's National Poetry Month in The U.S., And Poet Laureate Tracy Smith Has Some Things To Say by Artsjournal2

First of all, she has a daily podcast called The Slowdown (which honestly sounds perfect for a poet). She says that poems "remind us of what we feel. They bring language that may not have ex…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:00AM[SHARE]

How Did The Matrix, Which Was Super Weird For Its Day, Ever Get Made? by Artsjournal2

Truly, Hollywood is risk-averse, or at least its funders are. But "The Matrix was a mash-up of the Wachowskis' many interests, blending their love of anime, martial-arts movies, cyberpunk…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:30AM[SHARE]

How Accurate Is The Ballet Plot In The TV Show 'This Is Us'? by Artsjournal2

Yes, this is a minute-by-minute fact check of the ballet scenes (and the overarching sudden ballet plot) in the show's third season. " Dance Magazine

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Not Only Aren't Books Dead, But Cookbooks Sell Like Hotcakes by Artsjournal2

Cookbooks not only didn't die, but one in the UK is selling as fast as J.K. Rowling and Dan Brown. What? "The future that Leith and Smith feared " where we do all our cooking from online sea…

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Thirty Years Ago, Winona Ryder's Agent Begged Her Not To Star In 'Heathers' by Artsjournal2

The cult classic turns 30 in a world where it could never get made again " and a world where Ryder became the representative for a certain section of her generation. Screenwriter Daniel Wate…

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Books Make Money, And Anyone Who Says They Don't Is Lying In Order To Stiff Employees by Artsjournal2

Or at least that's the claim a book editor is making: "In publishing circles, you often hear the phrase 'I put up with it because I love my job so much' " we accept the shortcomings and remi…

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The Artist Whose Dying Wish Turned Her Neighbors Into Curators by Artsjournal2

Life-altering: "It was a week after the funeral of textile artist and teacher Joan Charnley, who died, at 84, in the summer of 2016, that her solicitor got in touch with her neighbours, Juli…

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A Former Prima Ballerina Says Men Are Just 'Better' At Ballet Now by Artsjournal2

Darcy Bussell says that men used to be in ballet simply to be women's "extraordinary crutch," but that now, "women were struggling to keep up with the technical and physical abilities of mal…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:45AM[SHARE]

Writers Guild Members Vote Overwhelmingly To Curb Agencies' Power by Artsjournal2

When more than 95 percent of your voting members make the same choice, you know, as a union, that's where you need to go. In this case, "members of the Writers Guild of America voted overwhe…

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The British School Utterly Transformed By Poetry by Artsjournal2

Award-winning British poet Kate Clanchy has been a teacher for 30 years, and she's made some pretty big changes in her current school. "We keep winning poetry prizes at national level, which…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:15AM[SHARE]

What Drives Actor Dev Patel by Artsjournal2

Patel, star of Slumdog Millionaire, Lion, and now Hotel Mumbai, says that when he finds a new project, "after that initial excitement, you're just drenched with fear of, now I have to actual…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:00AM[SHARE]

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