“Unlike other fictional heroines of the time, Fanny [Price of Mansfield Park] gains happiness because she is aware of her faults.”
Emoji Are Bi – That’s Bi-Directional, Says Linguist
“Emoji are bidirectional: Not only can they express actions, but they can also directly represent spatial relationships. Emoji are a special case for her discipline – linguists disagree about whether they’re even words, and society’s use of them is maturing before their collective eyes.”
Guard At Musée d’Orsay Tells Noisy Students To ‘Shut Their Mouths’, And All Paris Argues About It
The students in question come from a “education priority zone,” and their teacher complained (on Facebook, of course) that middle-class white students could make noise without getting yelled at.
Conviction Of Picasso’s Electrician For Stealing Art Upheld By Court
“The court of appeal in Aix-en-Provence upheld the suspended two-year prison sentence of Pierre Le Guennec, 77, Picasso’s electrician, [and his wife, Danielle,] who hid 271 works stolen from the artist for over four decades.”
Why Does Time Sometimes Seem To Slow Down Or Speed Up? Scientists Now Have An Answer
“Since the brain estimates the passage of time by how much information is stored within a given interval, richer memories make it feel like more time has passed. What’s neat is that this explanation sheds light on other ways that time can feel bendy to us, on all different sorts of scales. For instance, if you look up at a clock on the wall, you’ll notice that as you first look at it, the second hand seems to be frozen in place, then after a moment proceeds to move normally. That’s because the brain pays more attention to new stimuli.”
Someone Stole A Rhode Island Ballet Company’s Nutcracker Costumes. Dance Companies Across The US Pitched In To Help
“According to AP, ensembles in Ohio, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, New York, and New Hampshire sent costumes and props to Providence, charging only minimal fees for shipping, warehouse restocking, and costume cleaning.”
Norman Lear’s Classic Sitcoms May Get Remakes
“The idea currently being discussed by Lear and Sony executives would be to have new actors recreate classic episodes of the shows, working from the original scripts, and package them as short, six-episode anthologies. The scripts would be treated similar to plays being mounted in new productions.”
Will Brexit Be Bad For Literature? Maybe Not (Oops, Is That The Wrong Answer?)
Author and translator Tim Parks writes of taking part in a recent London panel discussion: “It was evident that we were expected to find Brexit detrimental. … All the same, none of us were quite able to conjure up the required predictions of post-Brexit literary decline.”
Composer Karel Husa Dead At 95
“[He] won the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1969 for his String Quartet No. 3, and the 1993 Grawemeyer Award for his Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, and many other composition prizes over his career.”
Is The Rise Of Post-Apocalyptic Art Telling Us Anything?
“Rather than focus on the gory details of how the world might end, post-apocalyptic art casts its gaze upon the reality of the world that follows catastrophe and persists without human beings, as nature gradually reasserts itself over the architectural remnants of society. The emerging genre is not without its critics, and many practitioners remain uncertain or divided about what affect — if any — such post-apocalyptic imagery might have on its audiences. But as issues like deindustrialization and climate change rattle the globe, these artists are popularizing the forgotten or unseen places that are already being affected — and potentially mobilizing their massive online audiences to seek solutions.”
A Play That Bends Time. And Space. And Meaning
“The Encounter” is a one-man show—sort of—and it’s many things at once: a journey to the Amazon, a parable of time travel, a plea to secure the planet, and a head trip.
The Best New Buildings Of 2016
The Architect’s Newspaper chooses the best new buildings of the year. Jurors’ judgments were based “on evidence of innovation, creative use of new technology, sustainability, strength of presentation, and, most importantly, great design.”
A Dancer’s Journey From The Syrian Civil War To The Dutch National Ballet
He took dance lessons in secret, was beaten by his father when he was discovered, and persisted – dancing among ruins in Damascus, practicing on the roof of his building while gun battles erupted nearby, letting a Dutch team film him. Now Ahmad Joudeh is about to make his debut in Coppelia with the Dutch National Ballet.
Wacky Ideas For Finding More Money In Order To Pay Theatre People Something Half-Decent
How can theatres find money to pay people more than an entry-level salary for high-level work? One idea: Put a salary cap for Hollywood actors appearing on stage.
Want To Dance In Public (Or Your Living Room) To NPR’s Favorite Dance Tracks Of 2016? Now You Can
Oh. NPR has gotten sort of hip. “Berlin and Vancouver are obvious hot spots right now (and that’s reflected in the mix), but there are developing scenes in Atlanta, D.C., Melbourne, Glasgow, Cairo and Tokyo that are generating truly memorable tunes.”
Women Make TV And Movies, Duh, But They Had To Sue To Get In The Door
It’s not like now is a great time for women directors and DPs, but the 1970s were way worse. “These were guys who very solidly did not believe a woman could do this. I wasn’t getting political, but just by doing the job that only they thought they could do, it was a very political statement.”
Filmmakers Rush Standing Rock, But Not Everyone There Wants This Story Told By Randos With Cameras
At least 34 (34!) teams of documentary makers have rushed to the Sioux reservation to record the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. To put it mildly, “the throng of film projects at Standing Rock has provoked a debate about cultural appropriation among documentary makers.”
How The Heck Did They Film That L.A. Freeway Dance Scene In ‘La La Land’?
They shut down the exit ramp connecting the 105 and the 110 for two days to film the scene: “Six months of planning, 30 dancers, 100 extras, and at least 60 cars later, the opening number from La La Land, ‘Another Day of Sun,’ is a triumphant masterpiece that has critics swooning and audiences immediately adding it to the canon of great production numbers from movie musicals.”
In Los Angeles, The DIY Music Scene Tries To Plan A Response To Crackdowns After The Ghost Ship Tragedy
Police are cracking down on spaces all over the country – but music lovers, producers, space owners and fans say they can fight back. “There are cool people [in government] who understand what these spaces are, and we can seek them out and explain that we want to be safe.”
A Longtime Gallerist Lowers Her Guard And Gives Her Thoughts On The Hot Art Market
Basically, she’s not into the hot market: “Ms. Goodman said disdainfully: ‘There are people who buy and sell art as if it were shares in ranches or something that like.’ And one of her most important jobs now, she said, is ‘to keep the work out of auction so that it’s dealt with by responsible people and by museums.'”
The Makers Of The New ‘Star Wars’ Film Resurrected A Dead Actor Using Digital Effects, And That’s A Big Deal For The Industry
It’s not exactly a new idea – think digital Tupac – but the tech keeps on getting better and better. And weirder: “There’s a whole new phenomenon where famous actors are getting themselves scanned in order to provide for their family and their family’s trust in perpetuity, so that they can be recreated in films in the future.”
In ‘Moonlight,’ A Crack Addict Gets To Be More Than A 1990s Movie Stereotype
Actress Naomie Harris only had three days, thanks to visa issues (she’s British) to shoot her role as the main character’s crack-addicted mother, and she was nervous about it until she talked with director Barry Jenkins: “Here, for the first time, is someone who has a vested interest in ensuring that she doesn’t become stereotyped, and that she is given her full humanity.”
How The Steadicam, Which Is Turning Forty, Created That Iconic ‘Rocky’ Scene
What Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown says about a camera that requires a combination of athleticism and artistry from the person deploying it: “It’s like the neck of a swan or something like that, if you wanted to pursue that analogy. … It has reach, and that reach is part of the ballet of dancing around with it.”
Using Almost 3,000 Paintings To Examine Obama’s Presidential Legacy
Artist Rob Pruitt has painted one piece for every day of the Obama presidency. “Pruitt treated the Obama Paintings as a an exercise in repetition, like a catechism or yoga practice. Most mornings, with rare exceptions, he’ll wake and make a new one.”
The Specific Delights Of Longtime New York Times Street Fashion Photographer Bill Cunningham
The legendary photographer, who died in 2016, had obsessions with various details, from gold shoes to the Bryant Park Fountain. What made him fascinated, and how did he choose? His longtime collaborator explains – for instance, “People battling blizzard winds with a little umbrella made him giddy.”