Today I had one of those famous “driveway moments” with this piece. If you’re short on time, I recommend starting it at minute nine, where Daisey discusses media and storytelling, in part: …as a media literate society, everyone should understand in their bones…that every single…
Category: Storywire
“We’ve been telling each other tales of otherness, of life beyond the grave for a long time. Stories that prickle the flesh and make the shadows deeper, and most importantly remind us that we live, and that there is something special, something unique and remarkable…
“The basic idea in Moretti’s work is that, if you really want to understand literature, you can’t just read a few books or poems over and over … Instead, you have to work with hundreds or even thousands of texts at a time. By turning…
“All of life is lived through story…Story is how we make meaning of our lives. Every waking moment we’re bombarded by story,” said playwright Bryan Delaney, speaking to an audience in the Round Room at Dublin’s Mansion House during the March 17th, 2014 event We…
“So even if criticism can be reductionist, concerned with ‘-isms’ and occasionally nonsensical interpretations of one’s work…there can be something to engaging with people’s frustrations, figuring out how it can make your art better. Maybe it’s what’s going to happen in the new world, where…
“…those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences. They are not. Audiences want to see them, and, in fact, they make money.” Watch Cate Blanchett’s Academy Award acceptance…
“Television is not the new novel. Television is the old novel.” Read the full post at NYTimes.com.
“Bezos is right: gatekeepers are inherently élitist, and some of them have been weakened, in no small part, because of their complacency and short-term thinking. But gatekeepers are also barriers against the complete commercialization of ideas, allowing new talent the time to develop and learn…
“If we believe artists perform labor of value, we should also care about how (and whether) they get paid.” Read the full article in The New Yorker.
“Some of you might be thinking, ‘Oh lord, why do we need a day to celebrate actors being silly, wearing bright colors and singing obnoxiously at squirming kiddos and bored parents?’ But if you think that’s what Theatre for Young People is, you’re missing out…