arts and culture
‘Naked Revolution: A Socialist Realist Opera’ is a Dadaistic immigrant dream farce
February 14, 2020Politically, I imagine there is on the artists’ part some lingering fondness for the ideals of Soviet culture they grew up with, if not always for the practice they experienced daily in the early years of...
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Joseph Shabalala dies, founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo
February 13, 2020Shabalala’s death was announced as the country marked 30 years since the release of Nelson Mandela from prison, which led to the end of the country’s brutal system of racial oppression known as apartheid.
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Uncovering new depths in regional theatre production of ‘Fun Home’
February 12, 2020It was called “the first mainstream musical about a young lesbian.”
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Bong’s ‘Parasite’ focuses on plight of South Korea’s poor
February 11, 2020South Koreans are reveling in writer-director Bong Joon Ho’s dark comic thriller, “Parasite,” which won this year’s Academy Awards for best film and best international feature.
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Steven Knight’s ‘A Christmas Carol’: Dickens in the age of neoliberalism
February 11, 2020This episode points out, as do the others, the ruthlessness of a society based on competition, control and confinement.
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