arts and culture
Comcast and NBC Universal’s Peacock: A strange bird
July 31, 2020These “hyperconglomerates,” media giants combining telecommunications, satellite systems, and digital delivery and transmissions, are often reactionary in nature.
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They stream movies, don’t they? ‘City of Tiny Lights’ and ‘Hamilton’
July 14, 2020For 4th of July weekend, Disney+ served up an exquisitely well-filmed but troubling version of the mega New York theater hit Hamilton about the country’s founding fathers.
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Concert for Cuba: A star studded extravaganza July 18 & 19
July 7, 2020The largest-ever virtual performance of legendary musical artists from all over the world to honor Cuba and its first responders.
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Perry Mason, then and now
July 7, 2020Matthew Rhys from The Americans is pitch perfect in the role of the talented but befuddled and mixed-up Mason.
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‘One Dyke’s Theater’ a monument to decades of lesbian life and creativity
July 6, 2020The book is suffused with an evident sense of accomplishment across a decades-long career, while at the same time showing moments of self-doubt and -criticism.
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