arts and entertainment
Top 25 global series 2023: Frugality and austerity trump creativity
December 21, 2023Expect shorter series, fewer episodes and faster pulling of the plug so that the landscape begins to look more like that of already frugal budget-conscious series from around the world.
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‘American Fiction’ review: Sharp comedy tackles Hollywood stereotypes and Black identity
December 8, 2023American Fiction manages to deliver hearty laughs and emotional punch while giving nuanced insight into the complexity of race, identity, and consumerism in the United States.
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‘The Talented Tenth’ explores African-American success—and its high price
November 29, 2023The Talented Tenth tackles many issues, not the least of them the unspoken conflicts holding over from the old Howard days about racial hue, national identity, and what was known then as “Negritude.”
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Reena Esmail and Philip Glass: Musical movers of heaven and earth
October 23, 2023Los Angeles Master Chorale is laudably not just about the grand old masterpieces of massed voices, but also about new music with the capacity to speak to today’s audiences.
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Songs of Argentina fill new album with bass-baritone Federico De Michelis
October 12, 2023Argentina’s rich musical world is often subsumed, and so wrongly, under the single word “tango.” There’s so much more.
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