Madonna Pays to be Watched
Madonna was a cute girl and everybody loved her thirty years ago. She had money then, and now, she has even more. When she...
American Politics, a Tank, and the International Stage: The Venice Biennale
Yes, I am going to require at least a modicum of research for this piece, which is— above all else— a discussion of the...
The Little Corporal!
We are so lucky to have discovered Jessica Raimi.
Here is a perfect summer read reprinted by permission!*
Beneath the gilded dome of the Invalides in...
Doucheland Uber Alles
In his assertion that he sympathize with Hitler, Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier was certainly bringing more than a touch of the bizarre to...
Letter to Cartoonophobes:
It is with deep interest that I read how some people of Allah enlist themselves to kill cartoonists. And I wonder: why?
Why do people...
Derivative Works Better!
Derivative is usually the curse of small cultures. George Enescu, the greatest Romanian composer, is rather too Dvorakian in his compositions, so few outside...
Purple Rain Dried Out…
Prince is dead.
Known for his sexually charged lyrics and electric performances, Prince made a final public appearance at a show on Sunday.
Prince did...
Inexplicable Daily Events or Shia LaBeouf’s Facelift Surgery
Shia LaBeouf is known for his shortcuts whether they are creative or otherwise. Last year, writer-director Shia LaBeouf used the graphic novel, Justin M. Damiano, byGhost Worlds Daniel...
The Theory of Internet-Based Information
Watching and reading about the recent film, Page One: A Year The New York Times, is a strange experience. To be sure, its subject...
Ballad for Bernie
Bernie Sanders, you’re white
Bad, but not your fault.
Bernie Sanders you’re no spring chick
But you’re wise, youthful, and caring
Bernie, I don’t need a selfie with...
Schwarzenegger: Total Freefall?
In the 1993 action movie, Demolition Man, Bruce Willis’s character is thawed (after being cryogenically frozen in 1996) in the year 2023 in future...
Of Gods, Charlie Hebdo and Tasseography
This past week, the satirical French newspaper, Charlie Hebdo, had its Paris office firebombed. Its website and Facebook page were also hacked and remain...
What Would Lee Strasberg Say?
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Method Section correspondent, was doing his daily pushups when he read Inmate Improv. Can a prison theater workshop prepare men for a life...
Hair. The Next (to last) Generation.
Unless hyped, hair is such a non-issue, that one would be baffled to hear that Hair makes for a less repetitive musical than Mama...