Alternative monitoring of popular culture ~ broadly defined ~ in the pursuit of deeper understanding
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Les Miserables
It's interesting that Hollywood decided to go with Silver Screen A-listers (Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway) for the film version of the musical Les Miz, a tremendous show that features many roles with very difficult vocal parts. But of particular interest is the casting of Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter as the lousy, slovenly, filthy and conniving Thenardiers (see below). I don't get it.
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Danai Gurira
I don't know all of Danai Gurira's story but what I do know is every bit what America is about when it's functioning properly....
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As you closely read the two photographs above -- Sally Mann's "Candy Cigarette"(top) and Diane Arbus's "...
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