Fay
Kanin
The so-called liberal Red-hunt
is not so overt as it once was, but you don’t
have to be Janneane Garofolo to feel the shadow
of corporate Hollywood’s fist over your
shoulder every time you make a statement even
bordering on an anti-war sentiment. So when a
woman manages to pluck her way through Hollywood
as both screenwriter and producer, making a critical
piece on the war during a time when there were
even less women in Hollywood than there are now,
and when critical work was truly few and far between,
it is time sit up and take notice...Read
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Lee Miller: Surrealist Muse
A former fashion model covers
World War II as a war correspondent. Lee Miller’s
life itself seems to parallel her own Surrealist
photographic work at the Getty Museum’s latest
exhibit entitled “Surrealist Muse: Lee Miller,
Roland Penrose, and Man Ray.” The black and
white photography of Miller’s work is critical
not only because it documents the war and post-war
effects on Europe, but also because it illustrates
Miller’s rebellious nature and bold feminine
perspective, making her a powerful female name in
20th century photography...Read
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Ones to Watch
Music: The Kills. Keep On
Your Mean Side. Two former art school kids put out
one of the best growling, stylish blues rock debuts
this year. They look like they live in a basement
surviving on a diet of cigarettes…and more
cigarettes. They sound like the smoke that snakes
between trench coats and sweaty walls, and probably
take more than a little inspiration from a red-and
white-striped elephant. But Hotel (him) and VV (her)
are the anecdote for what ails the disenchanted
hipster now too cool for the uber-popular White
Stripes...Read
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The Stuttgart Ballet has
Arrived!
The Orange County Performing Arts Center has hosted
the Stuttgart Ballet for the past week as the
dancers dazzled audiences with their athleticism
and technique.
Beginning March 18, 2003, the company presented
three shorter contemporary works: "the seventh
blue", choreography by Christian Spuck, music
by Franz Schubert, György Kurtag and Dieter
Fenchel; "Cindy's Gift", choreography
by Douglas Lee, music by John Cage and Roderick
Vanderstraeten; and "Seventh Symphony",
choreography by Uwe Scholz, music by Ludwig van
Beethoven. From March 21st through the 23rd, the
company is dancing ballet founder John Cranko's
"Romeo and Juliet", based on the play
by William Shakespeare...Read
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Welcome to the Sty: One
Woman's Dip in the Mud
Raymond’s boss, Howard,
called me into his office a few days after the
news. We discussed Raymond’s difficult situation.
Then Howard asked me to clean Raymond’s
office.
I was completely taken aback by his request. I’m
the copyeditor, not the cleaning lady. I edit
copy. Cleaning is not a part of my job, I explained
to Howard. He rolled his eyes at me and looked
exasperated. He said that our main priority was
to help Raymond organize his office. It didn’t
matter what my job duties were, I was going to
help clean. Not just me, but my managing editor,
who is also a woman...Read
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