The consequences of the sexual revolution (remember that?) crossed with #MeToo can be rather ironic: Handshakes could be banned under new workplace rules to avoid expensive sexual harassment claims, an expert has said. Kate Palmer, an associate director of advisory … Continue reading →
There’s a new TV series out entitled “Fosse/Verdon,” that follows the lives and times of Broadway choreographer/director/dancer Bob Fosse and Broadway dancer (and choreographic collaborator) Gwen Verdon, who were husband and wife and had a tumultuous relationship. It’s not as … Continue reading →
She’s not the dancer she used to be, I’m quite certain of that. Not even close. The legs are much weaker and not fully straight, the arch less pronounced, the turnout barely there, and her elevation is probably nil. But … Continue reading →
I suppose at this point, realistically speaking, it’s something of all of them. I wouldn’t have even asked the question if Notre Dame hadn’t burned, but now that the rebuilding is being planned, it seems relevant. As commenter “Snow on … Continue reading →
I ordinarily have no particular fondness for ventriloquists, but this kid’s got mad skills:
Continue reading →The number “Killer Queen” was a somewhat unusual offering from the band Queen when the song first came out in 1974. It’s catchy and has a musical theater rather than hard-rock vibe: Freddie Mercury [said]: “People are used to hard … Continue reading →
These are filmed interviews with the elderly. Not the present-day elderly, but the elderly from almost a century ago. Most of these clips were made around 1930, which means that a lot of the interviewees were born in the 1840s. … Continue reading →
Some interesting background on the history of Brexit: It was at 6:22 a.m. on June 24, 2016 — 59 minutes before the official tally was unveiled — that the European Council sent its first “lines to take” to the national … Continue reading →
Of all the marvelous songs in the marvelous “West Side Story,” perhaps the most famous is “Maria.” Although it’s a great great song, it’s not my absolute favorite from the show, although I’d be hard-pressed to name my favorite because … Continue reading →
My great-grandfather holding my grandmother: My great-grandfather holding my mother: He died just a couple of years before I was born.
Continue reading →I’ve written about the great poet Yeats before, and in this post I dealt at length with his attitude towards aging and sexuality. In it, I mentioned that he had a lifelong love for and fascination—you might say “obsession”—with the … Continue reading →
I really knew next to nothing about hula as an art form. But here’s a video that taught me a bit. Enjoy!:
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