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Caligula, English National Opera

Detlev Glanert's new opera is clichéd and pointlessShareThe theatricality of power: Glanert's 'Caligula'Johan PerssonMass murder. Incest. Rape. Madness. This is quite a lot to be getting on with for a three-hour opera. Too much perhaps. Indeed, Detlev ... [ Published 6 hours ago by The Arts Desk ]
First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 Documents

Blood legacy

he most baffling thing in the Spanish war," wrote George Orwell in his 1943 essay, "Looking Back on the Spanish Civil War," "was the behaviour of the great powers. The war was actually won for Franco by the Germans and Italians, whose motives were obvious ... [ Published 6 hours ago by The American In Italia ]
First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

When Sacha Baron Cohen jumped the shark

aka Borat, aka Bruno, aka the Dictator might just be over and done with. His shtick is wearing thin, and he?s starting to let his politics overpower his laughs.Nowhere is that more apparent than at the climax of his latest film, ?The Dictator.? For much ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Washington Times ]
First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 2 Documents

The Tyranny of Differently-Priced Salon Services for Men Is Over [Discrimination]

Today, in the year 2012, long after Martin Luther King Jr. and all those other guys marched and stuff, there still exists, right here in New York City, the type of discrimination that would have made Sojourner Truth stand up and say, "I don't think so!" ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Gawker ]
First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 2 Documents

Justin Davidson on Peter Gelb’s Operatic Tyranny

The close of the Metropolitan Opera season has given general manager Peter Gelb plenty of opportunity to mull the fate of oversensitive potentates. In Wagners Ring cycle, the god Wotan acts with intemperate stupidity, and four operas later, the world ... [ Published May 22 2012 by New York Magazine ]
First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Electing an Egyptian president

Cairo, Egypt - What was unthinkable only 16 months ago has become the new reality in Egypt. The posters and billboards are displayed prominently along all major roadways. Young volunteers rush to hand pamphlets to hurried pedestrians. Pop songs blaring ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 2 Documents

Film: Newswire: Kevin Smith launches new talk show, frees movies from the tyranny of criticism

Providing one of those rare special occasions to hear Kevin Smith talk, Hulu has enlisted the soon-to-be-retired filmmaker to do what he has always preferred, even while ostensibly making his own films: offering commentary on other people's movies via ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Onion AV Club ]
First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

MP Returns From Ukraine

The MP for Chatham-Kent-Essex is concerned about the current political environment in Ukraine and the effect is has on the 1.3-million Canadians with Ukrainian lineage.Dave Van Kesteren has returned from a trip to the country, as part of Canada’s Standing ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Canada's Rock ]
First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 20 2012 - 1 Documents

A Martial Law museum

Article Views : 158FILIPINOS are a forgetful people. We are a forgiving race.Amnesia is a public disease, a sickness bordering on Alzheimer’s, a creeping erosion of the collective memory over the dark periods of history.How easily we forget the heinous ... [ Published May 20 2012 by Manila Times ]
First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 20 2012 - 1 Documents

The indefatigable comedian

Sacha Baron Cohen is a man whose raison d'etre is to play with fire.But even for him, at first glance The Dictator has the look of career suicide. Surely making light of al-Qaeda, 9/11, torture, arbitrary execution and dictatorship is going too far?Surprisingly, ... [ Published May 20 2012 by Herald Scotland ]
First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 2 Documents

A delightful, disturbing Dictatorship

Sacha Baron Cohen atones for the sins of Bruno with this gleefully bad taste fish-out-of-water comedy, which kicks sand in the eye of political correctness.We're in a perpetual state of discomfort during The Dictator, unsure where the scriptwriters might ... [ Published May 17 2012 by Leicester Mercury ]
First Reported Apr 26 2012 - Updated Apr 27 2012 - 2 Documents

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists revisit classic album at the Black Cat

Rock musician Ted Leo isn't too keen on the nostalgia trip some acts are taking by basing tours around the performance of an aged, popular album it its entirety.But that isn't keeping Leo from dipping his toe into the water just a little bit.On Friday ... [ Published Apr 27 2012 by Washington Examiner ]

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...He symbolized for Orwell "the flower of the European working class," fighting "to win the decent life, which they knew to be their birthright."

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Caligula, English National Opera [ Published 6 hours ago by The Arts Desk ]
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Griffiths coming home to be 'normal person' again [ Published 14 hours ago by NEWS.com.au ]
The genius of Abu Mohamed Habibullah [ Published 14 hours ago by Bangladesh Daily Star ]
Reforms or populism? UPA must take a call [ Published 15 hours ago by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
Eador: Masters of the Broken World [ Published 17 hours ago by N4G.com ]
OpenCulture 2012 Provocation - Science Museums [ Published 18 hours ago by M&H Online ]
Europe's version of American Idol a joke [ Published 20 hours ago by Channel4000 ]
Tom Sutcliffe: The critic who made mountains ou... [ Published 20 hours ago by The Independent ]
Call to block ‘Mubarak-era’ PM [ Published 22 hours ago by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
Bill's bigoted Budget of low expectations [ Published May 25 2012 by Dominion Post ]
Annette Insdorf: On the Road to Cannes With Wal... [ Published May 25 2012 by Huffington Post ]
Memorial day is a time to reflect on US conques... [ Published May 25 2012 by Film blog | guardian.co.uk ]
Vulture Recommends: David Edelstein’s Films to ... [ Published May 25 2012 by New York Magazine ]
Spain's Eurovision contestant told country can'... [ Published May 25 2012 by First Post ]
Bulgarian museums fight crisis with curious exp... [ Published May 25 2012 by BNR ]
Shepard students learn art, history of dance [ Published May 25 2012 by Southtown Star ]
Eurovision: The funniest videos, and a D.C. wat... [ Published May 25 2012 by Washington Post ]
Movie Reviews: What To Expect When You're Expec... [ Published May 25 2012 by Birmingham Post ]
Cannes Review: In the Fog [ Published May 25 2012 by Hollywood Reporter ]
French Canadian film portrays grief [ Published May 25 2012 by North Adams Transcript ]
Artist Brett Murray Explains Why He Painted “Th... [ Published May 25 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ]
Reel Reviews: All hail the beloved oppressor [ Published May 25 2012 by Saanich News ]
African art: Divergent views [ Published May 25 2012 by Daily Maverick ]
Eurovision leaves West behind [ Published May 25 2012 by Washington Post ]
Canada's 'Scientific' Museum of Smut [ Published May 25 2012 by Creators.Com ]
'Post Mortem': Examining a sociopath's life, su... [ Published May 25 2012 by Seattle Times ]
Ana Tijoux on the State of Female MCs & Rapping... [ Published May 25 2012 by Latina.com ]
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Memorial day is a time to reflect on US conques... [ Published May 25 2012 by Film blog | guardian.co.uk ]
Hollywood goes for blockbuster returns on Memorial Day, but how do the US-centric hyper-macho films perform overseas? Memorial Day is fast approaching, so naturally one's thoughts turn to the Fallen, and to the shared sacrifice of European and American ...
Artist Brett Murray Explains Why He Painted “Th... [ Published May 25 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ]
Brett Murray So far we’ve heard from everyone regarding the controversial Jacob Zuma painting, “The Spear” , apart from the actual artist himself. In an affidavit to the police leading to his court case, Brett Murray explains why he created this ...
The Tyranny of Differently-Priced Salon Service... [ Published May 23 2012 by Gawker ]
Today, in the year 2012, long after Martin Luther King Jr. and all those other guys marched and stuff, there still exists, right here in New York City, the type of discrimination that would have made Sojourner Truth stand up and say, "I don't think so!" ...
The Tyranny of Differently-Priced Salon Service... [ Published May 23 2012 by Gawker ]
Today, in the year 2012, long after Martin Luther King Jr. and all those other guys marched and stuff, there still exists, right here in New York City, the type of discrimination that would have made Sojourner Truth stand up and say, "I don't think ...
Cannes Minireview: No [ Published May 23 2012 by BuzzSugar ]
Two hours with Gael García Bernal , anyone? The Mexican actor only made one film last year, the Spanish-language No with director Pablo Larraín. Larraín is a well known in his native Chile, which was been the subject of two of his films so far. ...
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Egypt elections: religion first, economy second... [ Published May 23 2012 by Telegraph TV - YouTube ]
Politics, policy and practicality: The three le... [ Published May 01 2012 by Current - YouTube ]
Syrian fighting continues despite ceasefire [ Published Apr 20 2012 by CBS - YouTube ]
David Cameron makes historic trip to Burma [ Published Apr 13 2012 by Telegraph TV - YouTube ]
Syrian uprising - a year of revolution [ Published Mar 17 2012 by CBS - YouTube ]
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