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On Roman Polanski The New York Times By THE EDITORS Published on September 29, 2009 On "The Polanski Uproar" the editors of The New York Times ask "Should society separate the work of artists from the artists themselves, despite evidence of reprehensible or even criminal behavior?" Click here to read my answer. |
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Obama as The Joker: Racial Fear's Ugly Face The Washington Post By PHILIP KENNICOTT Published on August 6, 2009 Good posters lead on the viewer and tease us with hints about the unseen hand that has crafted the image. The Obama Joker poster leaves you with the sense that it has said everything it has to say, and waits only for the media to endorse the message through the legitimizing process peculiar to our new age of rapid-response journalism: that we are talking about it because you are talking about it, which means it must be worth talking about. So why the anonymity? Perhaps because the poster is ultimately a racially charged image. By using the "urban" makeup of the Heath Ledger Joker, instead of the urbane makeup of the Jack Nicholson character, the poster connects Obama to something many of his detractors fear but can't openly discuss. He is black and he is identified with the inner city, a source of political instability in the 1960s and '70s, and a lingering bogeyman in political consciousness despite falling crime rates. |
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Louvre, Many Stop to Snap but Few Stay to Focus The New York Times By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN |
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