Bafflingly Weird? “Apple” and PC Music’s Postmodern Vision for Pop
Pushing sonic boundaries and upending conventional pop tropes, A.G. Cook shows why PC Music has quickly become one of music’s most polarizing sounds.
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The Tragic State of Modern Film
The famous last words of Uncle Ben to Peter Parker are: “With great power comes great responsibility”; our cinematic culture says it believes this axiom, but then refuses to show the audience the price of responsibility, the price of power.
Centering the Voices of Refugees
According to writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, popular narratives fail to capture these salient aspects of refugees’ lives. Instead, refugees stories’ are “invisible” until they are “hypervisible…forgotten by those who are not refugees until they turn into a menace.”
Art and Civic Duty: A Conversation with José Darío Gutierrez
The great challenge is to fully recognize the value of the other. If I don’t recognize the value of the other, I will never be part of the solution, I will always be part of the problem.
“Hamilton” Wasn’t the First Time Lin Manuel Miranda Rose to New Heights
Through these characters, Miranda guides his audience through an exploration of what home means for them through the lives of the residents of Washington Heights.
The “Top Dawg” Effect: What Kendrick Lamar Tells Us About the Future of Urban Revitalization
American inner-cities are marginalized and troubled, yet deeply creative and vibrant. Kendrick Lamar and Top Dawg Entertainment have capitalized on Los Angeles’ cultural vitality and are transforming their communities in the process.
Scholastique Mukasonga and Life in Rwanda
Mukasonga makes no profound declarations about the impacts of conflict or sweeping statements about the loss of tradition or lifestyle. Rather, she shows us these phenomena through speaking to the subtle erosion of positions in carefully curated systems and how the properties of these systems begin to diminish as circumstance alters livelihoods.
Lights Out on the Film and TV Industries
COVID-19 has changed the world, that is clear to see. As many of us use this time to catch up on our favorite shows, we must not forget that this industry is one that has been greatly affected by the pandemic.