Art can function as a collective memorial.
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Author: Steven Strauss
Who? Why?
A title is a top-level description of a piece of art, interacting with our conception of the work at three different intervals.
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For US
We did it, Joe.
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I’m Rick James,
Next spring’s Broadway production of Mary Jane will be a double rarity.
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First & Last
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store or: when the first chapter is the end of the story.
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Escaped
Escape to Margaritaville is my platonic ideal of a single-artist, non-biographical jukebox musical.
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Leave the Language, Take the Production
Financial precarity, thy name is theater funding.
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Restribution
Retribution’s conceit slyly justifies hiding Liam Neeson’s aging body while still allowing him to exist convincingly in his usual action-thriller genre.
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Jesus Is a #NepoBaby
A #NepoBaby starts their career without a blank slate.
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TLDW: Biosphere
Biosphere is on the worse end of how good a movie could’ve been with its premise and cast.
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Write All Nite 