The vast majority of subtitled productions project the translated text line by line onto screens around the stage/house.
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Author: Steven Strauss
When the Battle’s Fought and Fought
The ending of Richard Nelson’s When the Hurlyburly’s Done is proof positive of how applying auteur theory can alter analysis of the auteur’s individual works.
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Mount ABBA
My incontrovertibly, irrefutably, undeniably, objectively correct Mount Rushmore of ABBA bangers:
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Size Up
The New York Times’ review of The Brothers Size bumps up against the porous border between objective journalism and subjective interpretation.
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Take a Dink
If an artist benefits from making art about an underrepresented group, should said artist try to use the rest of their career to benefit said group?
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Told You So
On November 11, 2024, some dopey website by the name of Write All Nite — by the even dopier Steven Strauss — proclaimed this prediction:
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Let There Be No Light
Too many movie theaters bring up the lights as soon as the closing credits start, even if there’s still an image on screen.
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Aside
Given the scale of the spectacle and choreography, theatergoers prefer to sit farther away from the stage for large-cast musicals.
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Inter Script
American productions grant critics an analytical privilege that’s readily available to all British audiences.
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Rock the Boat
The exact same play can land differently on either side of the pond.
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