what are the economic benefits of the arts? (QOTW)
Sure, people who come out to visit a museum will probably spend money in shops and restaurants. But might attending a live-music gig make someone less likely to cheat on their taxes?
talk amongst yourselves
what is the most banal tweet imaginable? (QOTW)
And what could it be code for?
What makes a movie star a movie star? (QOTW)
What are the most appealing qualities of the biggest and best movie stars? And who is your ultimate movie star?
what is the cutest baby animal ever? (QOTW)
A cleansing for our spiritual palates after this awful week…
do you prefer science fiction or fantasy? and why? (QOTW)
Given the option to choose between two books or movies that I knew nothing else about except their genre, I’d probably choose the science fiction one…
question of the weekend: What one thing would you change about the human body?
For this weekend’s question, let’s subvert evolution and intelligently redesign our own bodies…
question of the week: What does the death of Roger Ebert mean for mainstream film criticism?
Ebert’s death is, in the public sphere, a blow not only to his fans but to the very institution of mainstream arts criticism… if such a thing can be said to exist anymore now that he is gone.
question of the weekend: What word or phrase would you eliminate from the English language, and why?
Perhaps there’s a word or phrase that no longer serves the purpose it once did, or some otherwise innocuous words have been twisted in shapes they shouldn’t have been…
question of the week: What’s the dumbest movie ever made?
I’m talking all-out idiotic, no-redeeming-qualities, not-even-accidentally-entertaining dumb…
open thread for Doctor Who: “The Bells of Saint John”
To keep you busy before I can get to my blogging next week. Assume spoilers galore.
