I might argue that Macbeth's tips after at the much earlier murder of Banquo (close associate who was starting to suspect him) rather than the MacDuff family, but I like these parallels.

Eh, it's skippable as a read. The histories are way more fun and rewarding.

I grew up watching Tina Packer's work on stage. When she's on her directing game, it's unforgettable. So glad that her "Women of Will" is starting to take off and get wider recognition. She's amazing.  That said, I have yet to see a Cymbeline I've really liked. I'll be curious to see this movie when it comes out.

I love Jasmine. But I've been watching the show since it began, and historically, black women have a difficult time with the voters. (although, yay Sasha!) I kept waiting for the judges to say something about the madness of Jasmine in the bottom three, but they were too busy praising the interchangeable brunettes.

Professional dance companies frequently do pieces that are much longer than the combined time of her two numbers this week. If part of the point of this show is to train dancers for the next phase of their careers, Malece needs to be able to keep going without losing energy or focus. The order of dances seems to be a…

In no way is Gloucester a "more obvious analogy to Walt." The two characters are incredibly dissimilar in terms of agency, philosophy and character. And don't start me on your summation of Lear's character.
 Is it possible that the writers are familiar with the Lear quote? Sure, it's possible, because it's relatively…

I grew up in a house with a rhubarb patch in the back yard. We ate a lot of wonderful plain rhubarb pies, and I am surprised to learn that they are so reviled. I think they're delicious.
Weirdly enough, I don't think strawberry rhubarb pie is good.

I grew up in a house with a rhubarb patch in the back yard. We ate a lot of wonderful plain rhubarb pies, and I am surprised to learn that they are so reviled. I think they're delicious.
Weirdly enough, I don't think strawberry rhubarb pie is good.

Agreed.  I love your suggestion that it's rogue camera operators looking to enliven their workdays, and not producers and directors thinking America is too dumb to enjoy un-enhanced dance.

Agreed.  I love your suggestion that it's rogue camera operators looking to enliven their workdays, and not producers and directors thinking America is too dumb to enjoy un-enhanced dance.

I was irritated by the choice to have the camera zoom in so close on it. It was a big emotion, and if we had been able to view it from a greater distance, it wouldn't have seemed so out of scale. It's why acting in a theater and acting for a camera require different approaches. I also thought it was too much, but I'm…

I was irritated by the choice to have the camera zoom in so close on it. It was a big emotion, and if we had been able to view it from a greater distance, it wouldn't have seemed so out of scale. It's why acting in a theater and acting for a camera require different approaches. I also thought it was too much, but I'm…

What I've been told is that the tune came from the "Sam Fox Moving Picture Music" book. It was a collection of themes for pianists to play while accompanying silent movies. I think that one is thief music.

What I've been told is that the tune came from the "Sam Fox Moving Picture Music" book. It was a collection of themes for pianists to play while accompanying silent movies. I think that one is thief music.

I haven't been to fashion school, (but did go to art school) and I have a hypothesis about this. I think that designers probably do have to learn to design for different body types, but that skill is more emphasized in classes geared toward designers who want to do commercial work. The PR designers probably focused…

I haven't been to fashion school, (but did go to art school) and I have a hypothesis about this. I think that designers probably do have to learn to design for different body types, but that skill is more emphasized in classes geared toward designers who want to do commercial work. The PR designers probably focused…

I support you 100% on the Audrey thing. She was always too "competition dance studio" for me.

I support you 100% on the Audrey thing. She was always too "competition dance studio" for me.

Well apparently I'm living on an island of one, but I loved this episode. I agree that very few of the dancers were completely successful, but the ways in which they overshot or undershot the mark were instructive and fascinating to me. (Full confession, I also have to teach a survey course in the performing arts, and…

Well apparently I'm living on an island of one, but I loved this episode. I agree that very few of the dancers were completely successful, but the ways in which they overshot or undershot the mark were instructive and fascinating to me. (Full confession, I also have to teach a survey course in the performing arts, and…