Posts Tagged ‘Media’
The Failure of Art Criticism
American Idol is flawed in so many ways. Not only does it not identify idols (nobody goes on to the spectacular artistic careers that are the implied "prize") but it demonstrates how futile the exercise of criticism is.Simon Cowell's acerbic criticism may be surprising, and therefor entertaining, but really, it takes more talent, ingenuity and ego [...]
Jack’s Publishing – how publishing is depicted in movies
Publishers are represented in movies as much as anyone I suppose. In The Shoe Fairy (2006) directed by Robin Lee, the protagonist, a girl named Dodo, works for Jack, a publisher of children’s and pop-up books, who is always folding origami. Dodo does all the menial jobs in the office from cleaning toilets to picking up drawings from the [...]
