@Aqua-Letifer said in The end of culture and art: @Larry said in The end of culture and art: @Aqua-Letifer said in The end of culture and art: @Catseye3 said in The end of culture and art: @Aqua-Letifer said in The end of culture and art: You could not possibly be more wrong about that. Movies take hundreds of people to make. They're all essential, all several hundred of them. Albums take a team as well. I specifically used the word 'creator'. I didn't say 'make'. Of course those projects take hundreds of people, but those hundreds are, to one degree or another, gofers. The concept, the idea, comes from one or a very few. Still, it's better to have their backing than not... nothing works like a fat marketing campaign.... I think even that is going to get a little fuzzy: big names going off on their own (if they can get out of contracts), and indie people finding other means. The institutional model will never go away I don't think. Just that some folks will find alternatives (which for many will include a day job). You are correct. It's still a little risky for a "big name" to go off on their own, though. I have seen some who tried it and their careers just died. But other than that minor point, I agree with your assessment. As for cat's "gopher" remark...... There are no "gophers" getting any of the money. None that is except the occasional situation where the artist who get the credit wasn't even involved.... I've been involved in quite a few projects where "big name" artists known for their playing skills got credit for playing something, but wasn't even there because they weren't good enough musically to pull it off, so some bald headed middle aged guy played his part for him...,

Thrown free, just like they planned.

Can't be, doesn't happen.

These days it seems most employers/recruiters use computers to screen candidates before a human interviewer gets to talk to one. Computers are not that good (yet) at letting interesting personalities or outside-the-box thinkers through preset filters. Chances are good the truly interesting candidates are blocked by software before getting to any human interviewer.

Audience score -92 Critic score - 14 It’s great.

Yes, Boba Fett was ok. The Mandalorian, an assassin with a heart of gold. Huh? Give me a break. We spent a lot of time with Obi-wan in the original 9 movies. I guess this series will fill in some holes, but we already have seen a good part of his life and after-life. I have watched the 2 episodes so far, they are ok. If you have watched all the other movies this is probably required.

Remember, Brown is perhaps the most Leftist school of the Ivy League.

At least the high school kids will be better prepared... https://nypost.com/2022/05/28/nycs-laguardia-high-school-in-uproar-over-academics/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=android_nyp

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/thousands-holiday-weekend-flights-cancelled-161150587.html

Might not have deserved to die, but had a serious whipping coming. Picked the wrong guy.

Sheep. Like pigs, only better looking.

@Copper said in Equality & Equity: You can't continue to favor one identity over other identities. The others just won't stand for it. Especially if the others are the majority. And then the minority will end up in an even deeper ditch. Drop the identity politics, it is doomed. And drop the equal outcomes nonsense. Earn the better outcome or prepare for a lesser outcome. You can't prop-up losers forever, they are losers, they will lose.

Much to think about how wrong Kinzer is. He is among the likes of John Mearsheimer but more isolationist in his thinking. Even Gwynne Dyer understands the rationale to bring Finland and Sweden into the NATO alliance: https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/opinion/gwynne-dyer-farewell-to-neutrality-sweden-and-finland-arent-going-to-wait-around-for-russia-to-come-knocking-100733492/#.YpJQjPxbb7Q.mailto

Well, ain't that sumthin'.