Showing posts with label The New Yorker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The New Yorker. Show all posts

Saturday, 9 July 2016

Is gentrification really a problem ? (The New Yorker)

At the Golden Globe Awards, in January, Ennio Morricone won Best Original Score for his contribution to “The Hateful Eight,” the Quentin Tarantino Western. Accepting the award on Morricone’s behalf was Tarantino himself, who brandished the trophy in a gesture of vindication, suggesting that Morricone, despite all the honors he has received, is nevertheless underrated. Tarantino proclaimed Morricone his favorite composer. “And when I say favorite composer,” he added, “I don’t mean movie composer—that ghetto. I’m talking about Mozart. I’m talking about Beethoven. I’m talking about Schubert.” The backlash began a few moments later, when the next presenter, Jamie Foxx, approached the microphone. He smiled, looked around, and shook his head slightly. “Ghetto,” he said.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/11/is-gentrification-really-a-problem?mbid=nl_TNY%20Template%20-%20With%20Photo%20(64)&CNDID=27430633&spMailingID=9174040&spUserID=MTE4MDM0NDUwOTcwS0&spJobID=960617727&spReportId=OTYwNjE3NzI3S0

Three terrible days of violence (Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker)

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/three-terrible-days-of-violence

Obama and Trump after Dallas (The New Yorker)

http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/obama-and-trump-after-dallas?intcid=mod-latest

The horrific, predictable result of a widely armed citizenry (The New Yorker)

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-horrific-predictable-result-of-a-widely-armed-citizenry

"Our country is better than that": two responses to tragedy (The New Yorker)

http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/our-country-is-better-than-that-two-responses-to-the-dallas-shootings

A week of gun violence does nothing to change the N.R.A.'s message (The New Yorker)

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-silence-and-violence-of-the-n-r-a