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...plain lines and eighteen colorful illustrations??this is all that comprises Maurice Sendak’s beloved 1963 children’s book, “Where the Wild Things Are.” And yet, through the eyes of director Spike Jonze, Sendak’s anarchic world undergoes a creative transformation that reaches far beyond the modest offerings of the book. Jonze takes Sendak’s world of childhood rebellion and roguish imagination and spins it into an extended discourse on growing up and the importance of family...
...Tale of Genji was produced when dominant scholarship holds that women were not as influential as they had been in the 15th century. By studying paintings called Hakubyo—literally “white lines,” for the negative space around the ink of the illustrations??McCormick said she is “trying to show that that is not the case and that women had continued to compose narratives and poetry.” Last year, when Harvard’s endowment plunged, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith instituted...
...Brokeback Mountain” for Best Picture in 2005; he explains a voting method known as a “Borda count” by discussing its use for MVP selection in Major League Baseball. These relevant, often humorous examples—coupled with political cartoons and illustrations??add another level of dynamism to Poundstone’s work.Yet the book is not without flaws. While the first two thirds of the text are quick-paced, Poundstone hits a snag as he delves into his analysis of voting methods. Having already constructed a vast edifice of characters, anecdotes...
...roughly $25 and a cast of one. Without delving into the world of “wacky voices,” her show features a cast of roughly a dozen characters, all deftly played by the inestimable Ms. Bamford. It all hinges on elegantly cheap editing and rich character illustrations??oh, and also she’s really funny. But what keeps you coming back for more is the fact that, beneath the technical innovation and hilarious writing, Maria’s tale of living at home after a series of career failures describes clinical depression in such...
Brothers Grimm, on the other hand, “is more user friendly,” Tatar says. The illustrations?? layout invites not examination, but aesthetics. They accompany the stories in much the same way that they would in a standard book of fairy tales...
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