Word: relevantizing
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The idea for the film came to Lusztig during the tail end of her work on her thesis film in 1997. “It’s just such a great story...one that I knew,” said Lusztig. She began feverishly researching the project, only finding...
I hope that in the aftermath of the attack, and in the wake of their imprudent rally for peace, HIPJ and its supporters learn the destructive power of their insolence, and the perilous consequence of mistaking our privileged lives at school as relevant to problems on the outside.
Bono recently helped gather a number of young pop performers together (including Alicia Keys and Destiny?s Child) for an all-star remake of Marvin Gaye?s ?What?s Going On.? The remake was aimed at raising money for AIDS charities; after the attacks, images of the World Trade Center...
This has been a time when ordinary people - firemen, policemen, volunteers - have been justly hailed as heroes. They only make the comicbook superheroes seem more artificial. But wondering if this spells their doom is absurd. If anything, the likes of Captain America and Superman can become more relevant during nationalist...
Some art will risk offense to stay relevant. In December playwright Tony Kushner opens Homebody/Kabul, set in Afghanistan in 1998, the year of American air strikes in response to bin Laden's U.S. embassy bombings in Africa. Despite the now incendiary subject, Kushner says he "wouldn't change a thing...