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Renting a former Hollywood studio and filling it with over 200 paintings, sculptures and prints, and an installation of 25,000 books, the exhibition is of comically immense scale. But the media-hype and careful manipulation of marketing strategies ensures Guetta’s circus is a ground-breaking success...
...documentary tells the real truth of Mr. Brainwash’s success: a success due not to creativity, but to careful marketing. The charisma of street art is its ideology, its opposition to the establishment of gallery art. It is art we all can appreciate and we all can contribute...
...this scourge—through individual acts of resistance. 5th Pillar is creating and distributing “zero-rupee notes” to citizens across India; when asked for a bribe, individuals hand over a zero-rupee note instead. This efficient and cheap initiative has already met considerable success in fighting bribery. Further anti-corruption efforts in the developing world should emulate the zero-rupee note’s strategy of addressing the social norms underlying corruption; such efforts will be more effective than initiatives that have aimed to combat corruption through structural adjustments...
...also troubling. They suggest that perhaps normal families operate around the goal of self-promotion. Are we just selling our images to one another, and to those around us? When parents encourage their children to excel, is it for their own betterment, or for the reflections of their success in popularity and material gain...
...cast’s near-absolute success undoubtedly owes much to the show’s orchestra, conducted by music director Jesse C. Wong ’12. The overture is a highlight, tracing the course of the story in its movement from a gentle beginning to an adventurous final section, underscored by a mood of light cheer. The entire production is an outgrowth of this delightful music, and the orchestra’s vigorous playing and professional—yet relaxed—attitude make them an integral part of the show. When “Pirates?...