Happy 80th birthday, David Suchet
Sir David Suchet was born on May 2, 1946. While he has had an extensive career in the theatre, movies and television, he will always be known for one role in particular: Hercule Poirot. Suchet… Read More
Tag: Pop culture
Lindy West reflects on Shrill, which turned out not to be the story of her life
“I was given the illusion of power while the real deciders had private calls without me, and you can only be undermined so many times on an adaptation of your own life before you start… Read More
The British Museum had lost its charm
I like a Gershwin tune, how about you? My favourite version of A Foggy Day — a 1937 film tune from George and Ira that was introduced by Fred Astaire — was made about two… Read More
It’s time to get things started (again)
I learned a lot in Brian Jay Jones’s wonderful biography of Jim Henson, including the fact that Henson had mapped out The Muppet Show — right down to the colonnades, with the dancing muppets introducing… Read More