“Book-jacket design may become a lost art, like album-cover design, without which late-20th-century iconography would have been pauperized.” MayHas BeensArtBookLostCenturyDesignLateAlbums20th CenturyJacketsIconographyLost ArtAlbum Covers Author:James Wolcott
“And what could be a hotter ticket than the improbable triumph of 'The Book of Mormon,' the musical-comedy moon shot of the season? Its creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, of Comedy Central's 'South Park,' are the most unlikely Rodgers and Hammerstein team ever to bowl a thundering strike.” BookComedyTeamMoonShotsStonesSeasonsSouthMusicalCreatorStrikesTriumphParksBowlsTicketsUnlikelyImprobableInspirational TeamHotter Author:James Wolcott
“What's happening to movie critics is no different from what has been meted out to book, dance, theater, and fine-arts reviewers and reporters in the cultural deforestation that has driven refugees into the diffuse clatter of the Internet and Twitter, where some adapt and thrive - such as Roger Ebert - while others disappear without a twinkle.” InspirationalHas BeensArtBookDifferentFineInternetHappeningsTheaterDanceCriticsDisappearDrivenThriveReportersRefugeeRogerFine ArtsReviewersDeforestationMovie Critic Author:James Wolcott
