A new documentary about the famed Chinese artist and dissident focuses on his activism more than it does his art.
But the media bungles it up with an overly simplistic “Red China” narrative.
In his musical operatic tribute to the former first lady of the Philippines, David Byrne leans on pop psychology to tell the story of the "steel butterfly."
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"It’s a little terrifying to be so influential. By which I mean, it’s really moving to have these wonderful writers come and share my work with all of you.”
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Lesser known facts about the celebrated author—from his days sweating ad copy to his latest gig as a television screenwriter
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“81 Bowery is their home and their only choice for a place to live.”
Maroosha Muzaffar talks to a taxi-dancer, who works at one of the many taxi-bars in Jackson Heights, Queens, where lonely immigrant men pay for a dance and a shot at love.
There are 42,000 cab drivers in New York City--and 82% of them are immigrants. Many from them from white collars jobs back in their home country.
