Archive for September, 2010
By Adam Leipzig
The Color Purple, To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye – classics of American literature, and books some political and parent groups continually try to pull off library shelves. To draw attention to our freedom to read, a freedom that (surprisingly) some would challenge, the American Library Association and other gro
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By Adam Leipzig
As Republican hopefuls walk the runway for the 2012 race, and as we near the November mid-terms, it’s clear that we’ll still be wanting for new ideas. The “Pledge to America” is an unspecific sound-bite that’s good electioneering and little else. Many Democrats, if they vote at all, will perceive Obama as a midd
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Here's the TEDx Talk I just gave. It's about the Real Culture War -- not what the media keeps calling the "culture war." This talk is about the battle to be creative and to discuss our creative culture. Enjoy...and let me know what you think.
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Our society has no clear path for artists to follow. In the first of an occasional series, writer Peter Clothier shares his perspective.
It was after giving a TEDx talk at Fullerton College last week that I was approached by a very sincere young man who had recently finished his bachelor’s and was embarking on a master’s degree, but st
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By Adam Leipzig
Every art form, except one, has a specific quality-to-audience ratio.
The more good music, the more people dance. The more good books, the more good readers
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UPDATE: CulturalWeekly.com Readers' Nominations for Most Significant Truly Independent Films as of 9/14/10: The Man From Earth, The Visitor, The Station Agent, The Brothers McMullin, Hoosiers, Stranger Than Paradise, Tender Mercies, The Full Monte, Paris Texas, The Return of Secaucus Seven, Mean Streets, The Piano, The Long Good Friday,
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By Adam Leipzig
Robert Rodriguez’s Machete is pure genius and pure entertainment at every level – story, execution, politics, and casting, casting, casting. Watching the film this afternoon at Los Angeles’s Vista Theatre, one of the last of the still-operating movie palaces, with a nearly-full house at 1:30 in the afternoon, I was re
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By Adam Leipzig
America’s artists shape America’s political landscape. Glenn Beck may occasionally costume himself as Tom Paine, but Paine isn’t his precedent. When Beck calls to “put God back in America” and says we are on the verge of the next Great Awakening, he’s suggesting a religious lineage. That isn’t his precedent
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