I’m sorry to report, but I do not have the time to manage Cultured Media anymore. I hope that you have enjoyed listened to or watching these insightful interaviews and discussions with scholars, newsmakers, and writers. I hope each and everyone of you continue to critically think and challenge passively accepting the daily meme.
Long-time acting coach William Esper explains the ‘Meisner Technique’ and how actors use it to create compelling characters. William Esper, founder of the William Esper Studio and the Professional Actor Training Program at Rutgers.
Throughout the years, I’ve enjoyed many of Charlie Rose’s interviews with well-known people , but I’m not one to watch a television show regularly. You can watch the most recent shows in their entirely. I’m not sure about the archives. Too bad there is no podcast. If you know of one, please comment.
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An entertaining conversation with Ghoul Rocker, Alice Cooper on Fresh Air.
A humorous note about Terry Gross, the host of Fresh Air, because of her short haircut and the number of guests from arts and entertainment (some of whom are gay), Gross said in her autobiography that she is sometimes asked whether she is gay or straight, including one memorable instance where a guest at a social occasion informed her mother-in-law of such a speculation. (BookReporter)
If only people spent as much time considering who they are marrying as they do choosing the hors-d’oeuvre at the reception, maybe more marriages would be successful.
In Rebecca Mead’s book, The Perfect Day, Mead focuses on the consumerism that has taken over the American wedding. She says that one clergy she interviewed said that he’d would rather oversee a funeral because at a funeral at least people are focused on what they should be focused on rather than what the brides dress looks like. He felt that he was religious decoration. The average American wedding is around $28,000 and has the possibility of 46 professionals being involved.
She says that the wedding is much less significant in the lives of those getting married due to cohabitation and the increase in the average age of the bride’s age to 26. Because we all know a perfect wedding means a perfect marriage.
The Game Show Network has launched The National Vocabulary Championship with a $40,000 grand prize. The contest measures word usage and comprehension. It’s like “American Idol, a spelling bee, and Jeopardy all rolled into one,” Martha Barnette, A Way With Words.
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