Scene4 Magazine — This Issue: October 2012


	October 2012

COMMENTARY

Mini-Aurora
Michael Bettencourt

Cell phones, pet peeves and my altercation in a movie theater. Where do we go with this?

Five Reasons Why Cinema Is Dying
Arthur Meiselman
Well it's not really dying. Rather, the prevailing art-form of the 20th century is expanding like the universe into an amorphous stew.

Motivation
Nathan Thomas
We need to attract the brightest and best to the teaching profession. But we're not to use money to attract the best.

Raconteurs
Les Marcott
Following Richard Harris and Spaulding Gray — the musings of
Billy Bob Thornton and
Frank Langella.

13min 18sec
Claudine Jones
We're up against the currents of whatever seems to be sweeping us all downstream, cluttered with internet news-bites like fish carcasses

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FILM (reviews)
The Queen of Versailles
Hope Springs
An entire trainload of American authors would have been fascinated by David and Jacqueline Siegel, the subjects of Lauren Greenfield's documentary
Miles David Moore

PERFORMANCE
Cirque du Soleil
Totem
This is a show producing wonder, surprise, joy, mesmerizing color and movement.
It excites the senses
Karren Alenier

ANCIENT POTTERY
The Secret of Wiang Ka Long
Around 500 years ago, Chinese artisans taught Thai people how to produce the earthenware. Because the clay was from the area that used to be a volcano, the clay quality was superb.
Janine Yasovant
คลิกเพื่ออ่านบทความนี้ เป็นภาษาไทย


STORY The Devil Tree A personal story of a journey to Africa and an awakening in the presence of "the mother of life". David Wiley

From 'The Unknown' to 'The Miracle Worker' to 'Gaby: A True Story' Turner Classic Movies highlights the history of disability in film Kathi Wolfe

	COMICS My Old Man! Spike It With Ex-Lax An ongoing series by Scene4's resident mad cartoonist Elliot Feldman


	"Dear Gertrude Stein..." Woody Allen missed his opportunity to talk to a writer who has vivid memories of showing his work to Gertrude Stein. Karren Alenier

	LYRIC Salome's Lament Lyric from the musical Hypatia - set on a turn-of the-century opera stage when the Old Diva visits on the day of its demolition. Griselda Steiner


	Postcards from Paris The Photography of Jon Rendell


	Safe From The Outside World The Art of SS. Burrus






Undress Me Michael Bettencourt In a bar, Laura turns to Stefan and asks him to undress her by word of mouth, in his best mother tongue.

The Greed Gene Michael Bettencourt A young couple is told by their genetic counselor — the "genie of genes" — that their child has the greed gene, and there is nothing they can do to stop the expression of the gene. What are they going to do?



Men In Suits Les Marcott Most men in suits have made my life miserable. They tell me where to stand, where to sit. They dictate my schedule. Men in suits hide behind dark glasses and communicate with each other via two way radios.



The Disintegrating Man Sanjeev Mohan There was something he wanted to forget. Something he really did not wish to remember. Something bad had happened, really bad.

A Special Day for the Birthday Girl Kenneth Sibbett She plundered now through the very garbage bins she used to put garbage in when she worked at Denny's, so many, many, years ago.



Breugel Martin Burke Thirty wars have preceded this and thirty more will follow Thirty wars and thirty more where they gather to infer the splendor


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Letters to the Editor

Qreviews Q for "quick" - long and short reviews on theatre and film

Que Pasa Notices, announcements and coming attractions


	Karren Alenier The Dresser addresses what's underneath the art

	Miles David Moore Thoughts and observations from, to, for or against

	Les Marcott Dr. Barnabus T. Bynum's Travelling Minstrel Show




	In This Issue

Owless of Santa Clara A percussionist tries to exorcise the vision of her ex-lover (who she left behind in Cuba) through a descarga — a tug-of-war between her music and his words that continue to haunt her. A PLAY by Rosebud Ben-Oni

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What Is Obscenity and What's Not?
January 2012 Click Here
A Brief But Quirky
History of the Arts
January 2011 Click Here

The Rising Fall of the Arts
January 2010 Click Here

The One
January 2009 Click Here

What Is Art? / 2008
January 2008 Click Here

View of the Arts/2007
January 2007 Click Here

The Art of Sex in the Arts
February 2006 Click Here

State of the Art of the Arts
October 2005 Click Here


	A Gift of Healing Marcel Petit's documentary "Hookers" Carole Quattro Levine July 2007

	In South Africa Interpreting the Past Romeo and Juliet versus. The Oresteia David Bannister June 2007


	The Steiny Road to Operadom A complete index of all of Karren Alenier's columns in Scene4 with links. Click Here for Access


	Comics A complete index of all of Elliot Feldman's comics in Scene4 with links. Click Here for Access


	Film Reviews A complete index of the film reviews by Scene4's Film Critic, Miles David Moore Click Here for Access


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