Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Sam Mendes calls on Netflix and Amazon to share 'Covid-19 windfall' with theatre
Theatre | The Guardian: The director Sam Mendes has outlined a rescue package for theatre during the coronavirus crisis and warned that if the performing arts are not protected, “an ecosystem this intricate and evolved cannot be rebuilt from scratch”.
Why Hollywood Is Still So White, and Why Responding to the Protests Isn’t Enough
Vanity Fair: “The Academy adds its voice to the call for justice,” read a tweet from the official account of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on May 31, as nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd escalated. “We must shine a brighter light on racism and do our part to step up to this moment.”
Music Fans Show Solidarity for Backstage Workers in Tel Aviv
Techie Talk: A star-studded line of music stars and artists performed during a protest concert in Charles Clore Park, Tel Aviv, titled “Behind The Scenes: An Assembly of Solidarity” to draw attention to the plight of freelancers, backstage technicians and all the zero-hours contract workers in the Israeli event industry whose livelihoods have been decimated as the music and live event industry has been paused in the fight to control Covid-19.
No, California Law Review, Food Plating Does Not Deserve Copyright Protection
Techdirt: Of all the mediums where intellectual property makes the least amount of sense, actual food and drink must certainly be among the most absurd. Not the trade dress of food packaging, mind you. I'm talking about the actual food and drink products themselves, be they craft beer or a plate of food. And, yet, you see this sort of thing crop up from time to time. A pizzeria somehow thinks it can trademark the taste of its pizza. Or, more apropos for today's post, a German court that says taking pictures of plated food could violate the copyright of the chef.
White Supremacy and the Broadway Musical
Warren Hoffman - Medium: With Black men and women being killed on a regular basis by police in this country, and massive nationwide protests calling for racial justice, this might be a strange time to talk about Broadway musicals. Seemingly frothy and purely escapist, musicals would appear to be the exact opposite of what is happening in our streets right now. But if we look more carefully, musicals offer a window into the deep societal problem of systemic racism, revealing how something even as mundane as musicals are both affected by and help shape the oppressive system of white supremacy.
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