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On the computer screen in the privacy of your home, you can do research… it’s not the same as looking at it in a real space, walking around it, and experiencing it. A lot of new media work requires interaction, and that interaction is mediated by the (art interview museum online) - When Is a Fashion Ad Not a Fashion Ad? - New York Times
Shamelessness is a feature of contemporary life; it visibly afflicts the celebrity and the wannabe celebrity, but it also informs and liberates the artist. (advertising celebrity fashion nyt sad ) - They Call Him the Fixer in a World That?s a Mess - Michael Clayton - Movie - Review - The New York Times
She’s a cliche — brittle, sexless, friendless, cheerless and all the rest — but what makes her work is her unnerving banality… This is a pitiful creature, as unloved by her writer-director creator as by the genius actress who plays her. (movies nyt review ) - Is the Tipping Point Toast?
“If society is ready to embrace a trend, almost anyone can start one — and if it isn’t, then almost no one can” … To succeed with a new product, it’s less a matter of finding the perfect hipster to infect and more a matter of gauging the public’s mood. (argument article books marketing research trends ) - Crossings By Migrants Slow as Job Picture Dims - WSJ.com
Lopez, a 43-year-old illegal immigrant … earned about $50,000 a year transporting construction material, but the work dried up and he now drives a taxi to make ends meet. “To live in America these days is to suffer,” said Mr. Lopez. (economics labor politics race wsj )
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