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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on September 04, 2019, 01:48:59 pm ---I have not yet started the Sept. 2 issue article about Iggy Pop, but I skimmed through it today on my way to the article about measles. I noticed a quotation from a New York Times article that referred to him as "Mr. Pop." :laugh:
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I just saw a similarly odd NYT honorifics situation lately. Can't remember what it was. Of course, there's the legendary (perhaps apocryphal) time they referred to the singer Meatloaf as Mr. Loaf. :laugh:
Wonder what they do for people like Cher, Bono, Madonna and Prince? "Ms. Cher" would sound odd.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on September 05, 2019, 08:56:46 am ---I just saw a similarly odd NYT honorifics situation lately. Can't remember what it was. Of course, there's the legendary (perhaps apocryphal) time they referred to the singer Meatloaf as Mr. Loaf. :laugh:
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--- Quote ---Wonder what they do for people like Cher, Bono, Madonna and Prince? "Ms. Cher" would sound odd.
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Indeed. Does the Times even use "Ms."?
Front-Ranger:
Wikipedia says that "he New York Times embraces the use of all three: Mrs., Miss, and Ms.,[23] and will follow the individual’s preferences."
I caught up on some reading while my computer was down. The review of "Cold Case Hammarskjöld" by Anthony Lane in the August 19th issue was good. It's important to know about historical figures like him when we despair about the elevation of thugs and criminals to the highest levels. "Surround Sound" about Erich Wolfgang Korngold, was also very good. Vinson Cunningham was not very impressed with "Sea Wall/A Life" but he blamed it mostly on Nick Payne rather than on Tom Sturridge or our Jake.
In the August 26 issue, I'd be interested in what you, Katherine, thought of "The Looking Glass" about Margaret Mead, the Boas school of anthropologists, and the supposed end of the nature-nurture debate. The article doesn't really answer the question, IMO, although maybe the book it is critiquing might. I like reading book reviews in TNY because then I don't feel that I have to read the book. Lazy me. "Skin Deep" about Renoir is also good. What's with these revivals and retrospectives of the Impressionists? They are happening almost as fast as Disney remakes!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 05, 2019, 03:41:38 pm ---In the August 26 issue, I'd be interested in what you, Katherine, thought of "The Looking Glass" about Margaret Mead, the Boas school of anthropologists, and the supposed end of the nature-nurture debate.
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So you don't care what I thought of it? ;D Actually, I enjoyed it. I'd heard before about Mead's work having been discredited. I keep forgetting I would like to learn more about Ella Deloria, because her family is, or was, distinguished. A Vine Deloria, Jr., presumably a relative, wrote a book called Custer Died for Your Sins, or something like that.
--- Quote ---I like reading book reviews in TNY because then I don't feel that I have to read the book.
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Me, too, same here. I also like the movie reviews, theater reviews, and dance reviews for much the same reason.
Front-Ranger:
Of course I care, otherwise I would have sent a private message. Sorry for compressing the info too much.
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