“Hitman discovers his passion for acting” is not exactly a compelling story premise. It sounds like fertile ground for broad, uninteresting comedy with unrealistic scenarios and characters who are hard to believe in. And yet, show creators Bill Hader and Alec Berg took that premise and turned it into a remarkable show. “Barry” is part […]
Beyondless is the fourth studio album from Danish punk band Iceage. Few bands have the power that Iceage has to suck in a listener into their wildly cacophonous noise. Beyondless is infectious for being paradoxically discordant and harmonious at the same time. On first listen, Iceage is unpredictable and it is impossible to stop listening. […]
There’s something wrong with one of the armchairs in Usdan. Upholstered in blue fabric and tucked away from the coffee line, the chair first strikes passersby by dint of merely being out of place: It sits adjacent to the glass case of student art as opposed to mingling with the other couches and chairs in […]
With both “Rhinoceros” and “Life is a Dream” going up this past weekend, philosophical contemplations took center stage at Wesleyan. After the wildness of “Rhinoceros” was over, I made my way to the Center for the Arts (CFA) Theater to see the Theater Department’s take on Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s 1636 allegorical play. “Life is […]
I was never the kind of kid who read graphic novels—it always seemed to me to be a world that I just couldn’t break into. Every time I got my feet wet, I would run into someone who had such an intimidatingly deep well of knowledge about Watchmen or Spiderman that I figured I could […]
John Mulaney is rarely, contrary to what he might believe, a disappointment. The stand-up comedian has been a consistently entertaining performer. His time as a writer on “SNL” produced some of the show’s greatest recurring sketches, from Weekend Update correspondent Stefon to elderly news anchor Herb Welch. Mulaney’s writing was consistently sharp and hilarious. His […]
Theater often speaks to political reality, but few plays examine both politics and reality more overtly than “Rhinoceros.” As if the text wasn’t confusing and disorienting enough, this Second Stage production uses lighting and sound that make the room feel like it’s spinning. The play explores the spread of oppressive ideology in Paris using absurdism. […]
Warning: this article may contain minor spoilers. “Avengers: Infinity War,” should not have worked as a film, at all. The idea of putting literally dozens of characters into a single movie should have led to an artistic disaster, a film that’s more confusing than it is entertaining, in which none of the characters get enough […]
We hope you’ve enjoyed the calendars we’ve designed throughout this academic year, and we think we’ve made substantial strides in showcasing the works of diverse individuals from around the world. We can always do more of course, and inclusivity is something that motivates us. We are already bouncing up and down with glee at the […]
The best quote ever spoken on PBS was “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people.” It’s also the most radical sentence ever aired on the network. The show-stopping words leapt from the mouth of Kanye West in 2005 during a fundraiser for Hurricane Katrina victims. These few words, as they passed the lips of the […]