Author: ddestefano16
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#OscarsSoWhite…Again
By Dalton DeStefano ’16, Arts and Entertainment Editor This feels all too familiar. I distinctly remember sitting at my computer this time last year, writing an article about the disappointing lack of diversity within the 2015 Oscar nominations. It pains me to say I was not too surprised when the 2016 Oscar nominations yielded the same,…
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Top 10 Films of 2015
By Dalton DeStefano ’16, Arts and Entertainment Editor Many movie critics have put 2015 down in the books as a “weak year” for cinema. Many of the “prestige directors” (think Steven Spielberg or Ron Howard) released films to a lukewarm response. Unlike last year with Boyhood being lauded by everybody, there isn’t as much passion among film…
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The Globalization of American Cinema
By Dalton DeStefano ’16, Arts and Entertainment Editor Nothing drives the American movie industry more than cold hard cash. Over the past decade alone, we have seen the rise of the reboot (in which studios simply remake a previous film in order to have an already established name brand behind their product), the rise of…
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Actual Artist Shia LaBeouf?
By Emma Hoffman ’16, Staff Writer Some of us know Shia LaBeouf from the Disney Channel’s Even Stevens. Most of us have seen him sprint away from CGI robots in three out of four of Michael Bay’s Transformers movies. Recently, he has shed both his Disney and action hero personas for what seems like the…
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Jennifer Lawrence’s Brave Exposé of Hollywood Sexism
By Dalton DeStefano ’16, Arts and Entertainment Editor Over the past couple of years, Jennifer Lawrence has gone from a relative unknown, working on small independent movies, to one of the most lauded actresses today. Aside from her magnetic screen presence, it is her charming girl-next-door personality that has turned her into one of the most…
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White Feminism and Conflict Surrounding the VMAs
By Oluwadamilola Oshewa ’16, Staff Writer White feminism is a term used to describe feminism that fails to acknowledge intersectionality—the intersection between issues of gender, race, socioeconomic status, etc. White feminism ignores the experiences of women who are not white, cis-gendered, and heterosexual. Not all white people who are feminists are white feminists, but the…
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Everyone’s a Critic: The Absurd War on Renoir
By Emma Hoffman ’16, Staff Writer Early last October, the art world raised its eyebrows at two protests conducted by the Instagram-based group Renoir Sucks at Painting (RSAP) at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. As suggested by their rather blunt moniker, the group seeks to remove the work of…
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Summer 2015’s Cinema Standouts
By Dalton DeStefano ’16, Arts and Entertainment Editor So often the conversation surrounding summer movies revolves around big-budget blockbusters and franchise films. Between The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jurassic World, Terminator: Genisys, Ant-Man, and Fantastic Four, it begins to feel as though every movie released from May to August is a continuation of some previously…
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Will Ryan Murphy’s “Scream Queens” Ever Find Its Niche?
By Gabi Poisson ’17, Staff Writer Conceptually, a show about sorority sisters and being burned with hydrochloric acid doesn’t seem to blend, but Scream Queens, airing Tuesdays on Fox, mixes horror and comedy, to mixed reviews. The show revolves around a series of murders at the Kappa Kappa Tau sorority. The show stars Emma Roberts as…
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The Rise and Fall of “Tidal”
By Dalton DeStefano ’16, Arts and Entertainment Editor In late March, singer Jay-Z gathered a group of influential figures in pop culture to launch Tidal, a Spotify-esque service with which consumers can stream whatever music they like to listen to. However, while Spotify offers a free package with occasional ads interrupting the music, Tidal is only available…