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…

By Samantha Sidi ‘16, Arts and Entertainment Editor Amy Schumer uses her level of influence to intelligently and hilariously discuss important issues, which is not an everyday occurrence among Hollywood celebrities. She satirically comments on cultural issues through tackling sexism with her raunchy, overtly sexual comedy. Amy’s show, Inside Amy Schumer, along with her stand-up comedy…

By Tyler Friedman ’17, Arts and Entertainment Staff Writer During this past summer, I spent five weeks at Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, where I attended the Five-Week Summer Performance Program. The college offers a wide variety of summer programs, but the Five-Week Summer Performance Program, commonly referred to as Five-Week, is the most…

By Samantha Sidi ’16, Arts and Entertainment Editor   “The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity.” This powerful line, spoken by Viola Davis in her Emmys acceptance speech, was impactful in more ways than one. Viola Davis’ speech centers on the systematic discrimination against women of color in the entertainment industry. As…

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…

By Emma Hoffman ’16, Staff Writer                 Back in September, the Metropolitan Opera’s general manger Peter Gelb announced that the company would be abandoning its use of blackface in its new production of Verdi’s Otello, prompting both praise from the theatrical community at large and condemnation from some opera…

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…

By Samantha Sidi ‘16, Arts and Entertainment Editor The changing dynamics of television today stem from the rise in diverse protagonists, with non-white people finally being portrayed as three-dimensional characters. People of color, a phrase that encompasses people who identify as African-American, Latino/Hispanic, East Asian, South Asian, Middle Eastern, and multiracial, have frequently served to support the main…