Tag: culture
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Art Can Be Beautiful
Spencer Glassman ’19, Commentary Editor Entering my sophomore year of high school, I was not an art aficionado. I recall my favorite works being Thomas Cole’s brilliant series The Course of Empire or Jacques Louis-David’s painting The Intervention of the Sabine Women. These spoke to me because they told stories and were thrilling in a…
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Crazy Rich Culture: An Ethnic Insight into this Summer’s Blockbuster
If you’re like any Crazy Rich Asians moviegoer, you’ve probably left the theater with a head spinning with questions. But fret not — I’ve done the research, and I have the answers. From Mahjong to Michelin-starred street hawkers, here’s a cultural “decoding” of the summer’s hit blockbuster.