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Movies
‘A Quiet Place’ Is a Huge No. 1 at the Box Office, Boosting Paramount
John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place” collected $50 million over the weekend, twice the amount expected. “Ready Player One” was second and “Blockers” third.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent-pole_%28entertainment%29
Story telling has been ignored in favor of world building for decades.
Stories are the other thing film can do cheaply.
So much noise is automated that any such plot device is fantasy.
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World
Indian Actress Stages a Topless #MeToo Protest
Sri Reddy, 28, took off her shirt outside a film commission in Hyderabad to draw attention to her accusations of sexual harassment by movie producers."The sexes in India are often strictly separated. Many families favor male babies to the extent that they abort female fetuses, leading to a gender imbalance in some areas that makes relations between men and women even worse."
The position of women in India drove the creation of Buddhism.
http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/khajuraho-sexiest-temples-india-007337
Sexual imbalance will eventually drive a change in the value of women.
From dower to bride price at the start.
Industrialization has done that in the west and in China.
India is going another way.
The cities are peasant population sinks.
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Opinion
Isn’t the Panda Cute, Mr. Trump?
The president discovers the underside of the trade tariffs against China.In this case the crowd was not wise.
China was following the U.S. rules.
The trade war is lost but the Republicans can't yield.
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Sports
Bethanie Mattek-Sands’s Husband Follows Her Everywhere. Even the Operating Table.
Six months after Mattek-Sands’s horrific knee injury at Wimbledon, Justin Sands had a similar incident while hiking, and he joined her in the gym for recovery.I will not injur myself.
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Opinion
Better Education, to Prepare Better Citizens
Science, taught well, shows young people how to use valid evidence to support conclusions.A better Curriculum is a necessity.
Children should not vote while they are dependent.
Property owning will not do as a filter.
I don't know how to filter for informed and responsible.
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Arts
What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Killing Eve’ and ‘Howards End’
An officer and a killer play cat and mouse in “Killing Eve.” And the limited series “Howards End” has its premiere on Starz.I am limited to broadcast and free streamed.
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U.S.
Trump Vows ‘Big Price’ for Syria Attack, Raising Prospect of Missile Strike
The president laid blame for the attack partly on President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, the first time since his election he has criticized the Russian leader by name on Twitter.Trump can be depended on to be wrong.
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Arts
Public Art Fund Summer Season Serves Hot Dogs and Abstraction
Works by Erwin Wurm, Tauba Auerbach and B. Wurtz will spread art throughout the city from June to August.Art does not transgress its frame.
If a city is to have art it must be art.
Realestate development agitates against urban art.
Its costs rise.
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Sports
Patrick Reed Leads the Masters, With Rory McIlroy’s Grand Slam Hopes Lurking
McIlroy posted a seven-under-par 65 on Saturday and ended the third round three strokes behind Reed, who has yet to win a major.It is a contest for players only.
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World
East Timor Has Some of the World’s Richest Reefs. Can It Profit Safely?
The young country’s exquisite marine life has created hope that tourism could help its urgently poor economy. But preservation concerns remain.Regulate development.
Tax development.
Instant cash is a trap.
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