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...quite an eloquent experience - eloquent about the place theater has in different countries. Because it was so much about its content in Moscow. There was a kind of simplicity about it. It didn't concern itself with titillating the audience's desire for beautiful pictures, and a stunning, huge production. It was quite clear that what was important about these historical characters was not just that they were onstage at all, but mostly that they were being treated with a certain amount of irony, which they were not used to. I think it was slightly shocking for many Russians...
...scandals over rigged competitions reflect the industry's search for new sources of income as its traditional wellsprings - subsidies and advertising revenues - threaten to run dry. There's another reason for falling standards, says Stuart: the huge popularity of reality TV - cheap to produce and capable of provoking the kind of controversy that still hooks big audiences. Controversy is, of course, hard to control. Channel 4's last run of Celebrity Big Brother sparked riots in India after Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty was subjected to racial abuse from fellow contestants. Earlier this year, The Verdict, a BBC reality show, brought...
...Obviously many things that can be done against counterfeiting are not done. When we talk to the Chinese government through our trade organization, they show the will to do it, and they have done some things, but it is a huge problem. But the fact is, it is also a European problem. I think we have been very successful fighting this in France, but less so in Italy where it is tolerated by the Italian government. First, we should be cleaning it up in Europe, close to the center of where the brands are. If we are not able...
Obviously, undergraduates haven’t changed the environmental course of this huge and complex institution by themselves—but neither has the administration...
...their students and colleagues. The study authors would not divulge the results of the surveys completed by chairs at Harvard-affiliated institutions. “The surveys we’ve done have all been anonymous,” Weissman said, “but Harvard is a huge research university, and I think you could be fairly confident that there are many, many ties with industry at Harvard.” —Staff writer Clifford M. Marks can be reached at cmarks@fas.harvard.edu...