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But as we head into \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-the-tokyo-olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the final weekend of all that,\u003c/a> we’ve got plenty of other entertainment on tap for the first weekend of August.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What to watch\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Making The Cut,\u003c/strong>\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B096MZ26GY/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>Amazon Prime\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHmdfVjAYnQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is \u003cem>Project Runway\u003c/em> without the stuff you fast forward through. This is much more a show about design than simply assembly. The designers, most of whom already have their own clothing lines, get teams of seamstresses to do the actual assembling. But the designers never get to meet their teams and have to leave incredibly detailed instructions on how to finish their garments overnight. When they come back into the workroom the next day, they see how well they’ve communicated their intent. It’s a very clever way of showcasing the designers’ management skills or lack of the same. \u003cem>— Glen Weldon\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>Paramount+\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SbGFdhVwZo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>All Stars\u003c/em> is always fun because people are coming back with a knowledge of having been a part of it and having grown. 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I’m enjoying it instead of being frustrated by it.\u003cem> — \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RunDMR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Daisy Rosario\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The Twilight Saga,\u003c/strong>\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/70206632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>Netflix\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR9_rDSxxFg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I want to talk about \u003cem>Twilight Breaking Dawn: Part 2\u003c/em>. I’m not necessarily interested in \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2015/10/06/446351732/after-10-years-of-bella-and-edward-twilight-reimagined-brings-a-twist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bella and Edward,\u003c/a> but the rest of the world, I’m really interested in. Watching this movie, I realized the one thing I love about the \u003cem>Twilight\u003c/em> movies is the werewolves. 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We’ll also be talking about it on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510282/pop-culture-happy-hour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the podcast\u003c/a> soon. \u003cem>— Linda Holmes\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Untold,\u003c/strong>\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/81026439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>Netflix\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3IgmCgeMNo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting on Tuesday, Netflix will be releasing installments of the sports documentary series \u003cstrong>\u003cem>Untold\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>, the first of which is called \u003ca href=\"https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2021/08/04/netflix-trailer-malice-at-the-palace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“Malice at the Palace”\u003c/a> and retells the tale of the 2004 NBA brawl in Detroit when Pacers player Metta World Peace, then known as Ron Artest, went into the stands and brawled with a spectator after being pelted with garbage by a Pistons “fan.” It’s less that this documentary uncovers massive new facts than it tries to contextualize that night and the consequences that came to the players—and the lack of consequences that came to pass for most of the fans. \u003cem>— Linda Holmes\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What to listen to\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/household-faces-with-john-ross-bowie/id1578937155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>Household Faces\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fine comic actor John Ross Bowie has a new podcast coming out on August 10 called \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/household-faces-with-john-ross-bowie/id1578937155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Household Faces\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, in which he interviews character actors (of which he is one). 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But after some really rough seasons from the franchise, it’s really good to have the show kind of find a good footing again. There hasn’t been a clear frontrunner this season, which has been fun. I’m enjoying it instead of being frustrated by it.\u003cem> — \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RunDMR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Daisy Rosario\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The Twilight Saga,\u003c/strong>\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/70206632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>Netflix\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/cR9_rDSxxFg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/cR9_rDSxxFg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>I want to talk about \u003cem>Twilight Breaking Dawn: Part 2\u003c/em>. 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"content": "\u003cp>2021 is shaping up to be a significant year for movie musicals: We’ve already seen \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/10/1004346682/in-the-heights-review-lin-manuel-miranda-musical-movie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>In the Heights\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and several more stage-to-screen adaptations are headed our way, including \u003cem>Dear Evan Hansen\u003c/em>; \u003cem>Tick, Tick … Boom!\u003c/em>; and Steven Spielberg’s remake of \u003cem>West Side Story\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While I’m looking forward to them, I doubt any of them will be as strange and singular as \u003cem>Annette\u003c/em>, an original musical in every sense. It’s an extravagantly emotional rock opera that mixes comedy and tragedy, showbiz satire and doomed romance. It doesn’t all work; if you’re not on its bizarre wavelength, it may not work for you at all. But moment by moment, its go-for-broke audacity left me feeling grateful that it exists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUM0NOHdJS0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Annette \u003c/em>was directed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/08/04/1024834015/annette-is-the-1st-musical-for-director-leos-carax-and-pop-duo-sparks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leos Carax\u003c/a>, the French visionary best known for his unhinged 2012 masterpiece, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2012/10/16/162781324/holy-motors-an-odd-lovely-love-letter-to-cinema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Holy Motors\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. The script and songs were written by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/18/1007652595/50-years-of-sparks-the-world-aint-big-enough-for-the-both-of-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ron and Russell Mael\u003c/a>, the musical brothers whose band, Sparks, has enjoyed a cultish following since the ’60s. The director and writers appear on-screen at the beginning of \u003cem>Annette\u003c/em>, in a playful number called “So May We Start,” that also introduces the main actors. It kicks things off on a joyous high note that quickly fades as the film begins spinning a tale of rage, obsession and jealousy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the heart of the movie is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2015/04/09/398528448/former-marine-adam-driver-on-what-acting-and-the-military-have-in-common\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Driver\u003c/a>‘s mesmerizingly anguished performance as Henry, a cynical L.A. standup comedian who rips into himself and his audience every night during a rambling, not-particularly-funny routine. Henry has recently started seeing Ann, a beloved opera soprano played by a luminous \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2012/11/28/165994360/marion-cotillard-diving-deep-in-rust-and-bone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marion Cotillard\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re a counterintuitive pairing, the bad-boy comedian and the soulful tragedian; one gossipy headline dubs them “Beauty and the Bastard.” But there’s real passion in their whirlwind romance, as we see and hear in the song, “We Love Each Other So Much,” which Henry and Ann sing to each other, in part, while in the throes of sexual ecstasy. And why not? Aren’t musical numbers meant to express heightened emotional states?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carax and his collaborators clearly delight in taking the conventions of the form and pushing them to weird, hilarious extremes. Most of the dialogue is sung rather than spoken, and the actors are up to the challenge: Cotillard has long been a singer as well as an actor, and Driver tosses off some of his lyrics with a Sondheim-esque virtuosity that might remind you of his heartfelt rendition of “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWengrlMpok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Being Alive\u003c/a>” from \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/11/08/777495737/marriage-story-reveals-the-messy-heartbreaking-toll-of-divorce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Marriage Story\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_105976']Speaking of marriage stories: Henry and Ann soon tie the knot, and almost immediately things begin falling apart. Henry’s comedy career hits the skids, in part because he can’t stop ranting to his audience about his jealousy over his wife’s success. Their private troubles play out in a very public spotlight, in a way that recalls classic Hollywood romances like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/106448/will-a-star-is-born-make-you-scream-yaas-gaga-yaas-or-nah-gaga-nah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>A Star is Born\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. There’s no saving Henry and Ann’s marriage, not even after they have a baby girl, the Annette of the title. In the movie’s most whimsical touch, baby Annette is played by a small wooden puppet—a choice that makes no sense and perfect sense: What better device than a puppet to suggest that for a celebrity couple, all the world’s a stage?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Annette\u003c/em> is full of such surreal flights of fancy, but it also has some heavy things to say about the price of fame. That’s an intriguing subject for Carax, who’s had his own barbed relationship with success in France, and for Ron and Russell Mael, who are often hailed as the most famous musicians you’ve never heard of, as seen in their terrific recent documentary \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/18/1007652595/50-years-of-sparks-the-world-aint-big-enough-for-the-both-of-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Sparks Brothers\u003c/em>. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Annette \u003c/em>paints a grim picture of contemporary stardom, with a passing nod to the #MeToo movement: In one hallucinatory number, Ann imagines that six women have accused Henry of abuse. It’s just a dream, but it’s a hard one to shake, given Henry’s temper and the menacing way that Driver dwarfs Cotillard in the frame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13898635']I wish there were more of Cotillard in \u003cem>Annette\u003c/em>; as great as Driver is, his rage is so charismatic, so all-consuming, that it leaves the story feeling emotionally lopsided. It also reinforces the gender power imbalance that the movie attempts to critique. But Henry is held somewhat in check by two other key characters. One of them is a music conductor, played by a fine Simon Helberg, who tries to protect Ann and Annette from Henry’s destructive impulses. The other is little Annette herself, whose innocence becomes quietly heroic as the movie approaches its shattering finale. This sweet, sad-eyed puppet reminds you of how so many great musicals work: by taking an artificial conceit and making it seem as real as life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 Fresh Air. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fresh Air\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Strange%2C+Singular%2C+Audacious+%27Annette%27+Works+As+An+Odd%2C+Original+Rock+Opera&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>2021 is shaping up to be a significant year for movie musicals: We’ve already seen \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/10/1004346682/in-the-heights-review-lin-manuel-miranda-musical-movie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>In the Heights\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and several more stage-to-screen adaptations are headed our way, including \u003cem>Dear Evan Hansen\u003c/em>; \u003cem>Tick, Tick … Boom!\u003c/em>; and Steven Spielberg’s remake of \u003cem>West Side Story\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While I’m looking forward to them, I doubt any of them will be as strange and singular as \u003cem>Annette\u003c/em>, an original musical in every sense. It’s an extravagantly emotional rock opera that mixes comedy and tragedy, showbiz satire and doomed romance. It doesn’t all work; if you’re not on its bizarre wavelength, it may not work for you at all. But moment by moment, its go-for-broke audacity left me feeling grateful that it exists.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/aUM0NOHdJS0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/aUM0NOHdJS0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Annette \u003c/em>was directed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/08/04/1024834015/annette-is-the-1st-musical-for-director-leos-carax-and-pop-duo-sparks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leos Carax\u003c/a>, the French visionary best known for his unhinged 2012 masterpiece, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2012/10/16/162781324/holy-motors-an-odd-lovely-love-letter-to-cinema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Holy Motors\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. The script and songs were written by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/18/1007652595/50-years-of-sparks-the-world-aint-big-enough-for-the-both-of-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ron and Russell Mael\u003c/a>, the musical brothers whose band, Sparks, has enjoyed a cultish following since the ’60s. The director and writers appear on-screen at the beginning of \u003cem>Annette\u003c/em>, in a playful number called “So May We Start,” that also introduces the main actors. It kicks things off on a joyous high note that quickly fades as the film begins spinning a tale of rage, obsession and jealousy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the heart of the movie is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2015/04/09/398528448/former-marine-adam-driver-on-what-acting-and-the-military-have-in-common\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Driver\u003c/a>‘s mesmerizingly anguished performance as Henry, a cynical L.A. standup comedian who rips into himself and his audience every night during a rambling, not-particularly-funny routine. Henry has recently started seeing Ann, a beloved opera soprano played by a luminous \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2012/11/28/165994360/marion-cotillard-diving-deep-in-rust-and-bone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marion Cotillard\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Just seconds ago, you were walking across the city street. You headed to the ramen shop for a quick bite. You open your eyes, delirious and confused, and find yourself collapsed in the middle of the crosswalk. People are walking right past you as you reach out for help. No one can see you. In your pocket you find a black pin with an ornate skull and crossbones design.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2007, co-developers Square Enix and Jupiter released \u003cem>The World Ends With You \u003c/em>for the Nintendo DS, an inventive Japanese role-playing game unlike anything that came before it. The story takes place in a sort of Limbo version of Shibuya, Japan, an alternate dimension in between life and death where you compete with other players in the Reaper’s Game—a chance at redemption, a second chance at life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900631\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900631\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/eventscene_wide-15dad0a1d2dcf4b46084dd013de59f74cfb29804-800x450.png\" alt=\"A moment of gameplay that asks: Just what is the "Reaper's Game"?\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/eventscene_wide-15dad0a1d2dcf4b46084dd013de59f74cfb29804-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/eventscene_wide-15dad0a1d2dcf4b46084dd013de59f74cfb29804-1020x574.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/eventscene_wide-15dad0a1d2dcf4b46084dd013de59f74cfb29804-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/eventscene_wide-15dad0a1d2dcf4b46084dd013de59f74cfb29804-768x432.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/eventscene_wide-15dad0a1d2dcf4b46084dd013de59f74cfb29804-1536x864.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/eventscene_wide-15dad0a1d2dcf4b46084dd013de59f74cfb29804.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just what is the “Reaper’s Game”? \u003ccite>(Square Enix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>A second chance, in the game and in the real world\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>14 years later, Square Enix and new development partner, h.a.n.d., give gamers a second chance to enjoy the stylish, loud and ominous world of Shibuya in \u003cem>NEO: The World Ends With You\u003c/em>. The sequel to the 2007 masterpiece follows a new cast of manga-esque characters as they fight for their lives or face permanent erasure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NEO\u003c/em> opens with our protagonists, best friends Rindo and Fret. The two find themselves in a Shibuya that feels… off. Their phones start sending them strange notifications about daily missions, and they meet eccentric characters that reveal sinister details about this alternate dimension. And perhaps the most bizarre are the monsters that roam this “other” Shibuya; animal-like creatures with limbs that resemble graffiti that’s been yanked out of the city’s dark alleys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900632\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900632\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/pignoise_wide-955d5522aa3d67a9a4e8ee81b226697943103790-800x450.png\" alt=\"Fighting the beasts known as Noise.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/pignoise_wide-955d5522aa3d67a9a4e8ee81b226697943103790-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/pignoise_wide-955d5522aa3d67a9a4e8ee81b226697943103790-1020x574.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/pignoise_wide-955d5522aa3d67a9a4e8ee81b226697943103790-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/pignoise_wide-955d5522aa3d67a9a4e8ee81b226697943103790-768x432.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/pignoise_wide-955d5522aa3d67a9a4e8ee81b226697943103790-1536x864.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/pignoise_wide-955d5522aa3d67a9a4e8ee81b226697943103790.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fighting the beasts known as Noise. \u003ccite>(Square Enix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13889311']These artistic beasts are called Noise, and it’s an ideal name considering that the game places a significant emphasis on music. Takeharu Ishimoto, the composer for both games, has expertly crafted a soundtrack unlike any I’ve heard in a video game. He blends elements of rock, pop, hip-hop, electronica and even metal to evoke the vibrations of Shibuya. \u003cem>The World Ends With You\u003c/em> punches you as you play; the hip-hop beats add a tangible energy and the rock has me tapping my feet as I fight Noise. Ishimoto also includes lyrics in his in-game masterpieces, and it’s a great choice; it forces players to focus on his creation while they play. Rather than tune out the music like you might in a game \u003cem>without \u003c/em>lyrics, it encourages you to listen and absorb as you slink through Shibuya’s corridors.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Fashion plays a big role this time, too\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Beyond music, \u003cem>NEO \u003c/em>shares a lot with its predecessor, as you might expect from a sequel. Square Enix retained the incredibly detailed anime art style that \u003ca href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/the-world-ends-with-you-street-fashion-japan-harajuku/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">plants you directly into Japanese culture and fashion\u003c/a>. The main and supporting characters all have distinct looks, whether they’re sporting big belt buckles or brightly-colored hair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900633\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900633\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/threads_shop02_joli_becot_wide-342463daf4daf423ce40c40b58e7f472a344ccfe-800x450.png\" alt=\"The game has a vibrant economy of food and clothing shops where you can get items that change your stats.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/threads_shop02_joli_becot_wide-342463daf4daf423ce40c40b58e7f472a344ccfe-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/threads_shop02_joli_becot_wide-342463daf4daf423ce40c40b58e7f472a344ccfe-1020x574.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/threads_shop02_joli_becot_wide-342463daf4daf423ce40c40b58e7f472a344ccfe-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/threads_shop02_joli_becot_wide-342463daf4daf423ce40c40b58e7f472a344ccfe-768x432.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/threads_shop02_joli_becot_wide-342463daf4daf423ce40c40b58e7f472a344ccfe-1536x864.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/threads_shop02_joli_becot_wide-342463daf4daf423ce40c40b58e7f472a344ccfe.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The game has a vibrant economy of food and clothing shops where you can get items that change your stats. \u003ccite>(Square Enix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fashion weaves its way into other aspects of the game, too. Similar to other RPGs, dressing your character often comes with stat boosts. Wearing a certain pin or hat or shirt may grant you different combat abilities, extra health points or attack power. But unlike more basic RPGs, clothing in \u003cem>The World Ends With You \u003c/em>is branded; you aren’t just wearing an “assassin’s cloak,” you’re wearing in-game brands like Joli bécot or ConyxCony. It makes the items you buy more memorable while still maintaining their normal video game function.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13893837']\u003cem>The World Ends with You \u003c/em>got a major graphics upgrade in \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em>, which was to be expected on more powerful consoles (Switch and PS4) and 14 years of development. \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em>‘s Shibuya is far sharper than its predecessor, and the pixelated borders from before have been smoothed out. I played \u003cem>NEO \u003c/em>on the Switch, and it looks great, both when the Switch is docked and in handheld mode. At times, \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em> lagged a bit when the Switch was docked, but it didn’t bother me too much during my hours with the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>But the improved graphics don’t necessarily mean a better game\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The upgraded graphics really shine in \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em>‘s combat. It went from clunky and two-dimensional to 3D and dynamic. Using your psychokinetic abilities in a fight is a joy, especially when you find out how many synergies there are between your characters. When I first started playing \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em>, I thought the fights were a little repetitive, but as I learned how to time my attacks and use the correct abilities, it made fighting the same enemies entertaining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900634\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/p14_01_wide-e86e9270b181bcc70a54d7f263661a72e1656ca1-800x450.png\" alt=\"Improved graphics make the combat scenes really pop.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/p14_01_wide-e86e9270b181bcc70a54d7f263661a72e1656ca1-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/p14_01_wide-e86e9270b181bcc70a54d7f263661a72e1656ca1-1020x574.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/p14_01_wide-e86e9270b181bcc70a54d7f263661a72e1656ca1-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/p14_01_wide-e86e9270b181bcc70a54d7f263661a72e1656ca1-768x432.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/p14_01_wide-e86e9270b181bcc70a54d7f263661a72e1656ca1-1536x864.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/p14_01_wide-e86e9270b181bcc70a54d7f263661a72e1656ca1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Improved graphics make the combat scenes really pop. \u003ccite>(Square Enix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite its graphic overhaul and combat improvements, \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em> doesn’t \u003cem>quite \u003c/em>capture me like the original \u003cem>The World Ends With You\u003c/em>. In the sequel, the main characters are cliche; Rindo is unconfident and indecisive, Fret is maybe a bit too happy-go-lucky, and Nagi (she joins the team later) adds the occasionally funny, but mostly annoying quip. In the original, Neku, the brooding, headphone-donning teen, learns compassion as he’s forced to forge relationships with other players or risk permanent death. It felt like the stakes were higher in the first installment, like you actually needed to complete your missions or meet your doom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sequels are better than remasters. I’m glad Square Enix and h.a.n.d. gave us this revival after 14 years—but at the same time, I wanted what the \u003cem>original\u003c/em> game gave us: memorable characters and a gripping story with twists and turns. I’m grateful for the improved graphics of \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em>, but if I had to take shoddier graphics with a better story, I would. I want to feel the way I did 14 years ago, and while I did like \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em>, it didn’t drag me into an ominous world filled with eccentric Reapers and deadly Noise as ruthlessly as the original did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Keller Gordon is a columnist for \u003c/em>Join The Game\u003cem>\u003cem>. Find him on Twitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kelbot_\">@kelbot_\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=This+Remake+Of+A+Beloved+Game+Has+The+Style+%E2%80%94+But+Lacks+A+Little+Substance&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cem>The World Ends with You \u003c/em>got a major graphics upgrade in \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em>, which was to be expected on more powerful consoles (Switch and PS4) and 14 years of development. \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em>‘s Shibuya is far sharper than its predecessor, and the pixelated borders from before have been smoothed out. I played \u003cem>NEO \u003c/em>on the Switch, and it looks great, both when the Switch is docked and in handheld mode. At times, \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em> lagged a bit when the Switch was docked, but it didn’t bother me too much during my hours with the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>But the improved graphics don’t necessarily mean a better game\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The upgraded graphics really shine in \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em>‘s combat. It went from clunky and two-dimensional to 3D and dynamic. Using your psychokinetic abilities in a fight is a joy, especially when you find out how many synergies there are between your characters. When I first started playing \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em>, I thought the fights were a little repetitive, but as I learned how to time my attacks and use the correct abilities, it made fighting the same enemies entertaining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900634\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/p14_01_wide-e86e9270b181bcc70a54d7f263661a72e1656ca1-800x450.png\" alt=\"Improved graphics make the combat scenes really pop.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/p14_01_wide-e86e9270b181bcc70a54d7f263661a72e1656ca1-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/p14_01_wide-e86e9270b181bcc70a54d7f263661a72e1656ca1-1020x574.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/p14_01_wide-e86e9270b181bcc70a54d7f263661a72e1656ca1-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/p14_01_wide-e86e9270b181bcc70a54d7f263661a72e1656ca1-768x432.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/p14_01_wide-e86e9270b181bcc70a54d7f263661a72e1656ca1-1536x864.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/p14_01_wide-e86e9270b181bcc70a54d7f263661a72e1656ca1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Improved graphics make the combat scenes really pop. \u003ccite>(Square Enix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite its graphic overhaul and combat improvements, \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em> doesn’t \u003cem>quite \u003c/em>capture me like the original \u003cem>The World Ends With You\u003c/em>. In the sequel, the main characters are cliche; Rindo is unconfident and indecisive, Fret is maybe a bit too happy-go-lucky, and Nagi (she joins the team later) adds the occasionally funny, but mostly annoying quip. In the original, Neku, the brooding, headphone-donning teen, learns compassion as he’s forced to forge relationships with other players or risk permanent death. It felt like the stakes were higher in the first installment, like you actually needed to complete your missions or meet your doom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sequels are better than remasters. I’m glad Square Enix and h.a.n.d. gave us this revival after 14 years—but at the same time, I wanted what the \u003cem>original\u003c/em> game gave us: memorable characters and a gripping story with twists and turns. I’m grateful for the improved graphics of \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em>, but if I had to take shoddier graphics with a better story, I would. I want to feel the way I did 14 years ago, and while I did like \u003cem>NEO\u003c/em>, it didn’t drag me into an ominous world filled with eccentric Reapers and deadly Noise as ruthlessly as the original did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Despite multiple apologies, rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/artists/735842489/dababy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DaBaby\u003c/a> continues to face criticism—and cancellations—for homophobic comments he made during the Rolling Loud festival in late July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dua Lipa, who features the rapper on her mega-hit song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUVcZfQe-Kw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Levitating\u003c/a>,” was among those who \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2021/music/news/dua-lipa-dababy-homophobic-remarks-1235028796/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quickly criticized\u003c/a> him. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/30/entertainment/dababy-elton-madonna-backlash-trnd/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elton John and Madonna\u003c/a> also lambasted DaBaby and railed against misinformation in his comments about HIV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the Miami performance, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitalxtra.com/news/what-did-dababy-say-homophobic-speech-rant-rolling-loud-festival-miami-video/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">had told\u003c/a> the audience: “If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that’ll make you die in two or three weeks, put your cellphone light in the air.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music festivals including Lollapalooza, The Governors Ball and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/aclfestival/status/1422573740311863300?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin City Limits Music Festival\u003c/a> canceled his appearances, and he lost a sponsorship deal with the clothing brand BooHoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DaBaby has grown into a \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/fresh-off-snl-performance-dababy-brought-his-hits--and-sketches--to-dc/2019/12/09/24e27f86-1a9c-11ea-977a-15a6710ed6da_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">critical\u003c/a> and commercial superstar in recent years, reigning over a powerful audience with his millions of followers on social media. He has won BET Awards and been nominated for Grammys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The swift fallout from his remarks could signify a change in attitudes toward what the music business will tolerate when it comes to explicitly offensive and exclusionary language from some of its biggest stars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there’s definitely a new moment,” says Brown University professor \u003ca href=\"http://www.triciarose.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tricia Rose\u003c/a> who has written two books on hip-hop.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>DaBaby has been accused of bad behavior before\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While Rose believes the festivals are doing the right thing by removing DaBaby from their rosters, she also sees more than a hint of hypocrisy in the organizers’ actions. She notes that the music industry has long tolerated and profited from artists like DaBaby, who has been \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hip-hop-and-rap-arrests-us-news-dababy-eddf29e3456162fefbfb6b099f467c68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accused\u003c/a> of bad behavior before this incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same Rolling Loud festival, for example, he followed \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/artists/728754756/megan-thee-stallion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Megan Thee Stallion\u003c/a>‘s performance by bringing rapper Tory Lanez on stage, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/10/08/921902926/rapper-tory-lanez-charged-in-megan-thee-stallion-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stallion alleges shot her in the foot\u003c/a> last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13859570']“There’s many artists who are promoted by the industry, who are celebrated by the industry because of their, quote, unquote, edgy extreme behavior. That is a longstanding pattern that has not abated in any way,” Rose says. “Then when they step out of line about when and how they actually live into that identity, then there’s all this sort of ‘We’re all about peace, love and happiness.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the uproar, DaBaby has tried to be about peace and understanding in his efforts to counter the fallout. In his second \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CSFMMBbpc3F/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">apology\u003c/a>, he wrote, “Social media moves so fast that people want to demolish you before you have a chance to grow, educate and learn from your mistakes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Apologizing is one step; making amends is another\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kevinpowell.net/about.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Powell\u003c/a>, who’s written extensively about hip-hop and toxic masculinity in American culture, says the language in DaBaby’s apology is important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe in counsel culture, not cancel culture,” says Powell. “Do we just want to keep canceling people out because of their racism, their sexism and homophobia, transphobia? 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"content": "\u003cp>Ah, how well I remember wanting to be Mary Lou Retton. So what if I had no gymnastics experience? So what if I didn’t know a round-off from a back handspring? My father had welded two bars for me, and I spent every day outside swinging on them and flipping over them on my stomach. I was SURE I was the next Mary Lou. Like thousands of other little girls, during the 1984 Olympics, I cried because my parents wouldn’t send me to Texas to train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13891275']Watching Simone Biles be so brave about her own struggles with pressure has turned my young tears into gratitude, and my wishes into empathy. Though I have never been an Olympic gymnast, I have learned you don’t need to be an elite athlete to hit a wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And boy, have we hit it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As summer marches on, and the new school year gets closer, the blow-up pool no longer holds any charm for my kids, using the weed-eater no longer makes them feel grown up, just tired of chores, summer math on the iPad isn’t a novelty anymore, just tedious—and reading, well, that has started to seem like a chore too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be fair, it’s reading new books that seem like a chore. The super-hot and humid days we’ve had this summer seem to have sapped every bit of energy from my kids, so it’s a constant battle to get them to read something new. When it’s reading time, it’s the well-worn pages of \u003cem>Diary of a Wimpy Kid\u003c/em> or \u003cem>New Kid \u003c/em>that make an appearance. Only my youngest, who is just entering a new level of reading, is tearing her way through her unread \u003cem>The Boxcar Children\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wall: a very real phenomenon. And there is lots of advice on how to conquer it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Don’t Start Too Fast\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Okay, I’ve got that. I’ll admit, I’m guilty of throwing new books at my kids they aren’t excited about reading because I think they SHOULD be reading them. Bad strategy. I must start slower, and luckily there are some new books I KNOW my kids will be excited to read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Clash\u003c/em> by Kayla Miller\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13900516 alignright\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/712r4gqsjxl_custom-28afcffad8d537923cad9c824da7240fa4101e0f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/712r4gqsjxl_custom-28afcffad8d537923cad9c824da7240fa4101e0f.jpg 200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/712r4gqsjxl_custom-28afcffad8d537923cad9c824da7240fa4101e0f-160x232.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">This fourth installment of Miller’s graphic novel series (\u003cem>Click, Act, Camp\u003c/em>) finds Olive, still in the sixth grade, but with a new problem, a new problem whose name is “Natasha.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Clash\u003c/em> hits home for me and my oldest daughter because both of us have experienced having a new kid in class who breezed in and took our friends away. Nat does all she can to exclude Olive and makes an extra effort to make Olive feel bad about herself. Oh, the memories! Honestly, Olive does a much better job of handling the situation than I did when I was in middle school, and \u003cem>Clash\u003c/em> is sure to be a new favorite in my house.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Set Achievable Goals\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Marathon runners are not the only people who have to build up their endurance. Readers do as well, and sometimes a fast-paced novel that makes you forget you’re reading a novel can get you in the right frame of mind for a longer run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Maya and the Robot\u003c/em> by Eve. L. 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I sit down in the rocking chair while they all pile on the bed, and I read one (or two, maybe sometimes three depending on whether teeth-brushing time went smoothly) chapter of a book that I have chosen. While most nights my kids are happy to hear the next installment of what happens to Anne Shirley or Cassie Logan, there are nights when I read the room and see that my kids need a break, they need something fun and dare I say it, something with a bit of “yick.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enter \u003cem>Something Stinks!\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let me say that my kids, no matter how old they get, never tire of \u003cem>Walter the Farting Dog\u003c/em>. Nothing makes them laugh like gas, whether real or literary, and sometimes we just have to end the day with a laugh. \u003cem>Something Stinks!\u003c/em> offers a much-needed break in the Gilbert Blythe saga, and the skunk at the center of the story is so misled, so clueless, that my kids can’t help but scream with laughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are all kinds of walls to hit, and as parents or caregivers, we will surely hit a lot of them. Just when we think we’ve gotten things under control, something happens to stop us in our tracks. Fatigue, boredom, stress, pressure, overachieving, all those things throw up walls in front of us, even as children, and even as readers. Sometimes we fight through it, and sometimes we take a breather, and that’s not a bad thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not for Simone Biles and not for the rest of us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Juanita Giles is the founder and executive director of the Virginia Children’s Book Festival. 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Highly illustrated and easily relatable, \u003cem>Maya and the Robot\u003c/em> combines friendship struggles, teacher problems, and yes, science, to tell the story of how fifth-grade Maya finds ways to adapt and thrive when everything seems wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For someone who remembers the struggles of one’s younger years, there can never be enough books about handling what can be a tough time. \u003cem>Maya and the Robot\u003c/em> is a fantastic addition to the genre and has the bonus of not just being about the internal struggles of the main character but offering fully formed familial relationships and community as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Take Walking Breaks During Your Marathon\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Something Stinks\u003c/em>! by Jonathan Fenske\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900518 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/81nef4kob8l_custom-69e6f9e9203f509fe790ce3ce20eaafa7e4c087c-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/81nef4kob8l_custom-69e6f9e9203f509fe790ce3ce20eaafa7e4c087c-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/81nef4kob8l_custom-69e6f9e9203f509fe790ce3ce20eaafa7e4c087c-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/81nef4kob8l_custom-69e6f9e9203f509fe790ce3ce20eaafa7e4c087c-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/81nef4kob8l_custom-69e6f9e9203f509fe790ce3ce20eaafa7e4c087c-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/81nef4kob8l_custom-69e6f9e9203f509fe790ce3ce20eaafa7e4c087c-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/81nef4kob8l_custom-69e6f9e9203f509fe790ce3ce20eaafa7e4c087c-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/81nef4kob8l_custom-69e6f9e9203f509fe790ce3ce20eaafa7e4c087c-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">Every night I read chapter books to my kids. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"storyMajorUpdateDate\">\u003cstrong>Updated July 30, 2021 at 8:42 AM ET\u003c/strong>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>From the moment MTV launched on Aug. 1, 1981, it was bound to rattle the nerves of parents and moral crusaders. In its first decade on air, provocative videos and performances from pop stars including Madonna and George Michael invited attention and ignited controversy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though it’s fairly established by now that the cable channel-turned-entertainment brand stopped being the home of music videos some time ago, its contribution to the television landscape transcends music and reality TV. By the 1990s, the network’s biggest stars also included its resident pair of animated knuckleheads: Beavis and Butt-Head.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Critic-proof, crudely drawn rebels go pop\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13885553']The show about brain dead teens and their pubescent whims debuted on MTV in 1993 and was quick to catch flack for everything from its rougher animation style to the impulsive actions of its stars. Critics called the duo \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vhPukfBAwQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“crude,” “ugly” and “self-destructive.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kris Brown became the head writer of \u003cem>Beavis and Butt-Head \u003c/em>in 1994. He says when he was assigned his first episode, he described the show to his own father as being “about these two 13-year-olds that are really stupid and they’re just self-destructive. They’re really into heavy metal, and I mean I don’t think it’s for you really, but I’m really excited about it.” His dad paused and, as Brown recalls, said, “Well, do you plan on writing for anything else?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the show was critic-proof. \u003cem>Beavis and Butt-Head \u003c/em>became MTV’s highest rated show at one time and expanded into a 1996 feature film—\u003cem>Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\u003c/em>. The movie got two thumbs up from critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert and featured multiple cameos, including one from super-fan David Letterman as a roadie who most certainly sired Butt-Head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRnVQ4NBXko\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A hub for experimentation and innovation\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Beavis and Butt-Head \u003c/em>may have been a cartoon, but it was also central to MTV’s identity. Animation, it turns out, was baked into the network’s foundation, says Fred Seibert, who helped develop MTV’s initial branding campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We kind of realized that in many ways cartoons, like \u003cem>Looney Tunes\u003c/em>, were kind of like the kid equivalent of rock ‘n’ roll,” Seibert explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For animators who wanted to work outside of TV conventions at the time, MTV became a destination and a laboratory. According to Maureen Furniss, who is an animation historian at the California Institute of the Arts, “[MTV] showed people in the public things they had never seen before in animation and gave opportunities to a lot of independent animators and experimental animators.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most important of those experiments were shorts that served as the station’s promotional IDs: the “M” of the MTV logo morphing into various forms, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrUfMqRlYpk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The freedom given to the creators of these promos by MTV’s marketing teams helped serve as a prototype for how the network approached its longer animated shows, says Abby Terkuhle. He became head of the network’s on-air promotions—and eventually oversaw MTV animation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“MTV animation was truly an outgrowth and extension of MTV on-air promotion and MTV on-air promotion was incredible. It was a creative laboratory, ” Terkuhle says. “We were not only allowed to take risks, but encouraged to take risks and the executives had our back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900491\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900491\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/gettyimages-51100452-c722f51d99ff37658e9eaeaf95e1c78e4ba2732a-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"'Beavis and Butt-Head' creator Mike Judge (left) and animation director Yvette Kaplan (center) work on the production of the 1996 motion picture, 'Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.' From its debut in the early 1980s, MTV proved itself to be a pioneer in adult animation.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/gettyimages-51100452-c722f51d99ff37658e9eaeaf95e1c78e4ba2732a-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/gettyimages-51100452-c722f51d99ff37658e9eaeaf95e1c78e4ba2732a-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/gettyimages-51100452-c722f51d99ff37658e9eaeaf95e1c78e4ba2732a-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/gettyimages-51100452-c722f51d99ff37658e9eaeaf95e1c78e4ba2732a-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/gettyimages-51100452-c722f51d99ff37658e9eaeaf95e1c78e4ba2732a-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/gettyimages-51100452-c722f51d99ff37658e9eaeaf95e1c78e4ba2732a.jpg 1838w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ creator Mike Judge (left) and animation director Yvette Kaplan (center) work on the production of the 1996 motion picture, ‘Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.’ From its debut in the early 1980s, MTV proved itself to be a pioneer in adult animation. \u003ccite>(Getty Images/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That ethos of a creative laboratory that took risks drew show creators to pitch and push for ideas that wouldn’t end up elsewhere on television.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MTV’s first full animated program \u003cem>Liquid Television\u003c/em> premiered in 1991 and was a free-flowing showcase of all kinds of animation. It included the cable debut of \u003cem>Beavis and Butt-Head \u003c/em>in the short “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0HpG7Nx7fA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frog Baseball\u003c/a>“—an animation festival favorite at the time—as well as parodies of existing TV genres such as game shows and soap operas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir2qcPwZFdQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Liquid Television\u003c/em> also included bold experiments in narrative storytelling—and introduced the visually sumptuous world of \u003cem>Aeon Flux\u003c/em>—a spy who has since become a cult icon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Chung, who developed \u003cem>Aeon Flux \u003c/em>for MTV, says, “It had to be something you could not see anywhere else. And so that really encouraged me to make something that was as loaded with as much innuendo, making it a point to make it as transgressive and as eye-catching as I could make it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Self-aware ’90s teen angst and claymation wars\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>From the the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, MTV also ran its own animation studio which produced multiple series—including a \u003cem>Beavis and Butt-Head\u003c/em> spinoff that gave audiences another iconic character.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Daria\u003c/em> premiered in 1997 and was a show unafraid to bite the hand that feeds it. Its incisive main character regularly went after the superficialities and commodification of teen life—a tendency MTV itself has long been accused of. But the show could also offer poignant coming-of-age moments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0WBODNzyCg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We kind of just went with the typical stories that every show about teenagers covers, but because it was from the eyes of Daria, it ended up with a completely different tone, which was funny and deadpan kind of humor,” says \u003cem>Daria\u003c/em> co-creator Susie Lewis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MTV animation wasn’t only hand-drawn images. The network also produced a hit claymation series called \u003cem>Celebrity Deathmatch\u003c/em> in which mock-ups of celebrities took each other on in the wrestling ring and fought, well, to the death. The pilot episode aired at the same time as the Super Bowl halftime show in 1998.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hDNXE0v8kU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, MTV hasn’t had the same track record in animation. Other networks and streaming services have become home to even bolder cartoons intended for older audiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But MTV Entertainment president Chris McCarthy says you shouldn’t count MTV out just yet. McCarthy says MTV is developing new animated ideas as well as rebooting a few old favorites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Animation has been critical to the MTV brand from its inception, ” says McCarthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the shows coming back are \u003cem>Beavis and Butt-Head\u003c/em> (its second reboot for the record) as well as a series reimagining \u003cem>Daria \u003c/em>character Jodie as a Gen Z college grad entering the workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think the animation and its rebirth is just the beginning of a next great chapter of this legacy,” says McCarthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-tXRLazs&list=PLy2PCKGkKRVZVyzPfNj_R-aYn4IztIyT-\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. 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Hostile bosses, crazy schedules and paltry, stagnant pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To top it off: rude customers, whose abuses restaurant staff are often forced to tolerate. And lately, testy diners have only gotten more impatient as they emerge from the pandemic shutdowns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cornett, off work for a few weeks, realized he received enough money through unemployment benefits to start saving—for the first time. He wondered if the work he loves would ever entail a job that came with health insurance or paid leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was working what I decided was going to be my last kitchen job,” Cornett said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he pondered a new career path, an exodus began rattling his industry. Workers have been leaving jobs in restaurants, bars and hotels at the highest rate in decades. Each month so far this year, around 5% of this massive workforce have called it quits. \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.t04.htm\">In May alone\u003c/a>, that was 706,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now “help wanted” signs are everywhere, with a staggering 1.2 million jobs unfilled in the industry, right when customers are crushing through the doors, ready to eat, drink and finally socialize.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>“They’re just yelling the entire time”\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Low wages are the most common reason \u003ca href=\"https://onefairwage.site/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/OFW_HelpWanted.pdf\">people cite\u003c/a> for leaving food service work. But in \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-08/half-of-u-s-hospitality-workers-won-t-return-in-job-crunch\">one recent survey\u003c/a>, more than half of hospitality workers who’ve quit said no amount of pay would get them to return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because for many, leaving food service had a lot to do also with its high-stress culture: exhausting work, unreliable hours, no benefits and so many rude customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never want to do something like this again,” said Marcus Brotherns, who spent two years serving coffee and doughnuts at a drive-through in Rhode Island. During the busiest hours, customers would storm inside to complain about the wrong amount of creamer or sugar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re just yelling the entire time,” he said. 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"content": "\u003cp>This year’s Emmy nominations cover a time when the coronavirus pandemic turned the TV industry upside down. So it makes sense that the shows and performances announced Tuesday might include some choices that are a bit … unconventional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Netflix’s continuation of \u003cem>The Karate Kid\u003c/em> franchise, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/05/02/607087244/a-crane-kick-of-nostalgia-right-to-the-throat-cobra-kai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Cobra Kai\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, nominated as best comedy series? \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/08/16/901256615/lovecraft-country-facing-monsters-and-a-monstrous-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Lovecraft Country\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a series that was essentially canceled by HBO when it decided not to make a second season, racking up 18 nominations, including best drama series? Netflix’s middling comedy \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/10/02/919086574/emily-in-paris-is-a-painless-and-pretty-frolic-and-that-s-about-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Emily in Paris\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, widely ridiculed for snagging a Golden Globe nomination this year, also nominated for a best comedy series Emmy?[aside postID='arts_13884214']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thankfully, the nominations announced this year were mostly devoid of head-scratching choices and did an admirable job of reflecting both promising newcomers and old masters during a period when lockdowns threatened to cripple the industry. It’s a heartening sign that it will take more than a pandemic to wipe out innovation and quality work in today’s TV universe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are five more takeaways I had from the nominations for the 73rd Emmy Awards:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Streaming services are more dominant than ever\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sure, the most nominated media platform is HBO with 130 nods. But it only got there by including the nominations for streaming corporate sibling HBO Max with its total. Even so, streaming giant Netflix had the second-largest number of nominations at 129, and upstart Disney+ landed in third place with 71.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A peek at the most-nominated shows reveals Netflix’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/11/11/933785969/season-4-of-the-crown-introduces-princess-diana-and-more-juicy-drama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and Disney+’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/10/30/929505050/return-of-the-mandalorian-and-baby-yoda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Mandalorian\u003c/em>\u003c/a> tied with 24 nominations, followed quickly by Disney+’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/03/05/973989043/wandavision-wraps-a-season-that-was-never-what-it-seemed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>WandaVision\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (23) and Hulu’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759437597/margaret-atwood-on-the-enduring-resonance-of-the-handmaid-s-tale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Handmaid’s Tale\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (21). Indeed, among the top 10 most-nominated shows, just three—NBC’s \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em>, along with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/05/30/1001577416/mare-of-easttown-your-finale-questions-answered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Mare of Easttown\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \u003cem>Lovecraft Country\u003c/em> on HBO–were not created by streaming services.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lots of diversity, though still often focused on Black people\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13897419']It was wonderful to see \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/06/1000646372/farewell-to-pose-which-fused-grief-and-joy-right-up-to-the-finale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Pose\u003c/em>\u003c/a> star Mj Rodriguez nominated as best actress in a drama, recognizing her powerhouse performance on that show with the first lead acting nomination for a transgender person. And for a critic like me, who has advocated for ethnic diversity in TV for decades, seeing nominations for ambitious, Black-centered shows such as \u003cem>Lovecraft Country\u003c/em>, Amazon Prime Video’s \u003cem>The Underground Railroad\u003c/em> and ABC’s \u003cem>Black-ish\u003c/em> right next to key nods for accomplished Black performers such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/12/28/949236178/bridgerton-is-a-delicious-raunchy-tale-of-1-very-hot-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Bridgerton\u003c/em>\u003c/a>’s Regé-Jean Page and Uzo Adubo from \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/28/1010891216/uzo-aduba-in-treatment-hbo-orange-is-the-new-black-crazy-eyes-netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>In Treatment\u003c/em>\u003c/a> is like a dream come true. Best of all, the Emmys recognized Michaela Coel and her groundbreaking series, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/06/07/871472968/i-may-destroy-you-is-hbo-s-new-unforgettable-unmissable-drama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>I May Destroy You\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>\u003c/em>, when the Golden Globes did not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it is time for the Emmys—and the TV industry at large—to spread that wealth beyond Black performers and Black-centered shows. Yes, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rosie Perez, Anthony Ramos, Bowen Yang and Phillipa Soo all got key nominations. But if Disney+’s version of \u003cem>Hamilton\u003c/em> hadn’t been eligible, many of those nominations would not have occurred. So I’m hopeful this is a first step toward bringing even more—and more well-rounded—diversity to big Hollywood awards nominations.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Geeks rejoice! Superhero and genre shows get more love than ever\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>True enough, \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em> often soaked up loads of nominations back in the day. But this year, several shows in the horror/superhero space, so often overlooked by major Hollywood awards, got love in major categories, including \u003cem>WandaVision\u003c/em>, \u003ci>The Mandalorian\u003c/i>, \u003cem>Lovecraft Country\u003c/em> and Amazon Prime Video’s dark superhero satire, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/09/02/908811190/the-boys-return-for-a-2nd-season-even-more-twisted-than-the-1st\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Boys\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (which was the biggest surprise for me). We saw powerhouse studio Marvel get its first Emmy nominations this year, which likely means this is just a taste of future geekdom to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Saturday Night Live’ remains an influential powerhouse\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Every few years, a snarky critic writes an epitaph for this annoyingly inconsistent-yet-often-brilliant sketch comedy landmark. And then \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> racks up the Emmy nominations to prove just how premature those rumors of death truly are. It’s not just that its 21 nominations beat comedy favorite \u003cem>Ted Lasso\u003c/em> by one nod; it had a significant presence in supporting and guest acting comedy categories. Kenan Thompson even managed to snag a nomination as best lead actor in a comedy for his sitcom, \u003cem>Kenan\u003c/em>, while still starring as a major player on \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>—where he was also nominated for best supporting actor in a comedy.[aside postID='arts_13897829']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of its domination this year came from reduced competition in the comedy space, for sure. (The pandemic seems to have cleared out more comedy shows than dramas.) But \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> also pulled off some brilliant shows when the entire cast and writing staff were working remotely from home, following those episodes by welcoming back a live audience well before vaccines were widely available. Not bad for a series nearly ready for its own AARP card.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fewer notable snubs, but intense competition made some inevitable\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No matter what was nominated as best limited series, there were bound to be major shows left out—just because the competition in this space has grown immensely, thanks to big-name stars signing on for projects designed to last just one season. This includes series such as Kate Winslet’s \u003cem>Mare of Easttown\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, it was unfortunate that Steve McQueen’s ode to Black immigrants in Britain, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/11/20/936635676/small-axe-a-searing-portrait-of-racism-and-a-communitys-will-to-survive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Small Axe\u003c/em>,\u003c/a> was left out of the category, along with Showtime’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/10/05/920311084/ethan-hawke-on-playing-john-brown-early-fame-and-making-a-friend-of-fear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Good Lord Bird\u003c/em>,\u003c/a> HBO Max’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/02/19/968381311/its-a-sin-brings-a-lost-generation-of-gay-men-to-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>It’s a Sin\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and HBO’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/10/25/926843328/the-undoing-review-hbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Undoing\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Similarly, \u003cem>Undoing\u003c/em> star Nicole Kidman’s lack of an acting nomination had to be one of the highest-profile acting snubs, along with Ethan Hawke from \u003cem>The Good Lord Bird\u003c/em>. And the Emmys also seemed to turn their back on the third season of Netflix’s \u003cem>Master of None\u003c/em>, passing up the opportunity to honor Naomi Ackie and Lena Waithe’s portrayal of a crumbling marriage. This snub made me wonder if onetime series star Aziz Ansari’s #MeToo controversy had an impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And much as I loved seeing the final season of \u003cem>Conan\u003c/em> get nominated as best variety talk series and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/08/31/907762048/black-lady-sketch-show-is-tv-we-d-never-seen-before-says-dime-davis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>A Black Lady Sketch Show\u003c/em>\u003c/a> nominated for best variety sketch series, Emmy dropped the ball by not showing love for NBC’s \u003cem>Late Night With Seth Meyers\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Amber Ruffin Show\u003c/em> on Peacock in those categories. (\u003cem>Late Night\u003c/em> got a directing nod, and \u003cem>Amber Ruffin\u003c/em> was nominated for writing.) It’s time to expand these categories a bit so more great work can earn its due.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winners for the 73rd Emmy Awards will be announced during a ceremony aired and streamed Sept. 19 on CBS and Paramount+, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Copyright 2021 \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>This year’s Emmy nominations cover a time when the coronavirus pandemic turned the TV industry upside down. So it makes sense that the shows and performances announced Tuesday might include some choices that are a bit … unconventional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Netflix’s continuation of \u003cem>The Karate Kid\u003c/em> franchise, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/05/02/607087244/a-crane-kick-of-nostalgia-right-to-the-throat-cobra-kai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Cobra Kai\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, nominated as best comedy series? \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/08/16/901256615/lovecraft-country-facing-monsters-and-a-monstrous-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Lovecraft Country\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a series that was essentially canceled by HBO when it decided not to make a second season, racking up 18 nominations, including best drama series? Netflix’s middling comedy \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/10/02/919086574/emily-in-paris-is-a-painless-and-pretty-frolic-and-that-s-about-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Emily in Paris\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, widely ridiculed for snagging a Golden Globe nomination this year, also nominated for a best comedy series Emmy?\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thankfully, the nominations announced this year were mostly devoid of head-scratching choices and did an admirable job of reflecting both promising newcomers and old masters during a period when lockdowns threatened to cripple the industry. It’s a heartening sign that it will take more than a pandemic to wipe out innovation and quality work in today’s TV universe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are five more takeaways I had from the nominations for the 73rd Emmy Awards:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Streaming services are more dominant than ever\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sure, the most nominated media platform is HBO with 130 nods. But it only got there by including the nominations for streaming corporate sibling HBO Max with its total. Even so, streaming giant Netflix had the second-largest number of nominations at 129, and upstart Disney+ landed in third place with 71.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A peek at the most-nominated shows reveals Netflix’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/11/11/933785969/season-4-of-the-crown-introduces-princess-diana-and-more-juicy-drama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and Disney+’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/10/30/929505050/return-of-the-mandalorian-and-baby-yoda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Mandalorian\u003c/em>\u003c/a> tied with 24 nominations, followed quickly by Disney+’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/03/05/973989043/wandavision-wraps-a-season-that-was-never-what-it-seemed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>WandaVision\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (23) and Hulu’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759437597/margaret-atwood-on-the-enduring-resonance-of-the-handmaid-s-tale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Handmaid’s Tale\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (21). Indeed, among the top 10 most-nominated shows, just three—NBC’s \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em>, along with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/05/30/1001577416/mare-of-easttown-your-finale-questions-answered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Mare of Easttown\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \u003cem>Lovecraft Country\u003c/em> on HBO–were not created by streaming services.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lots of diversity, though still often focused on Black people\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>It was wonderful to see \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/06/1000646372/farewell-to-pose-which-fused-grief-and-joy-right-up-to-the-finale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Pose\u003c/em>\u003c/a> star Mj Rodriguez nominated as best actress in a drama, recognizing her powerhouse performance on that show with the first lead acting nomination for a transgender person. And for a critic like me, who has advocated for ethnic diversity in TV for decades, seeing nominations for ambitious, Black-centered shows such as \u003cem>Lovecraft Country\u003c/em>, Amazon Prime Video’s \u003cem>The Underground Railroad\u003c/em> and ABC’s \u003cem>Black-ish\u003c/em> right next to key nods for accomplished Black performers such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/12/28/949236178/bridgerton-is-a-delicious-raunchy-tale-of-1-very-hot-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Bridgerton\u003c/em>\u003c/a>’s Regé-Jean Page and Uzo Adubo from \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/28/1010891216/uzo-aduba-in-treatment-hbo-orange-is-the-new-black-crazy-eyes-netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>In Treatment\u003c/em>\u003c/a> is like a dream come true. Best of all, the Emmys recognized Michaela Coel and her groundbreaking series, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/06/07/871472968/i-may-destroy-you-is-hbo-s-new-unforgettable-unmissable-drama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>I May Destroy You\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>\u003c/em>, when the Golden Globes did not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it is time for the Emmys—and the TV industry at large—to spread that wealth beyond Black performers and Black-centered shows. Yes, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rosie Perez, Anthony Ramos, Bowen Yang and Phillipa Soo all got key nominations. But if Disney+’s version of \u003cem>Hamilton\u003c/em> hadn’t been eligible, many of those nominations would not have occurred. So I’m hopeful this is a first step toward bringing even more—and more well-rounded—diversity to big Hollywood awards nominations.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Geeks rejoice! Superhero and genre shows get more love than ever\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>True enough, \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em> often soaked up loads of nominations back in the day. But this year, several shows in the horror/superhero space, so often overlooked by major Hollywood awards, got love in major categories, including \u003cem>WandaVision\u003c/em>, \u003ci>The Mandalorian\u003c/i>, \u003cem>Lovecraft Country\u003c/em> and Amazon Prime Video’s dark superhero satire, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/09/02/908811190/the-boys-return-for-a-2nd-season-even-more-twisted-than-the-1st\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Boys\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (which was the biggest surprise for me). We saw powerhouse studio Marvel get its first Emmy nominations this year, which likely means this is just a taste of future geekdom to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Saturday Night Live’ remains an influential powerhouse\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Every few years, a snarky critic writes an epitaph for this annoyingly inconsistent-yet-often-brilliant sketch comedy landmark. And then \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> racks up the Emmy nominations to prove just how premature those rumors of death truly are. It’s not just that its 21 nominations beat comedy favorite \u003cem>Ted Lasso\u003c/em> by one nod; it had a significant presence in supporting and guest acting comedy categories. Kenan Thompson even managed to snag a nomination as best lead actor in a comedy for his sitcom, \u003cem>Kenan\u003c/em>, while still starring as a major player on \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>—where he was also nominated for best supporting actor in a comedy.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When the pandemic hit, Paula Zuccotti rediscovered her long-neglected vinyl collection. “I’m listening to records I hadn’t touched in years,” says the Argentine-born, London-based designer and ethnographic researcher. Her job is to notice stuff—meaning people’s belongings and how they use them—so this new habit prompted Zuccotti to wonder what other kinds of objects had taken on more central roles in people’s lockdown existence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To find out, she put out a call on Instagram in April 2020, asking, “What are the 15 things that are helping you get through this?” Zuccotti showed off her list of 15, which included a record, a kettlebell and a sage smudge stick, and offered simple directions for folks interested in sharing theirs: Put the items on an even surface, shoot a photo from above, and post the pic with the hashtag #EveryThingWeTouchCovidEssentialsx15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13890197']“I wanted them to use the filter of, ‘Here is what I value today.’ They don’t need to be new things, but maybe they took on a new meaning,” explains Zuccotti, who considers this project an extension of the work she did for her 2015 book, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Everything-We-Touch-24-Hour-Inventory/dp/0241205905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Every Thing We Touch: A 24 Hour Inventory of Our Lives\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, featuring her photos of all of the items several subjects interacted with in a single day. Zuccotti has dubbed this practice of looking at our things as potential artifacts “future archaeology.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there’s certainly a lot to learn about how COVID-19 and its accompanying restrictions have altered routines around the world. Zuccotti compiled the more than 1,000 responses from 50 countries into a publicly searchable archive at \u003ca href=\"https://lockdownessentials.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lockdownessentials.org.\u003c/a> The images aren’t always quite as polished as professional shots, but they’re extremely telling, especially when paired with the brief descriptions explaining why each item made the cut for an individual’s 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Common threads quickly became apparent—laptops and headphones are ubiquitous, alongside face masks and hand sanitizer, demonstrating the different ways we have managed to maintain contact with the outside world. Zuccotti appreciates that local goods and cultural practices take on an outsized role, as do flowers and candles and slippers. “There’s been a switch in how people see things,” she says. “They defined themselves instead by what makes them feel better.” Here’s a closer look at a few of the images:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899869\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5-800x522.jpg\" alt=\"Top row, left to right: Notebook, incense, water bottle, coffee maker, sneakers, wine. Bottom row, left to right: camera, glasses, book, headphones, facial cleansing device, edible ants in a bowl, mask, gloves, tablet.\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5-1020x665.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5-768x501.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5-1536x1001.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5-1920x1252.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top row, left to right: Notebook, incense, water bottle, coffee maker, sneakers, wine. Bottom row, left to right: camera, glasses, book, headphones, facial cleansing device, edible ants in a bowl, mask, gloves, tablet. \u003ccite>(Liliana Cadena/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Liliana Cadena, Barichara, Colombia\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, those are large ants filling that white bowl. Cadena writes that she has a renewed appreciation for these hormigas culonas, a nutritious local delicacy. That particular part of her diet is unusual, but like many other folks, she’s been drinking plenty of caffeine and alcohol—as represented by her coffee maker and bottle of Lambrusco. For both, Cadena connects the experience to spending time and meals with her family. Zuccotti likes how Cadena describes her sneakers in the context of no longer worrying so much about how she looks. “I’ve never felt so confident and comfortable wearing relaxed clothes,” Cadena writes. That struck a chord with Zuccotti, whose high heels have also been stashed away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899871\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3-800x590.jpg\" alt=\"Items, left to right: Book, notebooks, laptop, instant camera with print, baby clothes, personal hygiene supplies for mother and baby, hand sanitizer, local fruits, ointment, shamanic drum, Agua de Florida ritual water, prayer altar, spiritual candle, herbs. Also pictured: a black baby wrap surrounds the items with the photographer's shoes visible.\" width=\"800\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3-800x590.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3-1020x752.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3-768x566.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3-1536x1132.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3-1920x1415.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items, left to right: Book, notebooks, laptop, instant camera with print, baby clothes, personal hygiene supplies for mother and baby, hand sanitizer, local fruits, ointment, shamanic drum, Agua de Florida ritual water, prayer altar, spiritual candle, herbs. Also pictured: a black baby wrap surrounds the items with the photographer’s shoes visible. \u003ccite>(Maria Belen Morales/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Maria Belen Morales, Quito, Ecuador\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales’ toes peek into the frame, although she’s not actually one of her 15 items. Humans (and the occasional cat) do pop up on other lists and in photos. In Morales’ case, her newborn baby Inti is represented by all of the objects related to her care, including the unfurled baby wrap framing the image and the yellow bottle of Agua de Florida “for cleaning and healing rituals.” The scented spray is something that’s also among Zuccotti’s 15 items. “If you are down, you smell it, and you have a boost and feel better,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899872\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Items, left to right: Coffee pot, rosemary and thyme, laptop with Airpods, eggplants, chili peppers, pomelo, drumstick, trowel, dog collar, tennis ball, swim goggles, wildflowers, ajwain leaves and spinach.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items, left to right: Coffee pot, rosemary and thyme, laptop with Airpods, eggplants, chili peppers, pomelo, drumstick, trowel, dog collar, tennis ball, swim goggles, wildflowers, ajwain leaves and spinach. \u003ccite>( Padmavathy Krishna Kumar/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Padmavathy Krishna Kumar, Bangalore, India\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Kumar’s items were plucked directly from her garden, which was a visually striking choice. But what really stands out for Zuccotti is how each holds a distinctly different meaning for Kumar. Rosemary and thyme are valued for their scent, the chilies are a “mood uplifting” shade of red, and the spinach and ajwain leaf represent her rediscovery of her mother’s cooking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899873\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899873\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97-800x499.jpg\" alt=\"Items left to right: Drill, masking tape, headphones, collage-making supplies, microphones, kora (a type of lute), avocado, toilet paper, speaker, book, toothbrush, camera, vibrator.\" width=\"800\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97-800x499.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97-1020x636.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97-768x479.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97-1536x958.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97-1920x1197.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items left to right: Drill, masking tape, headphones, collage-making supplies, microphones, kora (a type of lute), avocado, toilet paper, speaker, book, toothbrush, camera, vibrator. \u003ccite>(Naitiemu Nyanjom/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Naitiemu Nyanjom, Nairobi, Kenya\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can’t miss the bright pink vibrator—a sign, Zuccotti says, of the honesty participants brought to this project. The largest item in Nyanjom’s collection, however, is the kora, a long-necked harp lute. “I really wanna learn a musical instrument this year,” Nyanjom writes. That has been a widespread sentiment, notes Zuccotti, who saw a particular surge of interest in people reconnecting with their culture through music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899874\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Items left to right, top to bottom: Camera, Nintendo Switch, color wheel, mug, tablet, tea, phone, supplies for watercolor paintings, Turkish oud, water bottle, pencil case, watercolor paints, book.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da-768x509.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da-1920x1272.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items left to right, top to bottom: Camera, Nintendo Switch, color wheel, mug, tablet, tea, phone, supplies for watercolor paintings, Turkish oud, water bottle, pencil case, watercolor paints, book. \u003ccite>(Mohamad Chehimi/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Mohamad Chehimi, Kuwait City, Kuwait\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chehimi spent lockdown at home, but not in his home country. So like other contributors “in a place that’s not their place,” as Zuccotti describes it, the Lebanon native found ways to bridge the distance. There’s Lebanese-American author Kahil Gibran’s \u003cem>The Prophet\u003c/em>, a book he’s read three times. There’s also a Nintendo Switch, which Chehimi used “to meet my friends ‘virtually’ playing online games such as Animal Crossing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899875\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Items left to right, top to bottom: Headphones, vitamin C, webcam, mints, hand sanitizer, Playstation controller, pan, grocery cards, eye makeup implements, mask, karaoke microphone, phone, remote, speaker, hair straightener (purple).\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d-1920x1439.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items left to right, top to bottom: Headphones, vitamin C, webcam, mints, hand sanitizer, Playstation controller, pan, grocery cards, eye makeup implements, mask, karaoke microphone, phone, remote, speaker, hair straightener (purple). \u003ccite>(Sheena/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Sheena, Manila, Philippines\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As everyone is using face masks and half my face is covered, I make sure that my eyes look alluring and pretty,” Sheena writes to explain why eye make-up is in her list of 15. She’s also included hair straighteners because she has been experimenting with different styles and colors. This focus on appearance is possibly linked to Zuccotti’s favorite object in the photo: the karaoke microphone. With bars shut, Manila residents like Sheena turned to home karaoke in droves. Parents complained that their homeschooled kids were so distracted by the ruckus that the government \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/world/manila-orders-karaoke-silence-for-students-sake.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">banned “karaokes, videokes and other sound producing devices” during daylight hours.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899876\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zaja%CC%A8c_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a-800x550.jpg\" alt=\"Items left to right, top to bottom: laptop, Koala plushie, self-sewn shopping bag (black), coffee mug, pink glasses, sketchbook, red hair scrunchy, tailor tape, watercolor paint, vegetables, mask, facial cleanser, painted fabrics, books.\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zając_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zając_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a-1020x702.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zając_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zając_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zając_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a-1536x1057.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zając_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a-1920x1321.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zając_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items left to right, top to bottom: laptop, Koala plushie, self-sewn shopping bag (black), coffee mug, pink glasses, sketchbook, red hair scrunchy, tailor tape, watercolor paint, vegetables, mask, facial cleanser, painted fabrics, books. \u003ccite>(Magdalena Zajac/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Magdalena Zajac, Ljubljana, Slovenia\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A little stuffed koala is “a friend spending the whole quarantine with me,” the international exchange student from Poland writes. That’s a positive way to view the situation—something Zuccotti saw expressed in a variety of ways. (Check out Rino from Tokyo, Japan, who has a drawing of fingers crossed.) Zajac’s collection also includes a pair of rose-colored spectacles that emphasize her sunny outlook. “In my country, we use the expression ‘look through pink glasses’ to assume a generally optimistic and cheerful attitude,” she writes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899877\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899877\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/vittoria-tedaldi-spain_custom-f018ceeb08c5ebe49d964baac77dfcf24400ac8c-800x430.jpg\" alt=\"Items left to right, top to bottom: Wool quilt, socks, Kindle, perfume, dark chocolate, metal ladle, espresso mug, playing cards, weights, Bruce Lee coaster with bottle caps, necklace, remote, headphones, notebook and pens, whiteboard sheets and markers, all displayed on a yoga mat.\" width=\"800\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/vittoria-tedaldi-spain_custom-f018ceeb08c5ebe49d964baac77dfcf24400ac8c-800x430.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/vittoria-tedaldi-spain_custom-f018ceeb08c5ebe49d964baac77dfcf24400ac8c-1020x548.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/vittoria-tedaldi-spain_custom-f018ceeb08c5ebe49d964baac77dfcf24400ac8c-160x86.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/vittoria-tedaldi-spain_custom-f018ceeb08c5ebe49d964baac77dfcf24400ac8c-768x412.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/vittoria-tedaldi-spain_custom-f018ceeb08c5ebe49d964baac77dfcf24400ac8c-1536x825.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/vittoria-tedaldi-spain_custom-f018ceeb08c5ebe49d964baac77dfcf24400ac8c-1920x1031.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/vittoria-tedaldi-spain_custom-f018ceeb08c5ebe49d964baac77dfcf24400ac8c.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items left to right, top to bottom: Wool quilt, socks, Kindle, perfume, dark chocolate, metal ladle, espresso mug, playing cards, weights, Bruce Lee coaster with bottle caps, necklace, remote, headphones, notebook and pens, whiteboard sheets and markers, all displayed on a yoga mat. \u003ccite>(Vittoria Tedaldi/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Vittoria Tedaldi, Madrid, Spain\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tedaldi titled her photo, “Walking barefoot through lockdown,” so the pair of socks pictured were an anti-essential—being at home meant she didn’t need to wear them. She writes that “we suddenly had time to play,” which is why there’s that eye-catching set of playing cards honoring Spanish culinary history, illustrated by artist Silja Goetz. Tedaldi’s steel spoon, which she includes as a nod to “cooking as a way of caring,” also stands out to Zuccotti. She notes that in several American photos, spoons that were used to cheer essential workers by banging on pots held a different meaning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899878\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/dati-agbo-togo_custom-40ead057e04d61b9b2af091ba72fb3c972b90dc9-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Items pictured: Oranges, bananas, haricot beans, peanuts, grapefruit, mangoes, flour, sugarcane, Bible, cross, African fabrics, flowers, a fan.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/dati-agbo-togo_custom-40ead057e04d61b9b2af091ba72fb3c972b90dc9-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/dati-agbo-togo_custom-40ead057e04d61b9b2af091ba72fb3c972b90dc9-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/dati-agbo-togo_custom-40ead057e04d61b9b2af091ba72fb3c972b90dc9-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/dati-agbo-togo_custom-40ead057e04d61b9b2af091ba72fb3c972b90dc9-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/dati-agbo-togo_custom-40ead057e04d61b9b2af091ba72fb3c972b90dc9.jpg 1524w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items pictured: Oranges, bananas, haricot beans, peanuts, grapefruit, mangoes, flour, sugarcane, Bible, cross, African fabrics, flowers, a fan. \u003ccite>(Dati Agbo/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Dati Agno, Lome, Togo\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not every contributor is on Instagram. Zuccotti’s trainer at her London gym hails from Togo, and when she told him about her project, he convinced his grandmother to submit her 15 items. Agno’s list is loaded with relatively basic needs, such as fruit, flour and a fan. And like many images from Africa, she includes a Bible. Zuccotti notes that these types of items are a sign that even as many of us changed the essential things in our lives, others found comfort in their usual objects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Your Turn: Send Us A Photo Of One Of Your Pandemic Essentials\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>We’d love to see your pandemic essentials! Send us a photo of yourself \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>posing with one object\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem> that’s helping you get through the COVID crisis (that isn’t a laptop or a phone!). In a few sentences, tell us why it’s important to you. Horizontal images are much appreciated. Email the photo and caption, plus your name and location, to \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"mailto:nprgoatsandsoda@npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>goatsandsoda@npr.org\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> with the subject line “My pandemic essential.” We may feature it in a future story on NPR.org. The deadline is July 6. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=PHOTOS%3A+15+Things+Folks+Can%27t+Live+Without+In+A+Pandemic%2C+From+Ants+To+Holy+Water&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I wanted them to use the filter of, ‘Here is what I value today.’ They don’t need to be new things, but maybe they took on a new meaning,” explains Zuccotti, who considers this project an extension of the work she did for her 2015 book, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Everything-We-Touch-24-Hour-Inventory/dp/0241205905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Every Thing We Touch: A 24 Hour Inventory of Our Lives\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, featuring her photos of all of the items several subjects interacted with in a single day. Zuccotti has dubbed this practice of looking at our things as potential artifacts “future archaeology.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there’s certainly a lot to learn about how COVID-19 and its accompanying restrictions have altered routines around the world. Zuccotti compiled the more than 1,000 responses from 50 countries into a publicly searchable archive at \u003ca href=\"https://lockdownessentials.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lockdownessentials.org.\u003c/a> The images aren’t always quite as polished as professional shots, but they’re extremely telling, especially when paired with the brief descriptions explaining why each item made the cut for an individual’s 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Common threads quickly became apparent—laptops and headphones are ubiquitous, alongside face masks and hand sanitizer, demonstrating the different ways we have managed to maintain contact with the outside world. Zuccotti appreciates that local goods and cultural practices take on an outsized role, as do flowers and candles and slippers. “There’s been a switch in how people see things,” she says. “They defined themselves instead by what makes them feel better.” Here’s a closer look at a few of the images:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899869\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5-800x522.jpg\" alt=\"Top row, left to right: Notebook, incense, water bottle, coffee maker, sneakers, wine. Bottom row, left to right: camera, glasses, book, headphones, facial cleansing device, edible ants in a bowl, mask, gloves, tablet.\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5-1020x665.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5-768x501.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5-1536x1001.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5-1920x1252.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/liliana-cadena-colombia_custom-217535da34e11a09cc4b442c2e7f10b0be4c51e5.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top row, left to right: Notebook, incense, water bottle, coffee maker, sneakers, wine. Bottom row, left to right: camera, glasses, book, headphones, facial cleansing device, edible ants in a bowl, mask, gloves, tablet. \u003ccite>(Liliana Cadena/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Liliana Cadena, Barichara, Colombia\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, those are large ants filling that white bowl. Cadena writes that she has a renewed appreciation for these hormigas culonas, a nutritious local delicacy. That particular part of her diet is unusual, but like many other folks, she’s been drinking plenty of caffeine and alcohol—as represented by her coffee maker and bottle of Lambrusco. For both, Cadena connects the experience to spending time and meals with her family. Zuccotti likes how Cadena describes her sneakers in the context of no longer worrying so much about how she looks. “I’ve never felt so confident and comfortable wearing relaxed clothes,” Cadena writes. That struck a chord with Zuccotti, whose high heels have also been stashed away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899871\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3-800x590.jpg\" alt=\"Items, left to right: Book, notebooks, laptop, instant camera with print, baby clothes, personal hygiene supplies for mother and baby, hand sanitizer, local fruits, ointment, shamanic drum, Agua de Florida ritual water, prayer altar, spiritual candle, herbs. Also pictured: a black baby wrap surrounds the items with the photographer's shoes visible.\" width=\"800\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3-800x590.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3-1020x752.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3-768x566.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3-1536x1132.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3-1920x1415.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/maria-belen-morales-quito_custom-e1fa0f5d0fc59a071cab5490a19209cfff2d1af3.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items, left to right: Book, notebooks, laptop, instant camera with print, baby clothes, personal hygiene supplies for mother and baby, hand sanitizer, local fruits, ointment, shamanic drum, Agua de Florida ritual water, prayer altar, spiritual candle, herbs. Also pictured: a black baby wrap surrounds the items with the photographer’s shoes visible. \u003ccite>(Maria Belen Morales/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Maria Belen Morales, Quito, Ecuador\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales’ toes peek into the frame, although she’s not actually one of her 15 items. Humans (and the occasional cat) do pop up on other lists and in photos. In Morales’ case, her newborn baby Inti is represented by all of the objects related to her care, including the unfurled baby wrap framing the image and the yellow bottle of Agua de Florida “for cleaning and healing rituals.” The scented spray is something that’s also among Zuccotti’s 15 items. “If you are down, you smell it, and you have a boost and feel better,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899872\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Items, left to right: Coffee pot, rosemary and thyme, laptop with Airpods, eggplants, chili peppers, pomelo, drumstick, trowel, dog collar, tennis ball, swim goggles, wildflowers, ajwain leaves and spinach.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/padmavathy-krishna-kumar-bangalore_custom-2ddd6738b60d5dabb19f819913f663fa34f673a9.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items, left to right: Coffee pot, rosemary and thyme, laptop with Airpods, eggplants, chili peppers, pomelo, drumstick, trowel, dog collar, tennis ball, swim goggles, wildflowers, ajwain leaves and spinach. \u003ccite>( Padmavathy Krishna Kumar/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Padmavathy Krishna Kumar, Bangalore, India\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Kumar’s items were plucked directly from her garden, which was a visually striking choice. But what really stands out for Zuccotti is how each holds a distinctly different meaning for Kumar. Rosemary and thyme are valued for their scent, the chilies are a “mood uplifting” shade of red, and the spinach and ajwain leaf represent her rediscovery of her mother’s cooking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899873\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899873\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97-800x499.jpg\" alt=\"Items left to right: Drill, masking tape, headphones, collage-making supplies, microphones, kora (a type of lute), avocado, toilet paper, speaker, book, toothbrush, camera, vibrator.\" width=\"800\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97-800x499.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97-1020x636.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97-768x479.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97-1536x958.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97-1920x1197.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/naitiemu-nyanjom-nairobi_custom-d4a74f96438e17e844cd393211784bef7ee26e97.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items left to right: Drill, masking tape, headphones, collage-making supplies, microphones, kora (a type of lute), avocado, toilet paper, speaker, book, toothbrush, camera, vibrator. \u003ccite>(Naitiemu Nyanjom/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Naitiemu Nyanjom, Nairobi, Kenya\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can’t miss the bright pink vibrator—a sign, Zuccotti says, of the honesty participants brought to this project. The largest item in Nyanjom’s collection, however, is the kora, a long-necked harp lute. “I really wanna learn a musical instrument this year,” Nyanjom writes. That has been a widespread sentiment, notes Zuccotti, who saw a particular surge of interest in people reconnecting with their culture through music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899874\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Items left to right, top to bottom: Camera, Nintendo Switch, color wheel, mug, tablet, tea, phone, supplies for watercolor paintings, Turkish oud, water bottle, pencil case, watercolor paints, book.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da-768x509.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da-1920x1272.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/mohamad-chehimi-kuwait_custom-3b81fe6e1e5b08feb53ca6422fec9e05ca9129da.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items left to right, top to bottom: Camera, Nintendo Switch, color wheel, mug, tablet, tea, phone, supplies for watercolor paintings, Turkish oud, water bottle, pencil case, watercolor paints, book. \u003ccite>(Mohamad Chehimi/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Mohamad Chehimi, Kuwait City, Kuwait\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chehimi spent lockdown at home, but not in his home country. So like other contributors “in a place that’s not their place,” as Zuccotti describes it, the Lebanon native found ways to bridge the distance. There’s Lebanese-American author Kahil Gibran’s \u003cem>The Prophet\u003c/em>, a book he’s read three times. There’s also a Nintendo Switch, which Chehimi used “to meet my friends ‘virtually’ playing online games such as Animal Crossing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899875\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Items left to right, top to bottom: Headphones, vitamin C, webcam, mints, hand sanitizer, Playstation controller, pan, grocery cards, eye makeup implements, mask, karaoke microphone, phone, remote, speaker, hair straightener (purple).\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d-1920x1439.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/ph38015_proj-beskar_philippines_rn-101_photo-task-b_v1_14dec2020_custom-a57bbcc4ed6b2a361750df093ade47cd2bbb235d.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items left to right, top to bottom: Headphones, vitamin C, webcam, mints, hand sanitizer, Playstation controller, pan, grocery cards, eye makeup implements, mask, karaoke microphone, phone, remote, speaker, hair straightener (purple). \u003ccite>(Sheena/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Sheena, Manila, Philippines\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As everyone is using face masks and half my face is covered, I make sure that my eyes look alluring and pretty,” Sheena writes to explain why eye make-up is in her list of 15. She’s also included hair straighteners because she has been experimenting with different styles and colors. This focus on appearance is possibly linked to Zuccotti’s favorite object in the photo: the karaoke microphone. With bars shut, Manila residents like Sheena turned to home karaoke in droves. Parents complained that their homeschooled kids were so distracted by the ruckus that the government \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/world/manila-orders-karaoke-silence-for-students-sake.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">banned “karaokes, videokes and other sound producing devices” during daylight hours.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899876\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zaja%CC%A8c_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a-800x550.jpg\" alt=\"Items left to right, top to bottom: laptop, Koala plushie, self-sewn shopping bag (black), coffee mug, pink glasses, sketchbook, red hair scrunchy, tailor tape, watercolor paint, vegetables, mask, facial cleanser, painted fabrics, books.\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zając_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zając_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a-1020x702.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zając_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zając_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zając_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a-1536x1057.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zając_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a-1920x1321.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Magdalena_Zając_SLOVENIA_custom-74486eebfe359dd1ac847f3e390b1f4bc81e4c9a.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items left to right, top to bottom: laptop, Koala plushie, self-sewn shopping bag (black), coffee mug, pink glasses, sketchbook, red hair scrunchy, tailor tape, watercolor paint, vegetables, mask, facial cleanser, painted fabrics, books. \u003ccite>(Magdalena Zajac/Lockdown Essentials)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Magdalena Zajac, Ljubljana, Slovenia\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A little stuffed koala is “a friend spending the whole quarantine with me,” the international exchange student from Poland writes. That’s a positive way to view the situation—something Zuccotti saw expressed in a variety of ways. (Check out Rino from Tokyo, Japan, who has a drawing of fingers crossed.) 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