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"content": "\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\n\u003cstrong>KQED’s Cy Musiker and David Wiegand share their picks for great events around the Bay Area this week.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/thedolist/2017/01/TDL20170113.mp3\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Last week, we talked about \u003ca href=\"http://www.fogfair.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fog Design + Art\u003c/a>, the art fair opening today (Jan. 12) at Fort Mason, but we neglected another gathering of galleries: \u003ca href=\"http://www.art-untitled.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Untitled, San Francisco\u003c/a> at Pier 70 in the Dogpatch, a new outpost for an art fair out of Miami Beach. Perhaps the competition will make them both better, and the art more affordable (not likely). Now here’s the show:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12617116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12617116\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-800x495.jpg\" alt=\"Kristen Grzeca leads the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts orchestra and chorus in a performance of Brahms' German Requiem \" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-800x495.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-768x475.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-1020x631.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-1920x1187.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-1180x730.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-960x594.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-240x148.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-375x232.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-520x322.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kristen Grzeca leads the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts orchestra and chorus in a performance of Brahms’ German Requiem. \u003ccite>(Photo: Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 13\u003c/strong>: Brahms’ \u003cem>German Requiem\u003c/em> is a gorgeous expression of the joy that can come after great sorrow. The student musicians from the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts have every right to those emotions, after the death of junior and chorus member \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/12/16/draven-mcgill/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Draven McGill\u003c/a> and alum \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/12/11/johnny-igaz-a-pillar-of-community-electronic-musician-and-inspiration/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny Igaz \u003c/a>in the Ghost Ship fire in December. The performance at the Calvary Presyterian Church in San Francisco is dedicated to the two young men. Details \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsota.org/calendar3/brahms-requiem1132017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12617312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12617312\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-800x367.jpg\" alt=\"Corporate consultants with a creepy agenda: Pictured, from left: Brock (George Psarras), Sandeep (Sunny Moza), Hannah (Lisa Mallette), Ted (Tom Gough) and Scooter (Max Tachis)\" width=\"800\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-800x367.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-160x73.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-768x352.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-1020x468.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-1180x541.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-960x440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-240x110.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-375x172.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-520x238.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corporate consultants with a creepy agenda: Pictured, from left: Brock (George Psarras), Sandeep (Sunny Moza), Hannah (Lisa Mallette), Ted (Tom Gough) and Scooter (Max Tachis). \u003ccite>(Photo: Taylor Sanders/City Lights Theater Co.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 19–Feb. 19\u003c/strong>: Berkeley playwright \u003ca href=\"http://corporate.kabam.com/leadership/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron Loeb\u003c/a> (\u003cem>Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party) \u003c/em>wrote \u003cem>Ideation\u003c/em> a few years ago while working with consultants in his day job as a video game executive, and while his wife led a civil suit against the former defense minister of Somalia. \u003cem>Ideation\u003c/em> melds those elements into a show that will seem very familiar at first to anyone who works in a modern office — with tightly wound corporate types outlining strategies on a white board — except they’re plotting something very creepy, reminiscent of a police state. It’s good to see this show get a fresh production in Silicon Valley, where companies sometimes help foreign governments do not-so-nice things like spy on dissidents. Details for \u003cem>Ideation\u003c/em>’s run at \u003ca href=\"http://cltc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Lights Theater Company \u003c/a>in San Jose are \u003ca href=\"http://cltc.org/explore-our-2016-17-season/ideation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIjjB2KLCJQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 19\u003c/strong>: Glasgow-based \u003ca href=\"http://www.mogwai.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mogwai\u003c/a> makes trance-like prog rock, and the band’s new album, \u003cem>Atomic\u003c/em>, serves a double mission: it’s also the soundtrack to the British documentary \u003cem>Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise\u003c/em>, about the prospect of nuclear warfare. Band member Stuart Braithwaite says Mogwai has been wanting to make music about the threat of nuclear annihilation ever since visiting Hiroshima some years ago. Mogwai is showing the film and doing the live soundtrack on its current tour; perhaps our President-elect should see the film before \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/811977223326625792?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeting about the need for a new arms race\u003c/a>. 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The company is now celebrating 40 years of that kinetic mix of feminist activism and modern dance with a timely anniversary show, \u003cem>Gracias a la Vida — Love in a Bitter Time\u003c/em>, featuring dances on NSA Spying and the election of Donald Trump. “We don’t mince our words,” Keefer told me at her Mission District studio. “We make proclamations, declarations, and accusations and observations and we articulate them with humor and poetry and great resolve. People’s heart channels are opened because the dancing is so beautiful.” And it’s a \u003cstrong>cheap thrill\u003c/strong> — tickets for their \u003ca href=\"http://www.ybca.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\u003c/a> shows start at just $10, with a matinee for just $5. Details \u003ca href=\"https://www.ybca.org/whats-on/dance-brigade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here \u003c/a>or \u003ca href=\"http://www.dancebrigade.org/performances/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL28CrEaOsE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 13\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"http://joebagale.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Bagale\u003c/a> sounds a bit like the love child of Stevie Wonder and Parliament Funkadelic. He calls his new band Otis McDonald (Adam Theis, Nino Moschella, Daniel Casares, Max Cowan and Max Miller); “Otis” coming from bluesman Shuggie Otis and “McDonald” from the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald. But all you need to know is that the new songs are a funky success. Details for his show at Slim’s are right \u003ca href=\"http://www.slimspresents.com/event/sals-greenhouse-slims-w-otis-mcdonald-agapesoul-w-special-guest-martin-luther-mccoy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12617521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12617521\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-800x560.jpg\" alt=\"Litquake asks a panel of writers to respond to President-elect Donald Trump\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-800x560.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-768x538.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-240x168.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-375x263.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-520x364.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Litquake asks a panel of writers to respond to President-elect Donald Trump. \u003ccite>(Photo: Image courtesy of Litquake)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 15 & 18\u003c/strong>: Many writers around the country and the Bay Area are troubled by President-elect Donald Trump’s comments on limits to press freedom. On Sunday, Jan. 15, Oakland’s Starline Social Club will host \u003ca href=\"http://www.starlinesocialclub.com/new-events/2017/1/15/writers-resist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Writers Resist\u003c/a>, featuring Jane Hirshfield, D.A. Powell, Solmaz Sharif, Beth Nguyen, Ishmael Reed and others. Details \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1879182968971703/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on Wednesday, Jan. 18, \u003ca href=\"http://www.litquake.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Litquake\u003c/a> sponsors \u003cem>Writers Respond to Trump\u003c/em>, where they ask the question, “Do we publish a manifesto, or curl up in the fetal position?” The program at the main branch of the SF Public Library will feature Mills Professor and poet Elmaz Abinader, comedian Zahra Noorbaksh, novelist Robert Mailer Anderson, poet devorah major, and chief pot-stirrer Ishmael Reed. That’s free, and a \u003cstrong>cheap thrill\u003c/strong>. Details \u003ca href=\"http://www.litquake.org/events/no-shadow-without-light-writers-respond-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\n\u003cstrong>KQED’s Cy Musiker and David Wiegand share their picks for great events around the Bay Area this week.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/thedolist/2017/01/TDL20170113.mp3\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Last week, we talked about \u003ca href=\"http://www.fogfair.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fog Design + Art\u003c/a>, the art fair opening today (Jan. 12) at Fort Mason, but we neglected another gathering of galleries: \u003ca href=\"http://www.art-untitled.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Untitled, San Francisco\u003c/a> at Pier 70 in the Dogpatch, a new outpost for an art fair out of Miami Beach. Perhaps the competition will make them both better, and the art more affordable (not likely). Now here’s the show:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12617116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12617116\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-800x495.jpg\" alt=\"Kristen Grzeca leads the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts orchestra and chorus in a performance of Brahms' German Requiem \" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-800x495.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-768x475.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-1020x631.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-1920x1187.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-1180x730.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-960x594.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-240x148.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-375x232.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-520x322.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kristen Grzeca leads the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts orchestra and chorus in a performance of Brahms’ German Requiem. \u003ccite>(Photo: Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 13\u003c/strong>: Brahms’ \u003cem>German Requiem\u003c/em> is a gorgeous expression of the joy that can come after great sorrow. The student musicians from the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts have every right to those emotions, after the death of junior and chorus member \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/12/16/draven-mcgill/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Draven McGill\u003c/a> and alum \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/12/11/johnny-igaz-a-pillar-of-community-electronic-musician-and-inspiration/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny Igaz \u003c/a>in the Ghost Ship fire in December. The performance at the Calvary Presyterian Church in San Francisco is dedicated to the two young men. Details \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsota.org/calendar3/brahms-requiem1132017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12617312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12617312\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-800x367.jpg\" alt=\"Corporate consultants with a creepy agenda: Pictured, from left: Brock (George Psarras), Sandeep (Sunny Moza), Hannah (Lisa Mallette), Ted (Tom Gough) and Scooter (Max Tachis)\" width=\"800\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-800x367.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-160x73.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-768x352.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-1020x468.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-1180x541.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-960x440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-240x110.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-375x172.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-520x238.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corporate consultants with a creepy agenda: Pictured, from left: Brock (George Psarras), Sandeep (Sunny Moza), Hannah (Lisa Mallette), Ted (Tom Gough) and Scooter (Max Tachis). \u003ccite>(Photo: Taylor Sanders/City Lights Theater Co.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 19–Feb. 19\u003c/strong>: Berkeley playwright \u003ca href=\"http://corporate.kabam.com/leadership/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron Loeb\u003c/a> (\u003cem>Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party) \u003c/em>wrote \u003cem>Ideation\u003c/em> a few years ago while working with consultants in his day job as a video game executive, and while his wife led a civil suit against the former defense minister of Somalia. \u003cem>Ideation\u003c/em> melds those elements into a show that will seem very familiar at first to anyone who works in a modern office — with tightly wound corporate types outlining strategies on a white board — except they’re plotting something very creepy, reminiscent of a police state. It’s good to see this show get a fresh production in Silicon Valley, where companies sometimes help foreign governments do not-so-nice things like spy on dissidents. Details for \u003cem>Ideation\u003c/em>’s run at \u003ca href=\"http://cltc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Lights Theater Company \u003c/a>in San Jose are \u003ca href=\"http://cltc.org/explore-our-2016-17-season/ideation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\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/aIjjB2KLCJQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/aIjjB2KLCJQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 19\u003c/strong>: Glasgow-based \u003ca href=\"http://www.mogwai.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mogwai\u003c/a> makes trance-like prog rock, and the band’s new album, \u003cem>Atomic\u003c/em>, serves a double mission: it’s also the soundtrack to the British documentary \u003cem>Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise\u003c/em>, about the prospect of nuclear warfare. Band member Stuart Braithwaite says Mogwai has been wanting to make music about the threat of nuclear annihilation ever since visiting Hiroshima some years ago. Mogwai is showing the film and doing the live soundtrack on its current tour; perhaps our President-elect should see the film before \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/811977223326625792?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeting about the need for a new arms race\u003c/a>. Details for Mogwai’s show at the UC Theatre in Berkeley are \u003ca href=\"//www.theuctheatre.org/event/1394713-mogwai-play-atomic-berkeley/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The company is now celebrating 40 years of that kinetic mix of feminist activism and modern dance with a timely anniversary show, \u003cem>Gracias a la Vida — Love in a Bitter Time\u003c/em>, featuring dances on NSA Spying and the election of Donald Trump. “We don’t mince our words,” Keefer told me at her Mission District studio. “We make proclamations, declarations, and accusations and observations and we articulate them with humor and poetry and great resolve. People’s heart channels are opened because the dancing is so beautiful.” And it’s a \u003cstrong>cheap thrill\u003c/strong> — tickets for their \u003ca href=\"http://www.ybca.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\u003c/a> shows start at just $10, with a matinee for just $5. Details \u003ca href=\"https://www.ybca.org/whats-on/dance-brigade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here \u003c/a>or \u003ca href=\"http://www.dancebrigade.org/performances/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\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/hL28CrEaOsE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/hL28CrEaOsE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 13\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"http://joebagale.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Bagale\u003c/a> sounds a bit like the love child of Stevie Wonder and Parliament Funkadelic. He calls his new band Otis McDonald (Adam Theis, Nino Moschella, Daniel Casares, Max Cowan and Max Miller); “Otis” coming from bluesman Shuggie Otis and “McDonald” from the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald. But all you need to know is that the new songs are a funky success. Details for his show at Slim’s are right \u003ca href=\"http://www.slimspresents.com/event/sals-greenhouse-slims-w-otis-mcdonald-agapesoul-w-special-guest-martin-luther-mccoy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12617521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12617521\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-800x560.jpg\" alt=\"Litquake asks a panel of writers to respond to President-elect Donald Trump\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-800x560.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-768x538.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-240x168.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-375x263.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-520x364.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Litquake asks a panel of writers to respond to President-elect Donald Trump. \u003ccite>(Photo: Image courtesy of Litquake)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 15 & 18\u003c/strong>: Many writers around the country and the Bay Area are troubled by President-elect Donald Trump’s comments on limits to press freedom. 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By now, he'd gotten his first exposure to tattoos and wanted one. His parents weren't enthusiastic about the idea, but McCurdy struck a deal with them that if he made the honor roll, they'd let him get a tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So I made the honor roll and I got a tattoo, and it was a great experience for me because it really fueled my interest more,\" McCurdy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was 15 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By this time, McCurdy notes, he'd gained more self-confidence and discipline. It appeared that his life was on track. But then he did what he describes as \"something stupid.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was gearing up for college, filling out applications and getting his portfolio together; McCurdy was interested in graphic design. And despite finally getting his act together and excelling in school, McCurdy cheated on a Spanish test. This got him kicked out of boarding school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He found himself back in Delaware living with his mother and working part-time at Red Lobster, while trying to complete his high school diploma at a public school. Getting kicked out of boarding school was devastating for McCurdy. He'd liked it there, it inspired him and he felt like he was doing something positive with his life. It was also there — after he got his first tattoo — that he realized he wanted more. But with no money to pay for them, McCurdy thought of the next best thing — creating them from scratch. He felt that he could express himself through designing tattoos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCurdy ordered a tattoo kit online and when it came in the mail, he walked into his mother's kitchen, sat down and started to tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And every day since, it's with that enthusiasm and love, that I continued to tattoo,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 641px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58080 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg\" width=\"641\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg 641w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-520x389.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Becoming Bang Bang: \"I dropped out of high school to tattoo outside of a trailer park, and I tattooed guns on my neck so that I'd have no choice other than to succeed at it.\" \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After three months of tattooing at home on himself and on everyone he knew, McCurdy landed a job at his dad's friend's tattoo shop outside a nearby trailer park. He quit his job at Red Lobster, dropped out of school and focused solely on tattooing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In hindsight it was a terrible decision, I mean it worked out, but man, I dropped out of high school to tattoo outside of a trailer park. And I tattooed guns on [my] neck and I had no choice other than to succeed at it,\" McCurdy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was from tattooing the guns that McCurdy earned the nickname, \"Bang Bang.\" He says the guns also symbolized that this was what he was going to do for the rest of his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58077\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58077 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Bang Bang gave Cara Delevingne's this lion tattoo. \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bang Bang gave Cara Delevingne's this lion tattoo. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New York City has more skin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, McCurdy thought he could take his skills further than the trailer park tattoo shop. He wanted more. So he scoped the industry and studied his craft. He knew who the big players were, and he knew that if he wanted to grow he would have to leave his neighborhood. So McCurdy packed up and moved to New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"New York City just has more people,\" he says. \"So it was simply my thought that, well, there's more skin, I'm going to go where the skin is — so if that's my canvas I'm going to go there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon moving to New York City, McCurdy had a hard time finding work. This 19-year-old tattoo artist from Delaware found himself in the Big Apple going from tattoo shop to tattoo shop passing around his portfolio. He says many tattoo shop owners had a hard time believing that it was his work in the book because of how impressive it was to the eye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58075\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58075 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1020x679.jpg\" alt='Tattoo artist Keith \"Bang Bang\" McCurdy works on NBA star LeBron James. ' width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-960x639.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tattoo artist Keith \"Bang Bang\" McCurdy works on NBA star LeBron James. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He had to find another way to stand out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I moved to NYC I lost that funny little nickname,\" he says. \"I didn't tell people my name was Bang Bang, I told people my name was Keith. And the problem is Keith McCurdy isn't really easy to remember, but nobody forgets Bang Bang. So I started telling people my name was Bang Bang and it was really great for me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From then on out there was no more Keith McCurdy; there was only Bang Bang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This is what she came for\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After several months, Bang Bang finally landed a job at a grungy, dark basement tattoo shop on the Lower East Side. It was here where he'd meet the girl that would launch his career and forever change his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58081\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58081 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg\" alt=\"The first time Bang Bang tattooed Rihanna, he says, "I didn't know who she was, all I knew was she was a singer." \" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first time Bang Bang tattooed Rihanna, he says, \"I didn't know who she was, all I knew was she was a singer.\" \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A couple of months after he landed his first gig in New York, Bang Bang was tattooing in the basement when he recalls a group of five or six, tall, beautiful women walking into the shop. They asked the man at the front who was the best tattoo artist, the man said Bang Bang. Bang Bang's coworker then told him that a singer wanted to get a tattoo. That singer was Barbadian then-rising pop star, Rihanna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rihanna, then 18, wanted a Sanskrit prayer etched along her thigh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Rihanna came into the shop with a reporter. They all sat down in the window of the tattoo shop storefront. Slowly, people began to gather around the window to watch. Bang Bang turned on his machine and started to ink Rihanna's skin as the reporter interviewed her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For me, it was very difficult to make that tattoo. Because she's talking and she moves a lot when she talks, and she's speaking with her hands. And I'm like, 'There's this girl who will not sit still, and everyone's watching me, and I'm stressing out,' \" Bang Bang says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the tattoo turned out great. Rihanna was happy, so all was good in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Word of mouth quickly spread Bang Bang's success on the pop singer's tattoo. This opened the door for more career opportunities, and Bang Bang made sure he was ready. He's created a brand, a tattoo empire. \"Bang Bang\" is no longer just his nickname, it's the name of \u003ca href=\"http://www.bangbangforever.com/\">the store he opened\u003c/a> where he now manages 16 artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's Rihanna's go-to tattoo artist, and has also inked celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Lebron James and Miley Cyrus, just to name a few.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through it all, Bang Bang falls back on one principle: being available. So much so, that for his first 10 years in New York, he didn't take a vacation — and he's made sure to not repeat the mistakes of his younger years in abusing alcohol or using drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I may need to fly across the planet because Lebron calls at 9 p.m. and I have to fly on this first flight the next morning,\" Bang Bang says. \"I have to sort out my whole world to get it done, but saying yes and making sure I am able to do it is what really laid the foundation for the opportunities that came.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=How+Tattoo+Artist+Bang+Bang+Is+Leaving+His+Mark+On+Celebrities&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now 29, Bang Bang reflects on his journey from Pottstown, P.A. — a city about 40 miles northwest of Philadelphia — to how he got his big break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keith McCurdy was born to teenage parents. His mother was a 17-year-old high school dropout who worked at Domino's Pizza, while his dad, who finished high school and went on to college, was scarcely around to father him, McCurdy recalls. This resulted in McCurdy being raised primarily by his mom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he was 3 years old, McCurdy moved with his mom from Pennsylvania to a public housing unit in Delaware. There, his mom became an exotic dancer and he says this sometimes exposed him to a somewhat unsavory lifestyle. But the most challenging part, he says, was watching his mom struggle to put food on the table. That early hardship, however, forced McCurdy to grow up fast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In school, he struggled to keep up and was easily distracted by friends and the occasional recreational drug use. And while his dad was often absent from his life, whenever he did come around, he always stressed to McCurdy the importance of education. Thus, at age 13, tired of failing grades and getting into trouble, McCurdy heeded his dad's advice to be a better student and convinced his parents to send him to boarding school in Connecticut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58079\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58079 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-1020x764.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-768x575.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-1180x884.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-960x719.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bang Bang and NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang LLC./Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leaving home for the first time\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years later, McCurdy was thriving in boarding school. By now, he'd gotten his first exposure to tattoos and wanted one. His parents weren't enthusiastic about the idea, but McCurdy struck a deal with them that if he made the honor roll, they'd let him get a tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So I made the honor roll and I got a tattoo, and it was a great experience for me because it really fueled my interest more,\" McCurdy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was 15 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By this time, McCurdy notes, he'd gained more self-confidence and discipline. It appeared that his life was on track. But then he did what he describes as \"something stupid.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was gearing up for college, filling out applications and getting his portfolio together; McCurdy was interested in graphic design. And despite finally getting his act together and excelling in school, McCurdy cheated on a Spanish test. This got him kicked out of boarding school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He found himself back in Delaware living with his mother and working part-time at Red Lobster, while trying to complete his high school diploma at a public school. Getting kicked out of boarding school was devastating for McCurdy. He'd liked it there, it inspired him and he felt like he was doing something positive with his life. It was also there — after he got his first tattoo — that he realized he wanted more. But with no money to pay for them, McCurdy thought of the next best thing — creating them from scratch. He felt that he could express himself through designing tattoos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCurdy ordered a tattoo kit online and when it came in the mail, he walked into his mother's kitchen, sat down and started to tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And every day since, it's with that enthusiasm and love, that I continued to tattoo,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 641px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58080 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg\" width=\"641\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg 641w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-520x389.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Becoming Bang Bang: \"I dropped out of high school to tattoo outside of a trailer park, and I tattooed guns on my neck so that I'd have no choice other than to succeed at it.\" \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After three months of tattooing at home on himself and on everyone he knew, McCurdy landed a job at his dad's friend's tattoo shop outside a nearby trailer park. He quit his job at Red Lobster, dropped out of school and focused solely on tattooing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In hindsight it was a terrible decision, I mean it worked out, but man, I dropped out of high school to tattoo outside of a trailer park. And I tattooed guns on [my] neck and I had no choice other than to succeed at it,\" McCurdy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was from tattooing the guns that McCurdy earned the nickname, \"Bang Bang.\" He says the guns also symbolized that this was what he was going to do for the rest of his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58077\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58077 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Bang Bang gave Cara Delevingne's this lion tattoo. \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bang Bang gave Cara Delevingne's this lion tattoo. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New York City has more skin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, McCurdy thought he could take his skills further than the trailer park tattoo shop. He wanted more. So he scoped the industry and studied his craft. He knew who the big players were, and he knew that if he wanted to grow he would have to leave his neighborhood. So McCurdy packed up and moved to New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"New York City just has more people,\" he says. \"So it was simply my thought that, well, there's more skin, I'm going to go where the skin is — so if that's my canvas I'm going to go there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon moving to New York City, McCurdy had a hard time finding work. This 19-year-old tattoo artist from Delaware found himself in the Big Apple going from tattoo shop to tattoo shop passing around his portfolio. He says many tattoo shop owners had a hard time believing that it was his work in the book because of how impressive it was to the eye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58075\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58075 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1020x679.jpg\" alt='Tattoo artist Keith \"Bang Bang\" McCurdy works on NBA star LeBron James. ' width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-960x639.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tattoo artist Keith \"Bang Bang\" McCurdy works on NBA star LeBron James. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He had to find another way to stand out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I moved to NYC I lost that funny little nickname,\" he says. \"I didn't tell people my name was Bang Bang, I told people my name was Keith. And the problem is Keith McCurdy isn't really easy to remember, but nobody forgets Bang Bang. So I started telling people my name was Bang Bang and it was really great for me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From then on out there was no more Keith McCurdy; there was only Bang Bang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This is what she came for\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After several months, Bang Bang finally landed a job at a grungy, dark basement tattoo shop on the Lower East Side. It was here where he'd meet the girl that would launch his career and forever change his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58081\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58081 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg\" alt=\"The first time Bang Bang tattooed Rihanna, he says, "I didn't know who she was, all I knew was she was a singer." \" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first time Bang Bang tattooed Rihanna, he says, \"I didn't know who she was, all I knew was she was a singer.\" \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A couple of months after he landed his first gig in New York, Bang Bang was tattooing in the basement when he recalls a group of five or six, tall, beautiful women walking into the shop. They asked the man at the front who was the best tattoo artist, the man said Bang Bang. Bang Bang's coworker then told him that a singer wanted to get a tattoo. That singer was Barbadian then-rising pop star, Rihanna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rihanna, then 18, wanted a Sanskrit prayer etched along her thigh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Rihanna came into the shop with a reporter. They all sat down in the window of the tattoo shop storefront. Slowly, people began to gather around the window to watch. Bang Bang turned on his machine and started to ink Rihanna's skin as the reporter interviewed her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For me, it was very difficult to make that tattoo. Because she's talking and she moves a lot when she talks, and she's speaking with her hands. And I'm like, 'There's this girl who will not sit still, and everyone's watching me, and I'm stressing out,' \" Bang Bang says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the tattoo turned out great. Rihanna was happy, so all was good in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Word of mouth quickly spread Bang Bang's success on the pop singer's tattoo. This opened the door for more career opportunities, and Bang Bang made sure he was ready. He's created a brand, a tattoo empire. \"Bang Bang\" is no longer just his nickname, it's the name of \u003ca href=\"http://www.bangbangforever.com/\">the store he opened\u003c/a> where he now manages 16 artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's Rihanna's go-to tattoo artist, and has also inked celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Lebron James and Miley Cyrus, just to name a few.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through it all, Bang Bang falls back on one principle: being available. So much so, that for his first 10 years in New York, he didn't take a vacation — and he's made sure to not repeat the mistakes of his younger years in abusing alcohol or using drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>“Trapped in the Closet,” arguably the greatest \u003cem>South Park\u003c/em> episode ever, aired 11 years ago. In addition to its side-storyline involving \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPzvExtJgxw\">Tom Cruise and John Travolta refusing to come out of a literal closet\u003c/a>, the episode concisely broke down the “secret doctrine” of Scientology for a mass audience for the very first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The details about intergalactic overlord Xenu solving an overpopulation problem 75 million years ago seemed so typical of \u003cem>South Park\u003c/em>’s penchant for the absurd that the creators felt obliged to put the words “THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGISTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE” on-screen, lest viewers think Matt Stone and Trey Parker were making it all up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU2EUfinwHo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the blisteringly clever episode aired, it is rumored to have caused everyone involved a whole \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/24/church-of-scientology-investigate-south-park_n_1027538.html\">heap of Scientology-related problems\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Television that exposes the inner workings of Scientology is having a moment right now. HBO’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixgd38EZIR0\">\u003cem>Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, originally aired in 2015, is still making waves. Through a wealth of interviews with ex-members and painstaking research, the documentary made a number of startling claims about the organization and its conditions for devotees — physical and mental abuse, slave labor and enforced imprisonment in inhumane conditions, and enormous financial burdens, to name a few. Those who have left the church describe harassment, surveillance and defamatory statements made about them by the church, a policy referred to within Scientology as “fair game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixgd38EZIR0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in November, A&E launched \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6244192/episodes?year=2016&ref_=tt_eps_yr_2016\">\u003cem>Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a staggering series that delves even deeper into the church, uncovering a culture of paranoia, a system that actively deceives and extorts its members, the purposeful breaking up of families (under a practice known as “disconnection”), and even claims of forced abortion. (Statements of denial from the church appear at the beginning of each episode.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xldDUAVARDo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In both HBO’s film and Leah Remini’s series, Scientology’s preoccupation with its celebrity members features prominently, with focus keenly trained on both John Travolta and Tom Cruise. But while Travolta is painted in \u003cem>Going Clear\u003c/em> as a somewhat trapped and exploited figure, Cruise is represented as a power-hungry control freak; an egotist; a person willing to participate in the surveillance of his romantic partners; a suitor who will callously discard women who displease him; a man who enjoys all of the luxurious perks of being a higher-up in the church while ignoring the exploitation of those further down the food chain in the “Sea Org.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For even casual observers, the wealth of evidence uncovered over the last few years has made it almost impossible to ignore the goings-on within the Church of Scientology. 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As far back as 2004, Cruise appeared \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0\">slightly manic\u003c/a> in a Scientology promotional video, and in 2005, he aggressively patronized Matt Lauer when espousing the anti-psychiatry stance of the church on \u003cem>The Today Show\u003c/em> (skip to 8:17 to see the outburst):\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFgF1JPNR5E\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In more recent years, the church of Scientology has almost entirely quit communicating with the media, except to issue denials of any and all allegations made against it. Tom Cruise has also pulled back when it comes to talking about his religion publicly. But, even without the church’s input, the evidence keeps piling up. In 2016, it became hard to ignore the fact that this organization is, at best, philosophically problematic, and at worst, potentially guilty of several major federal crimes (including tax evasion).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With all we now know about what (allegedly) takes place in the church, how do we justify continuing to put money in Cruise’s pocket, when we know at least some of those funds are going right back into Scientology?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Cruise’s case, the exchange between the public’s wallet and his bank account is direct; the actor has a habit of eschewing a fixed payment for his movies, preferring instead to \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/53/6YG2.html\">take a percentage\u003c/a> of the box office. His appeal is obvious. But so is his high-ranking involvement in an organization that seems to have done a great deal of damage to a multitude of people, over an extended period of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruise made $53 million last year. According to \u003cem>Forbes\u003c/em>, that made him the \u003ca href=\"http://screenrant.com/highest-paid-actors-of-2016/?view=all\">fifth highest-paid actor\u003c/a> of 2016. It was an increase on the $40 million he made in 2015. In 2012, Cruise was the highest-paid actor on \u003cem>Forbes\u003c/em>’ list, having made $75 million that year. Cruise’s unerring popularity is something Scientology is, and always has been, proud of. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0\">One promotional video\u003c/a> noted that: “Tom Cruise has introduced LRH [L. Ron Hubbard] technology to over one billion people of Earth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Leah Remini told \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60yckxA05fY\">Entertainment Tonight\u003c/a> \u003c/em>in 2015: “Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself. You are a person who is anti- the aims and goals of Scientology.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why hasn’t Cruise’s career been affected yet? 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>“Trapped in the Closet,” arguably the greatest \u003cem>South Park\u003c/em> episode ever, aired 11 years ago. In addition to its side-storyline involving \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPzvExtJgxw\">Tom Cruise and John Travolta refusing to come out of a literal closet\u003c/a>, the episode concisely broke down the “secret doctrine” of Scientology for a mass audience for the very first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The details about intergalactic overlord Xenu solving an overpopulation problem 75 million years ago seemed so typical of \u003cem>South Park\u003c/em>’s penchant for the absurd that the creators felt obliged to put the words “THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGISTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE” on-screen, lest viewers think Matt Stone and Trey Parker were making it all up.\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/BU2EUfinwHo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/BU2EUfinwHo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>After the blisteringly clever episode aired, it is rumored to have caused everyone involved a whole \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/24/church-of-scientology-investigate-south-park_n_1027538.html\">heap of Scientology-related problems\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Television that exposes the inner workings of Scientology is having a moment right now. HBO’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixgd38EZIR0\">\u003cem>Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, originally aired in 2015, is still making waves. Through a wealth of interviews with ex-members and painstaking research, the documentary made a number of startling claims about the organization and its conditions for devotees — physical and mental abuse, slave labor and enforced imprisonment in inhumane conditions, and enormous financial burdens, to name a few. Those who have left the church describe harassment, surveillance and defamatory statements made about them by the church, a policy referred to within Scientology as “fair game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But while Travolta is painted in \u003cem>Going Clear\u003c/em> as a somewhat trapped and exploited figure, Cruise is represented as a power-hungry control freak; an egotist; a person willing to participate in the surveillance of his romantic partners; a suitor who will callously discard women who displease him; a man who enjoys all of the luxurious perks of being a higher-up in the church while ignoring the exploitation of those further down the food chain in the “Sea Org.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For even casual observers, the wealth of evidence uncovered over the last few years has made it almost impossible to ignore the goings-on within the Church of Scientology. 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As far back as 2004, Cruise appeared \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0\">slightly manic\u003c/a> in a Scientology promotional video, and in 2005, he aggressively patronized Matt Lauer when espousing the anti-psychiatry stance of the church on \u003cem>The Today Show\u003c/em> (skip to 8:17 to see the outburst):\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/tFgF1JPNR5E'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/tFgF1JPNR5E'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In more recent years, the church of Scientology has almost entirely quit communicating with the media, except to issue denials of any and all allegations made against it. Tom Cruise has also pulled back when it comes to talking about his religion publicly. But, even without the church’s input, the evidence keeps piling up. In 2016, it became hard to ignore the fact that this organization is, at best, philosophically problematic, and at worst, potentially guilty of several major federal crimes (including tax evasion).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With all we now know about what (allegedly) takes place in the church, how do we justify continuing to put money in Cruise’s pocket, when we know at least some of those funds are going right back into Scientology?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Cruise’s case, the exchange between the public’s wallet and his bank account is direct; the actor has a habit of eschewing a fixed payment for his movies, preferring instead to \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/53/6YG2.html\">take a percentage\u003c/a> of the box office. His appeal is obvious. 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"content": "\u003cp>From head to toe, a first lady’s look is heavily scrutinized, and Melania Trump will be no exception. But Trump is no stranger to the spotlight: In 2005, she was on the cover of \u003cem>Vogue\u003c/em> in her Dior wedding dress, and she’s modeled for \u003cem>Harper’s Bazaar\u003c/em> and posed nude for \u003cem>GQ\u003c/em>. She also once sold her own line of costume jewelry and watches on QVC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the whole world watching, the first lady can make a fashion statement like no one else. She can also make a difference during the campaign. In October 2008, just days before the election, Michelle Obama appeared on \u003cem>The Tonight Show\u003c/em> wearing a mustard yellow sweater and printed silk shirt. When Jay Leno asked her what she was wearing, she told him her outfit was from J. Crew. 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A former model, Trump seems to have a preference for European designers. She’s often seen wearing such luxury brands such as Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana, most of which she reportedly bought off the rack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Expensive” and “body conscious” are among the first words Robin Givhan uses when asked to describe Trump’s style. Givhan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic for \u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em>, says, “It speaks to a bank account; it speaks to a particular kind of social life; and it speaks to a particular tribe of women who exist in New York, in particular. … They lead very comfortable lives. … They have both the time and the energy to attend to themselves.” Givhan says Trump’s look has “a polish to it, a glamour to it, but not in a particularly personal or individual way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Michelle Obama before her, Melania Trump’s choices are already making an impact. For her speech at the Republican National Convention this summer, Trump wore an ivory, cotton and silk dress with sleeves that billowed at the elbows. 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She says she’s already had three new clients come into her shop who’ve been hired by the new administration. “I have no idea how they heard about me, but I dressed them and they were so, so very happy to have met Melania Trump,” she says. Asked whether their style was anything like Trump’s, Guen replies, “Au contraire, it was not similar to her at all. But I said, ‘We have to put a little bit of oomph in your wardrobe right now, we have to be a little bit glamourous.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guen hopes to do business with Trump, but the fashion industry is splitting at the seams over whether to work with her. Some designers have said absolutely not; others say it would be an honor to dress any first lady. \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2017 NPR. 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The $2,195 dress (by Serbian-born designer Roksanda Ilincic) reportedly sold out in the days following Trump’s speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12603869\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Melania Trump delivered her Republican National Convention speech in a $2,195 dress by Serbian-born designer Roksanda Ilincic.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12603869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melania Trump delivered her Republican National Convention speech in a $2,195 dress by Serbian-born designer Roksanda Ilincic. \u003ccite>(Photo: Timothy A. 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"content": "\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"OBMoZDDFo4bYrfjVWvhx2OeiszItXIQv\"]If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a gif must be worth at least a million (math!). With the advent of this bite-sized animated wonder, award shows have become less about who won what and more about who made what face. Here are the gifs from last night’s Golden Globe Awards that will be finding their way into your texts and gchats soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerry Washington got things started on the red carpet by serving up a hot helping of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://genius.com/8640189\" target=\"_blank\">I-did-not-come-to-play-with-you-hoes-I-came-to-slay\u003c/a> \u003c/em>vibes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-5.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57549\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-5.gif\" alt=\"giphy-5\" width=\"480\" height=\"257\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Denzel Washington also did not come to play with you hoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57550\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-4.gif\" alt=\"giphy-4\" width=\"480\" height=\"260\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, did Cuba Gooding Jr. admit that he's a blackout drunk? Stars: They're Just Like Us!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57551\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-3.gif\" alt=\"giphy-3\" width=\"480\" height=\"266\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opening skit was dominated by cringe-y peas-in-a-pod Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake, but one good thing came out of it: Barb's resurrection!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57539\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-15.gif\" alt=\"giphy-15\" width=\"480\" height=\"248\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57538\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-16.gif\" alt=\"giphy-16\" width=\"480\" height=\"248\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don't know who she is:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A. I feel bad for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B. You have \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/08/can-disagreeing-over-stranger-things-lead-to-divorce-probably/\">some homework to do\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the early awards went to\u003cem> \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/12/last-nights-atlanta-surreal-and-provoking-in-all-the-right-ways/\">Atlanta\u003c/a>\u003c/em> for \"Best Television Series: Musical or Comedy.\" And \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/12/12/watch-atlanta-star-keith-stanfield-pull-a-kanye-at-last-nights-critics-choice-awards/\">Keith Stanfield\u003c/a> won the award for \"Best Uncontrollable Hula Hoop Victory Dance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57535\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/atlanta.nocrop.w529.h482.gif\" alt=\"atlanta-nocrop-w529-h482\" width=\"390\" height=\"335\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden Globes are the cool mom of award shows because there are bottomless bottles of Moët and complimentary snacks. \u003cem>Crazy Ex-Girlfriend\u003c/em>’s Rachel Bloom was feeling it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57537\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphyblloom.gif.CROP_.original-original.gif\" alt=\"giphyblloom-gif-crop-original-original\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm not a mathematician, but it seems as though the formula to becoming approximately 542% more attractive consists of picking up your five-year-old costar, while already being pretty hot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/lion.nocrop.w529.h318.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57534\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/lion.nocrop.w529.h318.gif\" alt=\"lion-nocrop-w529-h318\" width=\"529\" height=\"299\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/atlanta.nocrop.w529.h482.gif\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>Are you wondering if Cuba made good on his promise to drink himself into oblivion? Well, judging by the following gif of him screaming (twice!) into Sarah Paulson's ear, he's a man of his word. (Felicity Huffman appears to be his drinking buddy.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57546\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-8.gif\" alt=\"giphy-8\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom Hiddleston, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/06/how-summer-nights-from-grease-foretold-taylor-swift-and-tom-hiddlestons-entire-relationship-and-break-up/\">a.k.a. Taylor Swift's ex\u003c/a>, won an award over people like Courtney B. Vance and Bryan Cranston for some reason, and proceeded to deliver an embarrassing speech that boiled down to \u003cem>I went to Africa one time and people there recognized me.\u003c/em> Christian Slater's face said it all.\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-16.gif\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-15.gif\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-14.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57540\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-14.gif\" alt=\"giphy-14\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of awkward, Emma Stone almost accidentally initiated a threesome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-13.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57542\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-12.gif\" alt=\"giphy-12\" width=\"472\" height=\"262\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, her ex Andrew Garfield was getting it on with Ryan Reynolds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_ojhyyhRoZg1qaji3vo1_540.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57566\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_ojhyyhRoZg1qaji3vo1_540.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_ojhyyhrozg1qaji3vo1_540\" width=\"540\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What's going on with Hugh Laurie? Choose your own adventure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A. His leg is asleep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B. He had too many tequila shots with Cuba.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C. He just remembered he left the stove on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>D. His edible just kicked in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-13.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57547\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-7.gif\" alt=\"giphy-7\" width=\"480\" height=\"265\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the same amused/confused face Ryan Gosling makes every time I send him inappropriate photos and locks of my hair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-13.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57548\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-6.gif\" alt=\"giphy-6\" width=\"480\" height=\"265\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But enough about me and more about Viola Davis, who was not only excited about winning for her work in \u003cem>Fences\u003c/em>, but downright giddy over being in Dame Meryl Streep's presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-13.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57541\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-13.gif\" alt=\"giphy-13\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she was not alone. Everyone was exclaiming \u003cem>Yaaaas, queen!\u003c/em> in their heads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-12.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57552\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/ezgif.com-afc0e5b1bb.gif\" alt=\"ezgif-com-afc0e5b1bb\" width=\"498\" height=\"280\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>But, to Meryl, it was just another day in the neighborhood. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-10.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57544\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-10.gif\" alt=\"giphy-10\" width=\"472\" height=\"262\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-5.gif\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>And that’s all he wrote. See y’all next month for the Grammys and Oscars! Until then, relive gifs of award shows past:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"embedly-card\">\n\u003ch4>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/02/29/the-very-best-gifs-from-the-2016-oscars/\">The Very Best Gifs from the 2016 Oscars\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a gif must be worth at least a million (math!). With the advent of this bite-sized animated wonder, award shows have become less about who won what and more about who made what face.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[embedly_js]\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"embedly-card\">\n\u003ch4>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/02/09/the-very-best-gifs-from-the-2015-grammys/\">The Very Best Gifs from the 2015 Grammys\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a gif must be worth at least a million (math!). With the advent of this bite-sized animated wonder, award shows have become less about who won what and more about who made what face.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"embedly-card\">\n\u003ch4>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/01/12/the-very-best-gifs-from-the-2015-golden-globes\">The Very Best Gifs from the 2015 Golden Globes\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a gif must be worth at least a million (math!). With the advent of this bite-sized animated wonder, award shows have become less about who won what and more about who made what face.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/the-very-best-gifs-from-2015-oscars-academy-awards\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"embedly-card\">\n\u003ch4>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/03/03/the-only-oscar-moments-worth-talking-about-2014-edition\">The Only Oscar Moments Worth Talking About (2014 Edition)\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, did Cuba Gooding Jr. admit that he's a blackout drunk? Stars: They're Just Like Us!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57551\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-3.gif\" alt=\"giphy-3\" width=\"480\" height=\"266\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opening skit was dominated by cringe-y peas-in-a-pod Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake, but one good thing came out of it: Barb's resurrection!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57539\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-15.gif\" alt=\"giphy-15\" width=\"480\" height=\"248\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57538\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-16.gif\" alt=\"giphy-16\" width=\"480\" height=\"248\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don't know who she is:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A. I feel bad for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B. You have \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/08/can-disagreeing-over-stranger-things-lead-to-divorce-probably/\">some homework to do\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the early awards went to\u003cem> \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/12/last-nights-atlanta-surreal-and-provoking-in-all-the-right-ways/\">Atlanta\u003c/a>\u003c/em> for \"Best Television Series: Musical or Comedy.\" And \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/12/12/watch-atlanta-star-keith-stanfield-pull-a-kanye-at-last-nights-critics-choice-awards/\">Keith Stanfield\u003c/a> won the award for \"Best Uncontrollable Hula Hoop Victory Dance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57535\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/atlanta.nocrop.w529.h482.gif\" alt=\"atlanta-nocrop-w529-h482\" width=\"390\" height=\"335\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden Globes are the cool mom of award shows because there are bottomless bottles of Moët and complimentary snacks. \u003cem>Crazy Ex-Girlfriend\u003c/em>’s Rachel Bloom was feeling it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57537\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphyblloom.gif.CROP_.original-original.gif\" alt=\"giphyblloom-gif-crop-original-original\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm not a mathematician, but it seems as though the formula to becoming approximately 542% more attractive consists of picking up your five-year-old costar, while already being pretty hot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/lion.nocrop.w529.h318.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57534\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/lion.nocrop.w529.h318.gif\" alt=\"lion-nocrop-w529-h318\" width=\"529\" height=\"299\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/atlanta.nocrop.w529.h482.gif\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>Are you wondering if Cuba made good on his promise to drink himself into oblivion? 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And I have lost my mind sometime earlier this year, so I have to read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thank you, Hollywood Foreign Press. Just to pick up on what Hugh Laurie said: You and all of us in this room really belong to the most vilified segments in American society right now. Think about it: Hollywood, foreigners and the press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But who are we, and what is Hollywood anyway? It’s just a bunch of people from other places. I was born and raised and educated in the public schools of New Jersey. Viola was born in a sharecropper’s cabin in South Carolina, came up in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Sarah Paulson was born in Florida, raised by a single mom in Brooklyn. Sarah Jessica Parker was one of seven or eight kids in Ohio. Amy Adams was born in Vicenza, Italy. 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Breathtaking, compassionate work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there was one performance this year that stunned me. It sank its hooks in my heart. Not because it was good; there was nothing good about it. But it was effective and it did its job. It made its intended audience laugh and show their teeth. It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter. Someone he outranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It kind of broke my heart when I saw it, and I still can’t get it out of my head, because it wasn’t in a movie. It was real life. And this instinct to humiliate, when it’s modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody’s life, because it kind of gives permission for other people to do the same thing. Disrespect invites disrespect, violence incites violence. 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"content": "\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\n\u003cstrong>KQED’s Cy Musiker and David Wiegand share their picks for great events around the Bay Area this week.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/thedolist/2017/01/TDL20170105.mp3\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>This week we feature the premiere of a new play from Oakland’s\u003ca href=\"http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Lower Bottom Playaz\u003c/a>, but there’s another scrappy little theater company making amazing work as it closes out its 2016 season. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.shotgunplayers.org/Online/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shotgun Players \u003c/a>in Berkeley are doing five shows in repertory, each one a winner. But their \u003cem>Hamlet\u003c/em> is a work of daredevil brilliance, with cast members learning which character they’ll play just before each performance. Catch them before the season ends on Jan. 15th.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx-Mho3qU2I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 9–11\u003c/strong>: Rock ‘n’ roll lost some great performers this past year, but others are still going strong, like \u003ca href=\"http://www.midgeure.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Midge Ure\u003c/a>, formerly of Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids, and Ultravox. He’s also one of the masterminds, with Bob Geldof, of Live Aid, and the co-writer of “Do They Know it’s Christmas” — a rock ‘n’ roll Zelig. His charity work earned him an Order of the British Empire, and we’re grateful he keeps performing, despite some serious hearing issues. Ure’s shows in the Bay Area include Jan. 9 at Harlow’s in Sacramento (details \u003ca href=\"http://www.harlows.com/event/1319815-midge-ure-sacramento/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>); Jan. 10 at Petaluma’s Mystic Theatre (details \u003ca href=\"http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=6879695&pl=mystic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here\u003c/a>); and Jan. 11 at the Social Hall in San Francisco (details \u003ca href=\"http://www.socialhallsf.com/events/detail/314015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12585018\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12585018 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-800x494.jpg\" alt=\"Cat Brooks and Pierre Scott in The Lower Bottom Playaz premiere of 'Mama at Twilight' at the Flight Deck in Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-800x494.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-768x474.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-1020x630.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-1920x1185.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-1180x728.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-960x593.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-240x148.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-375x231.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-520x321.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cat Brooks and Pierre Scott in The Lower Bottom Playaz premiere of ‘Mama at Twilight’ at the Flight Deck in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Photo: Tasin Sabir/Lower Bottom Playaz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 12–29\u003c/strong>: The \u003ca href=\"http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lower Bottom Playaz\u003c/a> is one of the groups keeping theater — and theater training — alive in Oakland (along with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ubuntutheaterproject.com/our-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ubuntu Theater Project\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.grittycityrep.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gritty City Repertory\u003c/a>). In keeping with their mission to critically examine the lives of people in the inner city, the Playaz are staging an insightful world premiere by founder and company director Ayodele Nzinga.\u003cem> Mama at Twilight: Death by Love\u003c/em> is a play about HIV, incarceration and health care, just in time for the Republican-controlled Congress to show us how much health care, or its absence, matters in America today. Details for the play at Oakland’s Flight Deck are \u003ca href=\"http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO2URhI_AEk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 6\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"http://www.esandresky.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eleonor Sandresky\u003c/a> is on the cutting edge of the avant-garde. She’s a New York-based pianist who’s trying on some new ideas in music and clothing, with what she calls her “Wonder Suit.” This is wearable tech that does more than just track your footsteps. The suit, as you can see in the video above, lets Sandresky integrate live electronics with her movements. Okay, so the Bay Area’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.pamelaz.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pamela Z\u003c/a> and Derrique McGee have been playing with these ideas for years. But Sandresky brings her New York sensibility to a new work in which she integrates live piano with recorded space sounds from NASA, taking us, we hope, to a deep listening space. Details for her show at the Center for New Music are \u003ca href=\"http://centerfornewmusic.com/calendar/prism-series-presents-the-wonder-suit-show-a-space-odyssey/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12585219\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12585219\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-800x547.jpg\" alt=\"Isaac Julien‘s work will be featured at the Jessica Silverman Gallery booth at the Fog Art Fair\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-800x547.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-768x525.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-1020x697.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-1920x1312.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-1180x806.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-960x656.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-240x164.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-375x256.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-520x355.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989.jpg 2037w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isaac Julien‘s work will be featured at the Jessica Silverman Gallery booth at the Fog Art Fair. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Jessica Silverman Gallery)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 12–14\u003c/strong>: The FOG Design+Art Fair is back at Fort Mason for the fourth year. This is a design and art showcase for the whole west coast, and a Bay Area response to the boom in art fairs around the world. This one is carefully curated, with just a few dozen exhibitors from the worlds of art and design. Among the programs is \u003cem>Designing a Legacy: Female Game Changers in Art and Culture\u003c/em>, a panel including Cheryl Haines of the For-Site Foundation and Stephanie Hanor from the Mills College Museum; a conversation with artist and designer Tomás Saraceno, and much more. Details for the fair (tickets are $20 in advance) at Fort Mason are \u003ca href=\"https://fogfair.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AVifTdjtvE&t=346s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 12–29:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsketchfest.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sketchfest\u003c/a> is back, just in time to bring some humor and comedy to this dark time of year. We’ve got Patton Oswalt coming to town, closeup magician Ricky Jay (who is astonishingly weird and good), tributes to Tig Notaro (David put \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/One-Mississippi-Season-1/dp/B017APUVI8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One Mississippi\u003c/a>,\u003c/em> her new show on Amazon, on his \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/tv/article/The-10-best-TV-shows-of-2016-and-2-more-10815761.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Best List\u003c/a>), and more. There’s even a couple of shows aimed at the President-elect, with comedian Moshe Kahser doing a live podcast called \u003cem>Planning a Non-Violent Revolution in the Age of Trump\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sketchfest also features an evening of vaudeville hosted by Tony-winning clown \u003ca href=\"http://thebillirwin.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Irwin\u003c/a>, who performs with his old clowning partner \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Hoyle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geoff Hoyle\u003c/a> and guitarist \u003ca href=\"http://billfrisell.com/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Frisell\u003c/a>. Irwin is also in San Francisco for a one-man show at the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) about playwright \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beckett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samuel Beckett\u003c/a>. Irwin told me by phone that the two shows are deeply connected, because Beckett’s plays were a kind of metaphysical vaudeville. “He and his family went to the variety theater, watching music hall and vaudeville comics,” Irwin said. “He seemed to be, even in his most avant-garde work, alluding to a kind of circus and music hall and vaudeville tradition. And he asked for bowler hats and baggy pants (for the characters of Vladimir and Estragon in \u003cem>Waiting for Godot\u003c/em>).” Details for Sketchfest are \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsketchfest.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>, and for Irwin’s ACT performance \u003ca href=\"https://tickets.act-sf.org/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=A5AED901-EFAA-48AB-964C-2A1C7A7F67BB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3De0E_1x1Rw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 7:\u003c/strong> A lot of people are still hurting as a result of the Ghost Ship Fire, and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/07/21/women-to-watch-sarah-sexton/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Sexton\u003c/a> is producing a benefit concert at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.starlinesocialclub.com/#home-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starline Social Club \u003c/a>featuring \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ritualsofmine/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rituals of Mine\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/waxidols/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wax Idols\u003c/a>, Kool A.D. and others. There will be an altar at the event for offerings from audience members that will later be moved to the site of the fire in Fruitvale. Details for the benefit are \u003ca href=\"http://www.starlinesocialclub.com/new-events/2017/1/7/ghost-ship-benefit-feat-rituals-of-mine-special-guests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPQb6XkxNL4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 19: \u003c/strong>Here’s a heads up for a show that will quickly sell out: \u003ca href=\"http://www.dodosmusic.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Dodos\u003c/a> play a benefit for booker Annie Southworth at Bottom of the Hill. Let’s call it a \u003cstrong>CHEAP THRILL\u003c/strong>, $20 in advance for a good cause and a rare chance to see Meric Long and Logan Kroeber play amazing rock ‘n’ roll. \u003ca href=\"http://www.songkick.com/concerts/28697629-dodos-at-bottom-of-the-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\n\u003cstrong>KQED’s Cy Musiker and David Wiegand share their picks for great events around the Bay Area this week.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/thedolist/2017/01/TDL20170105.mp3\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>This week we feature the premiere of a new play from Oakland’s\u003ca href=\"http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Lower Bottom Playaz\u003c/a>, but there’s another scrappy little theater company making amazing work as it closes out its 2016 season. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.shotgunplayers.org/Online/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shotgun Players \u003c/a>in Berkeley are doing five shows in repertory, each one a winner. But their \u003cem>Hamlet\u003c/em> is a work of daredevil brilliance, with cast members learning which character they’ll play just before each performance. Catch them before the season ends on Jan. 15th.\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/Dx-Mho3qU2I'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Dx-Mho3qU2I'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 9–11\u003c/strong>: Rock ‘n’ roll lost some great performers this past year, but others are still going strong, like \u003ca href=\"http://www.midgeure.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Midge Ure\u003c/a>, formerly of Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids, and Ultravox. He’s also one of the masterminds, with Bob Geldof, of Live Aid, and the co-writer of “Do They Know it’s Christmas” — a rock ‘n’ roll Zelig. His charity work earned him an Order of the British Empire, and we’re grateful he keeps performing, despite some serious hearing issues. Ure’s shows in the Bay Area include Jan. 9 at Harlow’s in Sacramento (details \u003ca href=\"http://www.harlows.com/event/1319815-midge-ure-sacramento/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>); Jan. 10 at Petaluma’s Mystic Theatre (details \u003ca href=\"http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=6879695&pl=mystic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here\u003c/a>); and Jan. 11 at the Social Hall in San Francisco (details \u003ca href=\"http://www.socialhallsf.com/events/detail/314015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12585018\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12585018 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-800x494.jpg\" alt=\"Cat Brooks and Pierre Scott in The Lower Bottom Playaz premiere of 'Mama at Twilight' at the Flight Deck in Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-800x494.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-768x474.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-1020x630.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-1920x1185.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-1180x728.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-960x593.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-240x148.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-375x231.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970-520x321.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Lower-Bottom-Playaz.-Cat-Brooks-and-Pierre-Scott-in-Mama-at-Twilight.-Photo-by-TaSin-Sabir-e1483654624970.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cat Brooks and Pierre Scott in The Lower Bottom Playaz premiere of ‘Mama at Twilight’ at the Flight Deck in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Photo: Tasin Sabir/Lower Bottom Playaz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 12–29\u003c/strong>: The \u003ca href=\"http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lower Bottom Playaz\u003c/a> is one of the groups keeping theater — and theater training — alive in Oakland (along with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ubuntutheaterproject.com/our-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ubuntu Theater Project\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.grittycityrep.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gritty City Repertory\u003c/a>). 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 6\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"http://www.esandresky.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eleonor Sandresky\u003c/a> is on the cutting edge of the avant-garde. She’s a New York-based pianist who’s trying on some new ideas in music and clothing, with what she calls her “Wonder Suit.” This is wearable tech that does more than just track your footsteps. The suit, as you can see in the video above, lets Sandresky integrate live electronics with her movements. Okay, so the Bay Area’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.pamelaz.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pamela Z\u003c/a> and Derrique McGee have been playing with these ideas for years. But Sandresky brings her New York sensibility to a new work in which she integrates live piano with recorded space sounds from NASA, taking us, we hope, to a deep listening space. Details for her show at the Center for New Music are \u003ca href=\"http://centerfornewmusic.com/calendar/prism-series-presents-the-wonder-suit-show-a-space-odyssey/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12585219\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12585219\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-800x547.jpg\" alt=\"Isaac Julien‘s work will be featured at the Jessica Silverman Gallery booth at the Fog Art Fair\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-800x547.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-768x525.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-1020x697.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-1920x1312.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-1180x806.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-960x656.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-240x164.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-375x256.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989-520x355.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Julien_Baltimore-Courtesy-of-Jessica-Silverman-Gallery-e1483658551989.jpg 2037w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isaac Julien‘s work will be featured at the Jessica Silverman Gallery booth at the Fog Art Fair. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Jessica Silverman Gallery)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 12–14\u003c/strong>: The FOG Design+Art Fair is back at Fort Mason for the fourth year. 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"content": "\u003cp>Rewind to August 2015: Then-candidate Donald Trump is on stage in Cleveland at the first Republican presidential debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct,\" Trump tells the moderator, Fox News' Megyn Kelly. \"I've been challenged by so many people and I don't, frankly, have time for total political correctness. And to be honest with you, this country doesn't have time, either.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now president-elect, Trump has denounced \"political correctness\" \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/288840-trumps-politically-correct-paradox\">many, many, times\u003c/a> since his campaign began. At a rally a year ago in South Carolina, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2015/12/08/458875362/trump-on-his-plan-to-ban-muslims-not-politically-correct-but-i-don-t-care\">he called for\u003c/a> a \"total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.\" He told a cheering crowd that his \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/12/07/donald-trump-calls-for-total-and-complete-shutdown-of-muslims-entering-the-united-states/?utm_term=.64361be8d5e2\">statement on the subject\u003c/a> was \"very, very salient, very important and probably not politically correct.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Politically correct. Political correctness. Using the biggest bully pulpit there is, Trump has wielded the phrase and its variants like a club some days and a shield on others. And he's hardly alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since as far back as 1793, when the term appeared in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/2us419\">U.S. Supreme Court decision\u003c/a> about the boundaries of federal jurisdiction, \"politically correct\" has had an array of definitions. It has been used to describe what is politically wise, and it has been employed as ironic self-mockery. The phrase has driven contentious debates in which free speech and free choice are pitted against civility and inclusion. But it hasn't just changed meaning, it has changed targets. What the November election has made clear is that these words, especially when they're related to matters of multiculturalism and diversity, carry consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://view2.fdu.edu/publicmind/2015/151030/\">Fairleigh Dickinson University\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/20/in-political-correctness-debate-most-americans-think-too-many-people-are-easily-offended/\">Pew Research Center\u003c/a> released two polls in the past year, each finding that, like Trump, a majority of Americans thought people were too easily offended and that \"political correctness\" was one of the country's biggest problems. But what exactly is it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People of all political stripes have used the phrase with varying, even contradictory meanings. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson used it to simply describe the correct (and incorrect) way to do politics when he said that he would enact policies \"not because they are politically correct, but because they are right.\" \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em> reporter Caitlin Gibson cited the quote in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-politically-correct-went-from-compliment-to-insult/2016/01/13/b1cf5918-b61a-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html?utm_term=.19da582509e3\">January story headlined\u003c/a>, \"How 'politically correct' went from compliment to insult.\" In \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/us/university-of-chicago-strikes-back-against-campus-political-correctness.html\">academic debates\u003c/a> this year, people have used the words to dismiss the validity of those who advocate for \"safe spaces\" on college campuses and trigger warnings in classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The author Lionel Shriver riled up literary circles this fall with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/13/lionel-shrivers-full-speech-i-hope-the-concept-of-cultural-appropriation-is-a-passing-fad\">controversial speech\u003c/a> at the Brisbane Writers Festival. Some called her intolerant and out of touch. Then others \u003ca href=\"http://www.nationalreview.com/article/441096/elena-ferrante-political-correctness-controversy-progressive-opposition-creativity\">accused Shriver's critics\u003c/a> of being too politically correct, another way of saying \"hypersensitive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comedian Bill Maher, whose aptly named TV show \u003cem>Politically Incorrect \u003c/em>ran for nearly a decade, regularly skewers American politics and assails \"political correctness\" with commentary and satire on \u003cem>Real Time with Bill Maher\u003c/em>, his HBO talk show. In a \u003ca href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bill-maher-pens-blistering-essay-863493\">contentious piece for the \u003cem>Hollywood Reporter\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in February in which he announced his support for Sen. Bernie Sanders, Maher said Americans \"have been choking on political correctness and overly careful politicians for the last generation or two and are sick of it.\" In that essay, Maher used the phrase as a synonym for cultural cowardice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, to review: \"Politically correct\" means \u003cem>politically wise\u003c/em> or \u003cem>invalid\u003c/em> or \u003cem>hypersensitive\u003c/em> or \u003cem>cowardice\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ruth Perry, a professor of literature at MIT, has written about the moment she thinks the phrase took a turn toward its most common contemporary usage: a rebuttal to the ideals or practice of diversity. That history, she says, starts in the 1960s, when Black Power advocates, along with what she called the New Left movement, used \"politically incorrect\" to mean people were out of step with the movement's orthodoxy. Perry, who founded MIT's women's studies program, wrote a widely cited 1992 essay in \u003cem>The Women's Review of Books \u003c/em>to make the case that the phrase had been co-opted by political conservatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, people were battling over language that seemed to serve as proxy for deeper disagreements about how Americans should handle ideas of equality and equity. Mixed in with debates about whether or not \u003ca href=\"http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1990/Watch-Your-Language-City-Seeks-Neuter-Form-for-Manhole-/id-3962c20a9b644607b5d509aba29079f1\">\"manhole cover\" should include the word \"man,\"\u003c/a> were more divisive arguments about whether things like affirmative action and multiculturalism were destroying liberal education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her essay, Perry talked about the countless times she had come across articles, op-eds and books that used the phrase \"politically correct\" to assail people like her. It was a phrase she and her friends, all civil rights activists, used all the time, but not the way it was being used in her readings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The attack on the 'politically correct,' \" Perry wrote, \"in the universities is an attack on the theory and practice of affirmative action—a legacy of the sixties and seventies—defined as the recruitment to an institution of students and faculty who do not conform to what has always constituted the population of academic institutions: usually white, middle-class, straight, male.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">It was our shorthand, and it was always used ironically. ... So that you would say, 'I know it's not politically correct, but I'm going to go get a hamburger anyway,' or, 'I know it's not politically correct, but I shave my legs.'\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Ruth Perry\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The emerging definition was \"confusing to us, me and my buddies,\" Perry said in a recent interview. \"It was our shorthand, and it was always used ironically. It was always used as a joke. It was, I think, one of the ways we distinguished ourselves as the New Left from the Old Left. It was about not being dogmatic. So that you would say, 'I know it's not politically correct, but I'm going to go get a hamburger anyway,' or, 'I know it's not politically correct, but I shave my legs.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the meaning had already started to shift to the right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1987, conservative philosopher Allan Bloom wrote the book \u003cem>The Closing of the American Mind\u003c/em>, which a \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> writer \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/books/review/allan-bloom-and-the-conservative-mind.html?_r=0\">described as having\u003c/a> \"wildfire success.\" In the book, he railed against the so-called \"open minds\" in academia that he said had instead offered students narrow, liberal perspectives. To make his case, he pointed to the Black Power movement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"The Black Power movement that supplanted the older civil rights movement—leaving aside both its excesses and its very understandable emphasis on self-respect and refusal to beg for acceptance—had at its core the view that the Constitutional tradition was always corrupt and was constructed as a defense of slavery. Its demand was for black identity, not universal rights. ....\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The upshot of all this for the education of young Americans is that they know much less about American history and those who were held to be its heroes. This was one of the few things that they used to come to college with that had something to do with their lives. Nothing has taken its place except a smattering of facts learned about other nations or cultures and a few social science formulas.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Bloom, who died in 1992, is cited regularly by conservative academics and writers. While he didn't use the phrase \"political correctness,\" his writing stoked the view that people were overly concerned with multiculturalism and diversity at the expense of rigorous education and free thinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=19546\">1991 commencement speech\u003c/a> at the University of Michigan, then-president George H.W. Bush took note of the conversation that was preoccupying the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land,\" he said. \"And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris of racism and sexism and hatred, it replaces old prejudice with new ones.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry said that she and her colleagues \"all believed in consensus and discussion and so on, so we used the term to signify an idealistic belief in something, but the inability of the frail flesh to actually manage always to live up to it. And that's how we used it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, said that language is being manipulated for political purposes all the time by the left and the right. But liberals, he suggested in an interview, are more concerned with being politically \u003cem>right\u003c/em> than being factually \u003cem>correct\u003c/em>. Conservatives, he said, prefer to \"say whatever you want and let it fall where it is, and we'll make the argument as it is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Now,\" Hanson said, \"the left has destroyed the idea of absolute truth and legitimate ends. ... I think it's really dangerous what the left has done. They've created this effort to distort reality through vocabulary and they thought their agenda was enhanced by it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">It is the case that words are weapons in political discourse, and they always have been.\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Vincent Hutchings\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Today, \"politically correct\" is being used as a \"kind of linguistic jujitsu\" to disable an opponent's diversity argument, said Vincent Hutchings, a professor of American politics at the University of Michigan. \"It is the case that words are weapons in political discourse, and they always have been,\" Hutchings said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has blamed \"political correctness\" for the\u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/283298-trump-decries-political-correctness-in-post-orlando\"> Orlando shootings\u003c/a>, for NBC's\u003ca href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/29/media/donald-trump-statement-nbc-brian-williams/\"> decision in 2015\u003c/a> to sever its ties with him over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/06/16/full-text-donald-trump-announces-a-presidential-bid/?utm_term=.97e0638b6465\">speech announcing his candidacy\u003c/a>, and for a Scottish university's decision to \u003ca href=\"http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-35060868\">strip him\u003c/a> of an honorary degree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, the writer and academic \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/30/political-correctness-how-the-right-invented-phantom-enemy-donald-trump\">Moira Weigel wrote\u003c/a> for \u003cem>The Guardian\u003c/em> that Trump hasn't just rejected \"political correctness\"; he has reveled in being \u003cem>incorrect\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Trump did not simply criticise the idea of political correctness – he actually said and did the kind of outrageous things that PC culture supposedly prohibited. The first wave of conservative critics of political correctness claimed they were defending the status quo, but Trump's mission was to destroy it. In 1991, when George HW Bush warned that political correctness was a threat to free speech, he did not choose to exercise his free speech rights by publicly mocking a man with a disability or characterising Mexican immigrants as rapists. Trump did. Having elevated the powers of PC to mythic status, the draft-dodging billionaire, son of a slumlord, taunted the parents of a fallen soldier and claimed that his cruelty and malice was, in fact, courage.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>So, to review again: \"Politically correct\" means \u003cem>cowardly\u003c/em> and \u003cem>courageous\u003c/em>; \u003cem>invalid\u003c/em> or \u003cem>hypersensitive\u003c/em>; \u003cem>in step with the orthodoxy\u003c/em>; \u003cem>distortion\u003c/em> and \u003cem>linguistic jujitsu\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The writer Lindy West offers a way out of this semantic loop: People who think the phrase is used to demonize things like social justice and diversity should drop it altogether and call things what they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, she said in an interview, \"I've had to write the same piece about how being 'politically correct' is good. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://view2.fdu.edu/publicmind/2015/151030/\">Fairleigh Dickinson University\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/20/in-political-correctness-debate-most-americans-think-too-many-people-are-easily-offended/\">Pew Research Center\u003c/a> released two polls in the past year, each finding that, like Trump, a majority of Americans thought people were too easily offended and that \"political correctness\" was one of the country's biggest problems. But what exactly is it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People of all political stripes have used the phrase with varying, even contradictory meanings. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson used it to simply describe the correct (and incorrect) way to do politics when he said that he would enact policies \"not because they are politically correct, but because they are right.\" \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em> reporter Caitlin Gibson cited the quote in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-politically-correct-went-from-compliment-to-insult/2016/01/13/b1cf5918-b61a-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html?utm_term=.19da582509e3\">January story headlined\u003c/a>, \"How 'politically correct' went from compliment to insult.\" In \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/us/university-of-chicago-strikes-back-against-campus-political-correctness.html\">academic debates\u003c/a> this year, people have used the words to dismiss the validity of those who advocate for \"safe spaces\" on college campuses and trigger warnings in classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The author Lionel Shriver riled up literary circles this fall with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/13/lionel-shrivers-full-speech-i-hope-the-concept-of-cultural-appropriation-is-a-passing-fad\">controversial speech\u003c/a> at the Brisbane Writers Festival. Some called her intolerant and out of touch. Then others \u003ca href=\"http://www.nationalreview.com/article/441096/elena-ferrante-political-correctness-controversy-progressive-opposition-creativity\">accused Shriver's critics\u003c/a> of being too politically correct, another way of saying \"hypersensitive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comedian Bill Maher, whose aptly named TV show \u003cem>Politically Incorrect \u003c/em>ran for nearly a decade, regularly skewers American politics and assails \"political correctness\" with commentary and satire on \u003cem>Real Time with Bill Maher\u003c/em>, his HBO talk show. In a \u003ca href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bill-maher-pens-blistering-essay-863493\">contentious piece for the \u003cem>Hollywood Reporter\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in February in which he announced his support for Sen. Bernie Sanders, Maher said Americans \"have been choking on political correctness and overly careful politicians for the last generation or two and are sick of it.\" In that essay, Maher used the phrase as a synonym for cultural cowardice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, to review: \"Politically correct\" means \u003cem>politically wise\u003c/em> or \u003cem>invalid\u003c/em> or \u003cem>hypersensitive\u003c/em> or \u003cem>cowardice\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ruth Perry, a professor of literature at MIT, has written about the moment she thinks the phrase took a turn toward its most common contemporary usage: a rebuttal to the ideals or practice of diversity. That history, she says, starts in the 1960s, when Black Power advocates, along with what she called the New Left movement, used \"politically incorrect\" to mean people were out of step with the movement's orthodoxy. Perry, who founded MIT's women's studies program, wrote a widely cited 1992 essay in \u003cem>The Women's Review of Books \u003c/em>to make the case that the phrase had been co-opted by political conservatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, people were battling over language that seemed to serve as proxy for deeper disagreements about how Americans should handle ideas of equality and equity. Mixed in with debates about whether or not \u003ca href=\"http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1990/Watch-Your-Language-City-Seeks-Neuter-Form-for-Manhole-/id-3962c20a9b644607b5d509aba29079f1\">\"manhole cover\" should include the word \"man,\"\u003c/a> were more divisive arguments about whether things like affirmative action and multiculturalism were destroying liberal education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her essay, Perry talked about the countless times she had come across articles, op-eds and books that used the phrase \"politically correct\" to assail people like her. It was a phrase she and her friends, all civil rights activists, used all the time, but not the way it was being used in her readings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The attack on the 'politically correct,' \" Perry wrote, \"in the universities is an attack on the theory and practice of affirmative action—a legacy of the sixties and seventies—defined as the recruitment to an institution of students and faculty who do not conform to what has always constituted the population of academic institutions: usually white, middle-class, straight, male.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">It was our shorthand, and it was always used ironically. ... So that you would say, 'I know it's not politically correct, but I'm going to go get a hamburger anyway,' or, 'I know it's not politically correct, but I shave my legs.'\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Ruth Perry\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The emerging definition was \"confusing to us, me and my buddies,\" Perry said in a recent interview. \"It was our shorthand, and it was always used ironically. It was always used as a joke. It was, I think, one of the ways we distinguished ourselves as the New Left from the Old Left. It was about not being dogmatic. So that you would say, 'I know it's not politically correct, but I'm going to go get a hamburger anyway,' or, 'I know it's not politically correct, but I shave my legs.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the meaning had already started to shift to the right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1987, conservative philosopher Allan Bloom wrote the book \u003cem>The Closing of the American Mind\u003c/em>, which a \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> writer \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/books/review/allan-bloom-and-the-conservative-mind.html?_r=0\">described as having\u003c/a> \"wildfire success.\" In the book, he railed against the so-called \"open minds\" in academia that he said had instead offered students narrow, liberal perspectives. To make his case, he pointed to the Black Power movement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"The Black Power movement that supplanted the older civil rights movement—leaving aside both its excesses and its very understandable emphasis on self-respect and refusal to beg for acceptance—had at its core the view that the Constitutional tradition was always corrupt and was constructed as a defense of slavery. Its demand was for black identity, not universal rights. ....\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The upshot of all this for the education of young Americans is that they know much less about American history and those who were held to be its heroes. This was one of the few things that they used to come to college with that had something to do with their lives. Nothing has taken its place except a smattering of facts learned about other nations or cultures and a few social science formulas.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Bloom, who died in 1992, is cited regularly by conservative academics and writers. While he didn't use the phrase \"political correctness,\" his writing stoked the view that people were overly concerned with multiculturalism and diversity at the expense of rigorous education and free thinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=19546\">1991 commencement speech\u003c/a> at the University of Michigan, then-president George H.W. Bush took note of the conversation that was preoccupying the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land,\" he said. \"And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris of racism and sexism and hatred, it replaces old prejudice with new ones.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry said that she and her colleagues \"all believed in consensus and discussion and so on, so we used the term to signify an idealistic belief in something, but the inability of the frail flesh to actually manage always to live up to it. And that's how we used it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, said that language is being manipulated for political purposes all the time by the left and the right. But liberals, he suggested in an interview, are more concerned with being politically \u003cem>right\u003c/em> than being factually \u003cem>correct\u003c/em>. Conservatives, he said, prefer to \"say whatever you want and let it fall where it is, and we'll make the argument as it is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Now,\" Hanson said, \"the left has destroyed the idea of absolute truth and legitimate ends. ... I think it's really dangerous what the left has done. They've created this effort to distort reality through vocabulary and they thought their agenda was enhanced by it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">It is the case that words are weapons in political discourse, and they always have been.\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Vincent Hutchings\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Today, \"politically correct\" is being used as a \"kind of linguistic jujitsu\" to disable an opponent's diversity argument, said Vincent Hutchings, a professor of American politics at the University of Michigan. \"It is the case that words are weapons in political discourse, and they always have been,\" Hutchings said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has blamed \"political correctness\" for the\u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/283298-trump-decries-political-correctness-in-post-orlando\"> Orlando shootings\u003c/a>, for NBC's\u003ca href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/29/media/donald-trump-statement-nbc-brian-williams/\"> decision in 2015\u003c/a> to sever its ties with him over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/06/16/full-text-donald-trump-announces-a-presidential-bid/?utm_term=.97e0638b6465\">speech announcing his candidacy\u003c/a>, and for a Scottish university's decision to \u003ca href=\"http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-35060868\">strip him\u003c/a> of an honorary degree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, the writer and academic \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/30/political-correctness-how-the-right-invented-phantom-enemy-donald-trump\">Moira Weigel wrote\u003c/a> for \u003cem>The Guardian\u003c/em> that Trump hasn't just rejected \"political correctness\"; he has reveled in being \u003cem>incorrect\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Trump did not simply criticise the idea of political correctness – he actually said and did the kind of outrageous things that PC culture supposedly prohibited. The first wave of conservative critics of political correctness claimed they were defending the status quo, but Trump's mission was to destroy it. In 1991, when George HW Bush warned that political correctness was a threat to free speech, he did not choose to exercise his free speech rights by publicly mocking a man with a disability or characterising Mexican immigrants as rapists. Trump did. Having elevated the powers of PC to mythic status, the draft-dodging billionaire, son of a slumlord, taunted the parents of a fallen soldier and claimed that his cruelty and malice was, in fact, courage.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>So, to review again: \"Politically correct\" means \u003cem>cowardly\u003c/em> and \u003cem>courageous\u003c/em>; \u003cem>invalid\u003c/em> or \u003cem>hypersensitive\u003c/em>; \u003cem>in step with the orthodoxy\u003c/em>; \u003cem>distortion\u003c/em> and \u003cem>linguistic jujitsu\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The writer Lindy West offers a way out of this semantic loop: People who think the phrase is used to demonize things like social justice and diversity should drop it altogether and call things what they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, she said in an interview, \"I've had to write the same piece about how being 'politically correct' is good. 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