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Новости за 05.08.2016

New York Observer 

In Defense of ‘The Cursed Child’

I’m impatient and impulsive, and so I’m pro-spoiler by default—choosing just to lean in to my perpetual habit of flipping to the end of books to find out who survives and reading the Wikipedia summary of any horror movie I might want to see.

New York Observer 

‘The Lost Arcade’ Memorializes NYC’s Last Old-School Game Room

Everyone’s in a good mood while they’re playing: slapping fives, yelling at the screen, rocketing upwards in ecstasy after a victory. It’s dark, raucous, and energetic. The same electricity that powers the machines is palpable in the air.

New York Observer 

‘Big Brother’ Week Six Recap: Showmance Is Scam

This week of Big Brother can’t be discussed without giving a proper shoutout to production and the editing department who someone managed to stretch two five minute competitions (HoH and veto) into episode anchoring segments. For Head of Household, all you had to do was roll a ball down the center of a winding ramp. Easier said than done but you basically just had to do it and collect your score like Chuck E Cheese ski-ball tickets. You got one try with the red ball but could practice as many times as you wanted with the yellow ball first. Читать дальше...

New York Observer 

Going Up: The Benefits of an Elevator Operator

“People are rushing off to work, dropping off their kids. Some are coming into the building going up. You have to make good judgements. People are busy. They don’t want to wait.”—former elevator operator John Santos

New York Observer 

‘Real Housewives of NYC’ Recap 8×18: Body of Evidence

Real Housewives are known for its ability to build up suspense…to nothing. Preview after preview will underscore the shocking moment to come, getting viewers excited about the big reveal. But, for the most part, these moments, these “big reveals,” amount to something idiotic and hardly mind blowing, leaving the viewer unsatisfied.

New York Observer 

Is Aspen the New Hamptons?

Affluent New Yorkers are making their summer pilgrimage all the way to Aspen, as it grows amenities both literal and cultural.

New York Observer 

Grossly Entertaining: Restored ‘Multiple Maniacs’ Finds Waters Gone Wild

Multiple Maniacs may be the Sibyl of filmmaking, a cultural and artistic split personality (OK, dissociative personality disorder). The restored early John Waters film (thanks Criterion!), opens today at the IFC Center. The comedy revels in the pure act of creation like those innocents Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland producing a play in the barn. But there's nothing naive about the subject matter: an LSD vision-quest that captures, in the 1970 of Hippies ascendant and straights in peril, a country's collective nervous breakdown. Читать дальше...

New York Observer 

Seth Rogen’s Hilariously Vulgar Cartoon Makes Its NYC Debut

While popcorn was on offer at last night’s New York premiere of the hilariously adult cartoon, Sausage Party, the accompanying Pabst Blue Ribbon beers made it clear this would not be a normal screening.