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Learning to Love an Induction Stove

Learning to Love an Induction Stove 1

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The other day, unprompted, the phrase “be kind, rewind” began to bounce around in my head, and it struck me that I am of the last generation who will instantly understand…

A Jamaican Chef’s Journey Home

A Jamaican Chef’s Journey Home 3

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the spring of 1979, the Jamaican chef Norma Shirley was fantasizing about a different future. Forty years old at the time, she had begun attracting national attention as the chef…

On “Succession,” Logan Roy Is Living+

On “Succession,” Logan Roy Is Living+ 5

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A hallmark of the narcissistic parent is how he surveys his offspring and designates a golden child and a scapegoat. One kid serves as the vessel for the narcissist’s vanity, the…

Dysfunction Done Right in HBO’s “Rain Dogs”

Dysfunction Done Right in HBO’s “Rain Dogs” 7

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Television loves found families: the broods of urban singles (“Friends”), the gradual coalescence among dissimilar roommates (“The Golden Girls”), the incestuous intimacy between co-workers (“The Office”), and, more recently, the chosen…

Giancarlo Esposito Controls the Chaos

Giancarlo Esposito Controls the Chaos 11

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When Giancarlo Esposito stepped off the escalator at MOMA, a trio of security guards—all young men, Black or Latino—greeted him with knowing salutes. Who, I wondered, did they see? Was it…

Highlights from the Under the Radar Theatre Festival

Highlights from the Under the Radar Theatre Festival 17

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Trying to see every play in January is a fool’s errand. The various experimental-theatre festivals all happen at once. Even if you run from pillar to post, you’ll miss something—some dreamy…

Ahmad Jamal Was a Modest Colossus of Jazz

Ahmad Jamal Was a Modest Colossus of Jazz 23

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The musician Ahmad Jamal, who died on Sunday at the age of ninety-two, was a modest colossus of jazz who subtly cast his musical imagination across a wide spectrum of forms…