Tag: editorials

Only Gutenbergs should play Gutenbergs

Should non-Gutenberg actors be given the opportunity to play Gutenbergs if there are Gutenberg actors willing and able to play those parts?  It’s an argument in the making, and one with serious implications for the future of casting in an industry fraught with controversy over who should play whom. That controversy recently spiked with the […]

North Carolina: second in flight?

With revelations about Gustave Whitehead, whose aircraft reportedly flew in southern Connecticut over a year before the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina may wish to reconsider its slogan, ‘First in Flight.’ A whole new slogan.  Whole.  New. So many options…  Well, this is obvious, but… ‘Second in Flight’? Maybe not.  One down. There […]

Radio ad overlooks golden age of floors

You cannot trust advertisements. One of them said, “As long as there have been floors, there have been accidents, spills and the need to clean them up.” How was that confirmed?  There was no citation, no reference. Have they not read Samuel Johnson’s Complete Historical Account of Floors?  Even the abridged version? Johnson makes the […]