Arts & Entertainment with Chris & Randall

Randall talks to Chris about the transition to modernism in painting.

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Timeline:

1863 -- Salon des Refusés 1874 -- Impression, Sunrise by Monet 1875 -- James Abbott McNeill Whistler paints Nocturne in Black and Gold -- The Falling Rocket 1877 -- John Ruskin published his attack on the paintings of James McNeill Whistler exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery 1878 -- Whistler v Ruskin trial (https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/24650) 1881 -- Paul Gauguin moves to Tahiti. His avowed intent was to escape European civilization and "everything that is artificial and conventional" 1884 -- Georges Seurat founds theory of chromoluminarism, divisionism 1886 -- Symbolism coined 1888 -- Cloisonnism coined 1889 -- Synthetism coined 1890 -- Whistler publishes The Gentle Art of Making Enemies with full transcript of case 1903 -- Gauguin dies 1903 - 1906 -- Gauguin retrospectives in Paris 1903 -- Kandinsky paints the Blue Rider

Topics discussed include:

"alternative" art alternative music Camille Pisarro Impressionism Eugène Delacroix Islamic art Zen art Alexander Cozens inkblots traditional African art James Abbott McNeill Whistler Positivism

recorded March 7, 2022

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Randall goes on a deep dive of modern art in an attempt to describe what leads to abstraction.

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Topics discussed include:

figurative art religious art fantasy art landscape painting Alexander Cozens John Robert Cozens Thomas Monroe J. M. W. Turner Theory of Colours by Goethe Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes En plein air (open-air painting) painting technology Eugène Delacroix photography technology Paris Salon Impressionism Claude Monet

Timeline discussed:

1785 -- Alexander Cozens published a pamphlet on this manner of drawing landscapes from blots, called A New Method of Assisting the Invention in Drawing Original Compositions of Landscape 1776 -- Cozen's son, John Robert Cozens displays A Landscape with Hannibal in His March Over the Alps, Showing to His Army Fertile Plains of Italy, now lost 1777 -- John Robert Cozens paints watercolor Lake of Albano and Castel Gandolfo at Sunset which auctions for 2.4 million pounds in 2010 1794 -- John Robert Cozens has nervous breakdown. Committed to Bethlem Royal Hospital. Famous doctor/art collector Thomas Monro buys his collection. Dies 1797, 3 year later. Painter JMW Turner is in his circle 1800 -- The theory of 'En plein air' painting is credited to Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes (1750–1819) first expounded in a treatise entitled Reflections and Advice to a Student on Painting, Particularly on Landscape 1810 -- Goethe's Theory of Colours 1812 -- J.M.W. Turner paints Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps, slide 004. Inspired by A Landscape with Hannibal in His March Over the Alps, Showing to His Army Fertile Plains of Italy 1824 -- Massacre at Chios by Eugène Delacroix 1824 -- Delacroix Horse Frightened by a Storm 1830 -- Delacroix Liberty Leading the People 1831 -- The Great Wave at Kanagawa 1839 -- France pays Daguerre a pension in exchange to publish his photographic process. France considers this a gift to the world. By 1853, an estimated three million daguerreotypes per year were being produced in the United States alone 1841 -- Delacroix Christ on the Sea of Galilee 1841 -- American John Goffe Rand, a portrait painter and inventor, invents the tin paint tube. The tin tube allowed unused oil paint to be stored and used later without drying out. Renoir said "Without tubes of paint, there would have been no Impressionism." 1850s -- Field easel invented 1862 -- Delacroix Shipwreck on the Coast 1863 -- Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, Armand Guillaumin, Paul Cézanne, and others' works are all rejected by the Salon. Emperor Napoleon III founds the Salon des Refusés "exhibition of rejects" to display their works. 1872 -- Claude Monet paints Impression, Sunrise 1888 -- Monet starts painting Haystacks series

recorded March 1, 2022

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Chris and Randall make their Oscar picks.

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Best Visual Effects Randall: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Chris: Dune

Best Production Design Randall: Nightmare Alley Chris: Dune

Best Cinematography Randall: Nightmare Alley Chris: Dune

Best Adapted Screenplay Randall: The Lost Daughter Chris: The Lost Daughter

Best Original Screenplay Randall: Belfast Chris: Licorice Pizza

Best Costume Design Randall: Nightmare Alley Chris: Cruella

Best Supporting Actor Randall: Ciarán Hinds Chris: J. K. Simmons

Best Supporting Actress Randall: Judi Dench Chris: Ariana DeBose

Best Actor Randall: Andrew Garfield Chris: Benedict Cumberbatch

Best Actress Randall: Olivia Colman Chris: Olivia Coleman

Best Director Randall: Kenneth Branagh Chris: Jane Campion

Best Picture Randall: CODA Chris: The Power of the Dog

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recorded February 15, 2022

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Chris & Randall discuss the Super Bowl halftime show and pick their top 5 commercials.

Youtube playlist for this episode: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsaXZW9t1b1CbcMcox2PkB1JxuiOFTu7N

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Randall's commercial picks:

"Goodbye Cable" Super Bowl | 5G Internet | Verizon Bud Light Seltzer Hard Soda - Land of Loud Flavors Introducing the Captain Morgan Super Bowl Punch Bowl Quaker | Pregrain Before the Big Game :30 Welcome to Irish Spring

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Chris' commercial picks:

Zeus & Hera | BMW USA Lays "Golden Memories" Long Form w/Paul Rudd & Seth Rogen LeBron James Super Bowl Commerical With His Younger Self Don't Miss Out on Crypto: Larry David FTX Commercial A Clydesdale's Journey | Budweiser Super Bowl 2022

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Topics discussed include:

SoFi Stadium Hip hop music Dr. Dre Snoop Dogg Eminem Mary J. Blige 50 Cent Kendrick Lamar The Weeknd Tupac Shakur Pop music cultural influencers

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recorded February 15, 2022

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Chris and Randall discuss Joker (2019).

Topics discussed include:

Todd Phillips Hated: GG Allin & the Murder Junkies (1993) Todd Phillips & Michal Moore interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X2u7qu9oOQ the 1970s Fisher Island Bernhard Goetz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_New_York_City_Subway_shooting parasocial relationships parasocial interaction https://chrisandrandall.com/category/parasocial+interaction Joe Franklin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Franklin Network (1976) "realism" in comic book movies entertainment v art The King of Comedy (1982) social media

recorded January 12, 2022

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Chris and Randall discuss The King of Comedy (1982).

Topics discussed include:

Network (1976) parasocial interaction parasocial relationships autograph hunting https://chrisandrandall.com/category/parasocial+interaction

recorded January 12, 2022

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Chris and Randall discuss Pop-up Retail, Installation art, Happening, Land art, Virtual reality, Immersive art. Are they all part of a single aesthetic?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop-up_retail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Installation_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality https://agoradigital.art/blog-what-is-immersive-art/

Topics discussed include:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tant_donn%C3%A9s https://www.thecollector.com/what-is-installation-art/ https://www.happyplace.me/ https://madhatterginteaparty.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man Stranger Things Pop-up https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/04/ted-lasso-believe-fan-experience-california/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Exhibition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted_house https://www.thedinnerdetective.com/ https://vangoghexpo.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Light

recorded December 17, 2021

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Chris and Randall discuss 2021 in arts and entertainment.

Topics discussed include:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/02/us-rejects-calls-regulating-banning-killer-robots COVID-19 Nicole Kidman ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiEeIxZJ9x0 theatrical release window streaming French release window: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/french-cinema-body-can-collapse-release-windows-covid-19-crisis-1285803/ home theater Secrets of the Whales (series) https://www.imaxenhanced.com/ WandaVision (series) Kathryn Hahn Agatha: House of Harkness movies vs TV Mare of Easttown (series) Dopesick (series) Squid Game (series) https://www.indiewire.com/2021/11/north-korea-squid-game-smuggler-death-sentence-1234681415/ The Beatles: Get Back (series) They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) live entertainment stand up theater recorded music Colin Hay Elton John Donald Trump Bill Maher Dave Chapelle Joe Rogan "woke" comedy https://www.facebook.com/itswilwheaton/posts/4388851747908000 Dr. Seuss

recorded December 15, 2021

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Chris and Randall discuss The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), one of the greatest A Christmas Carol adaptations.

Best A Christmas Carol adaptations: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls574145227/

Topics discussed include:

past A Christmas Carol episodes: https://chrisandrandall.com/category/A+Christmas+Carol Jim Henson Thomas Nast (cartoonist) Michael Caine the "Jim Henson Ending" Ebenezer Scrooge Paul Williams Cut song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r57KXWeXKoY Richard Williams' A Christmas Carol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTzyC9CZuOA

recorded December 17, 2021

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Chris explains to Randall his view of the relationship between Hollywood and Broadway.

Topics discussed include:

In the Heights (2021) Dear Even Hansen (2021) West Side Story (2021) Prom (2020) Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021) The Humans (2021) Cats (2019) Into the Woods (2014) Sing 2 (2021) aesthetics of theater vs cinema Avenue Q Disney musicals Beauty and the Beast (1991) Cats (1998) American Utopia (2020)

recorded December 15, 2021

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