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The Ping of Pong: Mystery Solved
Note: If you are not fascinated by the origins of the term "ping pong," please feel free to enjoy other content on the site.
Note: If you are not fascinated by the origins of the term "ping pong," please feel free to enjoy other content on the site.
View image Pete Seeger singing "If I Had a Hammer" at a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Rally in Greenwood, MS, 1963. From "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song." (A brief review of Jim Brown's documentary, "Pete Seeger: The Power of…
Q: You wrote from Toronto: "Ang Lee's other films have included 'Eat Drink Man Woman,' 'The Ice Storm,' 'Sense and Sensibility,' 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and 'The Hulk,' and find if you will the connecting link."
Kenji Mizoguchi's "Sansho Dayu" (aka "Sansho the Bailiff"). The ballots came in from all over the web. Edward Copeland tabulated them (and found nice stills for all the winners), under the supervision of Nobel Peace Prize-winner Jimmy Carter. OK, I…
View image Roger & Chaz Ebert, with Roger's second sidewalk star. (All photos by Jim Emerson. Thanks to Kim Robeson for the use of the camera on this one!) View image Man Push Dog. Anyone will tell you that one…
From Andy Ihnatko, Boston, MA:
Celia (Keira Knightley). I have a question about these kinds of dresses: Are they meant to be worn more than once? Don't they get dirty and wear out pretty fast, dragging around on the ground like that? My dog ate…
View image They could be nuns. Those could be habits. But they're burkas. What is that supposedly ancient Chinese curse? "May you live in interesting times"? The proverb may be of dubious origin, but it captures the fate of Marjane,…
View image The inaugural edition of The Projectionist. David Edelstein, one of my favorite early "movie bloggers" (when he was at Slate he hosted the annual Slate Movie Club, an e-mail conversation between critics) has returned to the, uh, "interactive"…
From: Marc Caddell, Austin, TX:
