Collection of R.K. Laxman Cartoons
The Times of India has collected a gallery of satirical cartoons by R.K. Laxman. And here are episodes of R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya, a tv show based on his work. (Thanks, Sava!)
“The LEGO Movie: Further Evidence of Will Ferrell’s Subversive Genius”
“To be fair, I have no idea whether [Will Ferrell] had input into the script of The Lego Movie or not. But the mere fact that he was cast as the movie’s villain should have been a giveaway as to its ideology. For more than a decade now, Ferrell’s starred […]
RIP, Shirley Temple
Actress and Ambassador Shirley Temple Black has died. The New York Times and The Guardian have obituaries. She got her start in “Baby Burlesks” went on to make many, many films, become the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Ghana and Czechoslovakia, the first female US Chief of Protocol, […]
“Where Space Pyramids and Politics Collide”
“Afrofuturism also goes beyond spaceships, androids and aliens, and encompasses African mythology and cosmology with an aim to connect those from across the Black Diaspora to their forgotten African ancestry.” More on Afrofuturism and its promise, here. (via @Ponderiss)
Maurice Sendak, Children’s Books and Taboos
Steven Heller writes about Maurice Sendak and treating “children like the intelligent little animals that we know they are.”
Codefellas
Here’s the first episode Wired’s new animated webseries about the NSA, Codefellas.
The Cultural Gutter 