This week's list
GREAT:
When I first saw Being John Malkovich, I couldn't believe someone came up with the idea. Like, how did anyone think of that movie? It's SO weird. At a certain point, the fact that there is a little door that transports you inside the body of famed actor John Malkovich is the least weird thing happening. But the film is funny and moving (and it's got to be the best press that avant-garde puppeteers have ever gotten). I love it so much. And since then, Charlie Kaufman has written one completely unique screenplay after another. There's really no one else like him. This profile (written by the always great Jon Mooallem) is wonderful. "How do you write about Hollywood’s most self-referential screenwriter at a destabilizing moment in history? It takes more than one draft." This Profile of Charlie Kaufman Has Changed
FUNNY:
Clio Chang is one of the funniest people I've ever met who's not a professional comedian. She's a journalist and a writer and an all-around goofball. Eater sent her on assignment to find a way to "escape 2020" and Clio came back with this hilarious meditation on cooking for one. "When an escape to a rural Vermont cabin means scenic beauty, isolation, and hopefully outrunning the stubborn ghost of a five-pound roast chicken that’s been haunting you for weeks." Cooking Solo in the Woods
INTERESTING:
Some of the most iconic images of the Great Depression are folks waiting on endless bread lines. And while it doesn't seem to be getting the urgent coverage it deserves, make no mistake, that's happening every day in America right now too. I've been helping distribute food at our local food pantry (don't worry, I stretched before patting myself on the back like this), and the demand is breathtaking. Wherever you live, I'd encourage you to get involved by donating or volunteering and seeing the situation up close. Right now, nearly 1 in 5 American families with kids at home don't have enough to eat. Beginning in May, photojournalist Brenda Ann Kenneally "set out across the country, from New York to California, to capture the routines of Americans who struggle to feed their families, piecing together various forms of food assistance, community support and ingenuity to make it from one month to the next." These are the faces of America at Hunger's Edge.
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Stay safe,
Chris
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