| 单词 | obscurity |
| 例句 | “How do you do, Arobin?” said Robert, rising from the obscurity. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only in the second half of the seventeenth century that he was rescued from relative obscurity and hailed as the prophet of a new age. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z All of its members, not just those like Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton with famously impoverished origins, would have languished in obscurity in England or France. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z After a final flash of imperial splendor, the city joined Kaan and most central Maya cities in obscurity and ruin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He stood aside and she peered down into the obscurity odorous of dank earth and mold and rubber. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Bologne, the first mixed-race colonel in the French Army, was thereupon abandoned by all his previous patrons and friends, and died in impoverished obscurity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z While Emily lay in obscurity on the floor, in the shadow of a sofa, with a medical uncle applying an expert tourniquet, a dozen relatives worked to calm her sister. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z If there was a silver lining, it was that the earthquake brought new funding and world attention to a country that had suffered in obscurity through too many natural, political, and health disasters. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Hecate offers you obscurity, choices, vague promises of magic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I had decided to ask a yes-or-no question, which might at least make plain the extent and kind of obscurity or ambiguity in the answer. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It was engulfed in the water and slowly crawled into obscurity, a beast either skulking or stalking. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I could hear the river close by, hidden in the obscurity of the forest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The windows of the vans are dark-tinted, and the men in the front seats wear dark glasses: a double obscurity. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They had all since died in obscurity and often in poverty. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Both felt that it was a period of high visibility, that their faults and blemishes were sinking into obscurity in an inversely proportional manner. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z So Dr. Trefusis descended out of the obscurity of death through talk of the underworld, and rejoined the conversation of man. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z That they had virtually all come from lives of obscurity and poverty is in itself remarkable and a phenomenon rarely witnessed in Western music before the twentieth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He was a newcomer, a black man in what was historically a white man’s business, surfacing from obscurity with a weird name and odd backstory, hoping to strike a chord with the common Democrat. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They soon found the road but they avoided it, preferring instead the obscurity of the wood. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Unable to pursue his work, he sank into an understandably dispirited obscurity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It’s hard sometimes to move in obscurity when everyone else around you is so Instagram worthy. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He pursued more stimulating projects, whilst I, alone in the chamber, labored through his Classical obscurities. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the shower’s obscurity, all I could see was a black shadow and gleaming white teeth. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The savage peered into the obscurity beneath the thicket. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z A major figure despite his obscurity, Sky Witness set out to destroy Mutal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z All was obscurity and cold, and I thought I would drown. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Ben Franklin’s autobiography was punched up after his death to underscore his rise from obscurity. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But Farmer likes being grounded in the kind of obscurity, away from the media and spotlight, that refreshes his passion and authority; doctoring to the poor is his ultimate source of power. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Centuries went by, and Vermeer fell into obscurity. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Here was someone who was so passionate about his art, he refused to let small things like obscurity hold him back. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Them foreigners,” she said, staring up into the obscurity where the bell tinkled. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to grasp the memory, hold on to it, complete the picture with faces, names, a place, but it faded into obscurity. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I know not what his errand, so hidden in obscurity, was that night. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Deciding abruptly that what he wished now was the obscurity of his corner, he started for the acacia tree. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But it was too remote, and soon the sport in New England moved to other mountains nearer main highways, and Moosilauke returned to a splendid obscurity. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z There is some obscurity around this: it is not talked of much. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He checked her chemistry work and cleared up obscurities in the Restoration plays. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z For Wotton has sunk into an obscurity even deeper than Temple’s. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It’s the skewering of both sides and pointing out the obscurities on both sides, which is difficult to do because the right is so much more lampoon-able. Not all comedians are tickled by Trump: He’s “in the news and that’s our job, but personally, to me? It’s nothing but scary” 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Two writers have known each other since their youth, but while one, Foster, has become a celebrated writer, the other, Fenwick, has fallen into obscurity. He met Hitler, was mocked by Maugham, but what of Hugh Walpole’s books? 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z He had found some measure of peace in obscurity. Webb Hubbell, writing his way to reclamation Depopulated, Sant’Antioco slipped into obscurity, enjoying a modest revival, based almost entirely on tourism, in the last few decades. Explorer: The Island of Sant?Antioco, off Sardinia, Italy 2010-03-26T07:58:00Z Now in his 60s, the singer performed in obscurity for decades and was once homeless. 300,000's a crowd at packed Lollapalooza 2013-07-29T17:54:00Z But first, lacrosse has to overcome its relative obscurity. Can This Man Make Lacrosse Sexy? 2010-10-13T21:24:00Z Afro-Peruvian music was born of slavery and, over the centuries, has been on the verge of slipping into obscurity on many occasions — overlooked by record labels, shrugged off as marginal. How Novalima modernizes and revives Peru's African roots music 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z His current obscurity is something this documentary, directed by Jonathan Lee, is determined to overcome. 'Paul Goodman Changed My Life': Gadfly gets his due 2011-12-01T21:53:07Z Morality tales about the wages of hubris: Having bluffed his way into one Bond film, Mr. Brown writes, George Lazenby turns down the role again and slides into growing obscurity. Books of The Times: ‘Hello Goodbye Hello,’ by Craig Brown 2012-08-05T20:56:23Z Plucked from obscurity and thrown on to the Atlanta-based hard man's touring circus in 2008, the "scared" Drake became part of Lil Wayne's salon of apprentices, a gilded collective called Young Money. Drake/ J Cole ? review 2011-01-09T00:05:38Z The first Mrs. Wales might by now be solving conflicts, banishing poverty, feeding the world's hungry or even breeding spaniels in happy rural obscurity. Time to speculate: Princess Diana would be 50 2011-06-30T10:22:08Z Mr. Coleman was an alto saxophonist and composer who emerged from obscurity in 1959 with the album “The Shape of Jazz to Come,” which had a revolutionary effect. Ornette Coleman, innovative force in jazz and modern music, dies at 85 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z It was Weill’s first work to be performed onstage, and it was a success at its premiere in Berlin, traveling to New York in 1925 before disappearing into obscurity. Dance Review: A Kurt Weill Discovery in Covent Garden - Review 2012-01-01T22:12:19Z Only specialists are aware of him today, and tomorrow some of the critically vetted young artists now entering the Whitney’s collection will share his obscurity. Art Review: Mrs. Whitney?s All-American Salon 2011-04-28T22:23:32Z Mr. Hambleton, the famously reclusive graffiti artist who descended into obscurity after the 1980s art gold rush went bust, arrived with a bandage on his nose, seemingly dazed by the crowd. Young Gallerists Are Transforming New York?s Art Scene 2011-09-30T21:57:32Z And he spent a good ten years toiling in obscurity before he made a name for himself in the classic Hammer films. Christopher Lee: A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Journeyman 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Sarah Jane Morris's obscurity in the UK is hard to fathom. This week's new live music 2010-12-18T00:07:39Z Bartitsu’s popularity peaked in 1899, but in recent years, after generations of obscurity, its moves were reconstructed by aficionados from Victorian instructional magazines and dog-eared martial arts manuals. Regilding the Gilded Age in New York 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Schulhoff’s music, like that of many of his colleagues, fell into obscurity after the war. Music Review: Jaime Laredo, Violinist, at 92nd Street Y 2012-03-18T20:02:37Z In his opening monologue, Mr. Corden made fun of his obscurity. Review: James Corden Is Amiable, if Not Particularly Special, in ‘Late Late Show’ Debut on CBS 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Not even the period’s craze for the occult — the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” had also come out in 1968 — helped, and Haack remained in obscurity. He Made Kids’ Music and Albums About Lucifer. Now His Work Is a Rock Opera. 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z This novel about that most fraught of all familial relationships, mother and daughter, follows an actress from rural Irish theater to silver-screen fame to madness and obscurity. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z But for now, at least, that means a show is resigning itself to a fairly deep level of obscurity. Watchlist: Analyze This: A Webisode?s Id Meets Its TV Ego 2011-07-30T04:00:14Z Despite the inherent solitude of a songwriter’s craft, and his long season of obscurity, Mr. Russell was an incredibly gifted collaborator. Leon Russell, From Rising to Resurgent 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z It's unlikely this project will be welcomed into as many hearts, but while much of it seems to revel in wilful obscurity, it's by no means impenetrable. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-04-01T23:06:05Z Mr. Camp says the obscurity of some of the grapes plays in Troon’s favor. The Applegate Valley Offers Oregon Winemakers a Quiet Place to Experiment 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z There is no need for bans – and all the complexities these entail – when they can just organically fade into obscurity. The debate: should Spotify ban R Kelly and Michael Jackson? 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Paralleling Butler’s rise from obscurity, the piece will eventually be launched on a satellite to be broadcast from space. What to see in L.A. galleries: An ode to a black sci-fi trailblazer and Lari Pittman 'Mood Books' 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z She attributes her decades of professional obscurity to a societal aversion to contemplating female trauma. After Decades of Silence, Art About Abortion (Cautiously) Enters the Establishment 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The book has the aura of being found at the bottom of a box in a cellar, plucked from obscurity and brought back in print. In These Elegant Comics, Love and Darkness Collide 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The band, similar to Fuller’s previous projects in show business, represents a career kick-starting platform for those dreaming of being catapulted from obscurity to teen pop fame. Lebanese teen from Beirut joins global pop band 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z The song is now music’s central currency, but its value can be unpredictable—the qualities that propel a track from obscurity to ubiquity are varied and haphazard. How “Songland” Tries and Fails to Honor the Songwriter 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z After releasing two LPs in the 1970s, he faded into obscurity. Oscar-winning 'Sugar Man' director Malik Bendjelloul dies at 36 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z The digital Wright can be endlessly, agelessly used in new movies - the studio makes her "Agent Robin" in a sci-fi action series - while the flesh-and-blood person grows old in obscurity. Ari Folman animates Robin Wright in 'The Congress' 2013-05-21T12:05:12Z Still, to all but the most clued-in insiders, the first lady appeared to have plucked him from obscurity. The Man Who Dressed Melania Trump for the Ball 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z In last week's interview with the Guardian, anthemic Scottish folkers Frightened Rabbit talked about the disparity between their success in the US and their relative obscurity in the UK. Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse: exclusive album stream 2013-01-28T09:00:00Z The native of Lodz, Poland, who wrote and conducted in Berlin before leaving Germany in the 1930s, went on to achieve international acclaim as a conductor but his own musical compositions faded into obscurity. Forgotten work gets Grammy nomination 2011-02-11T18:54:07Z There are few artists who excelled in working across multiple music genres like Arthur Russell, yet there are many who share his status of relative obscurity. My streaming gem: why you should watch Wild Combination 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Thundercat wasn’t exactly toiling in obscurity before his brand of jazz, cosmic funk and soul fusion helped Lamar’s heady rhymes soar. Thundercat attracts crowd in hot warehouse for blissfully weird show 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z In the process, she’s provoking a breakup with Ali and Mari, flaunting her stardom, boasting of her fame, insulting their obscurity. “Her Smell,” Reviewed: Alex Ross Perry’s Furious Portrait of an Unravelling Rock Star 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Given the relative obscurity of the game, you can’t depend on a full house for every match. Experience: I’m a 13-time world champion at real tennis 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Anand does a stellar job of sketching Singh’s trajectory from orphanage to hangman’s noose, and from obscurity into the pantheon of Indian heroes. Twenty Years After a Brutal Massacre, It’s Payback Time 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Violent young men are not uncommon in any era, though most live and die in obscurity. Billy the Kid died young, but the myth can’t be killed 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z This testimony pointed her in the direction of extremely arcane documentation, material of needle-in-a-haystack obscurity. Books of The Times: A Military Post?s Secrets: Espionage, Not Aliens 2011-05-15T22:11:44Z If the movie is a miss, you fall into obscurity. Diane Kruger Returns Home and Wins Big 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Then the work largely dropped into obscurity, until a 1980s production at the Comique put it back on the map. A Lot of Opera Is Now Streaming. Here’s Where to Start. 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Land’s relative obscurity today reflects the fact that the inventions for which he was best known were rendered largely obsolete by the very digital revolution that made Jobs into a business hero and cultural icon. Land of hope and glory 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Aside from these obscurities, the book translates just fine. When Elvis Met Beyoncé: A History of Pop Music 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Sampler’s relative obscurity today is due to his race, the inherently collaborative nature of graphic design in a large company and his own self-effacing nature. Shining a Light on Forgotten Designers 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z We read a line of poetry twice not just because it was obscure the first time but because something in that obscurity flashed the possibility of deeper meaning. Perspective | Robert Frank’s photographs captured the bleak reality we’re still living in today 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Why are some inventors famous while others languish in permanent obscurity? Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik – review 2013-07-03T11:15:01Z "Searching for Sugar Man" chronicled the life, career and rediscovery of Rodriguez, who released two LPs in the 1970s before fading into obscurity. 'Sugar Man' director Malik Bendjelloul reportedly committed suicide 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Yet as Ms. Singleton saw it, Mr. Gordy himself was the cause of her obscurity. Raynoma Gordy Singleton, an Early Motown Force, Dies at 79 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z But the kids they plucked out of obscurity who are still standing in the competition, with one or two exceptions, are curiously dull in front of the camera. 'American Idol': Radio-friendly, but not camera-friendly? 2011-04-05T00:54:03Z She is convinced that Angus did something that traumatized her daughter, although precisely how this was communicated to Larissa is among the play’s obscurities. Theater Review: ‘The Good Mother,’ at the Acorn Theater 2012-11-16T03:00:00Z Among the pleasures of the Stratford Festival is the chance it affords to see both a revered classic and a comparative obscurity in proximity, as I recently did with these two plays. ‘King John’ and ‘King Lear’ at the Stratford Festival 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z She describes how she went about cultivating the curiosity, tenacity and courage that allowed her to toil happily for years in relative obscurity before the success of “Eat, Pray, Love.” ‘Big Magic’: Elizabeth Gilbert’s advice on how you, too, can eat, pray, love 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The printing house also stocks stiff note cards embossed with obscure motifs brought out of mothballs from time to time, and then just as capriciously returned to obscurity. The Europe Issue : How I Fell for Milan 2011-04-15T18:55:00Z The latter album deserves better than obscurity for the piano-propelled rocker "In My Car" alone; in fact, Walsh covered it a few years later. An appreciation of Ringo Starr's dynamic and joyful musical gifts – despite the naysayers 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Mr. DeMarco toured and released music in Canadian obscurity, mostly under the name Makeout Videotape, for years before he signed to a label with any influence. How Mac DeMarco Became the Lovable Laid-Back Prince of Indie Rock 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z After she was taken off display she toured the east coast, met Andrew Jackson in the White House and then vanished into obscurity. Tiger ancestors 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z But theater takes place live, in real time, and as Ms. Taylor’s drama whirls by in a confusing blur, it’s difficult to salvage much enlightenment — or entertainment — from its obscurities. Theater Review: ‘Stop. Reset.,’ by Regina Taylor, Opens at Signature Theater 2013-09-09T21:00:52Z Others spend years in obscurity, carving off pounds of credibility for meager dollops of fame. T Magazine: The Enduring, Multigenerational Appeal of Justin Timberlake 2013-09-12T11:35:19Z After they formed the Smiths, she came back out of obscurity to cover “Hand in Glove,” with the Smiths backing her, on Top of the Pops. Paint a Vulgar Picture: A Fan’s Notes on a Biography of The Smiths 2013-01-16T13:00:19Z It’s the “next step, the one where money and fame replace impoverished obscurity”. How to raise a rock star, by Dave Grohl's mum 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Last month, a charismatic young congressman named Juan Guaidó emerged from obscurity to be named by his peers as the president of the opposition National Assembly. An Unflinching View of Venezuela in Crisis 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Sometimes the winning film achieves international success, but often it sinks into obscurity. Oscars 2012: Foreign film nominees 2012-02-22T08:32:55Z It is one of many films here centered on musicians and shows two fans looking into the mystery of how a would-be 1970s rock icon declined into obscurity. Sundance opens with eye on broken American dreams 2012-01-19T20:40:27Z And Mr. Aravena said he was content to continue working in the relative obscurity of Chile, with its population of about 18 million. Pritzker Prize for Architecture Is Awarded to Alejandro Aravena of Chile 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z So Mr. Nichols, who notes that he is “not a filmmaker who wants to operate in obscurity,” and his cast have been busy selling the film in a way that might have mortified the Lovings. ‘Loving’ Aims to Speak Softly to History 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z But after her death, in 1908, she sank into obscurity, rarely mentioned except in misleading appropriations of her work in abortion debates. How to Pitch a Magazine (in 1888) 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z More often than not the young hero, toiling in obscurity, is suddenly recognized for his or her formidable talents. John Branch's 'Boy on Ice' 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z “The laborers who built modern Malaysia, Aw reminds us, are destined for obscurity, each layer of cement and heavy load they carry crushing who they really are.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z My scars are thin and will fade; they trace the line between my potential pecs and the ribs below, which is all the motivation I need to bench-press them into obscurity. The gift of a lifetime: how trans 'top surgery' changed my life 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z That absence glares from this lovingly assembled compilation, but these dusted-down obscurities are worthy of attention for other reasons. Various: True Soul Volume 2 ? review 2011-07-21T21:20:02Z College campuses didn’t pluck him from obscurity just to ban him; they wanted to ban him because of whom he already was and what he’d already done. Perspective | Listening to ‘The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling’ is exhausting work 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Far from being amazed when she is lifted from obscurity to superstardom, her character acts like it is completely her due. Female success and male decline: what A Star Is Born tells us about fame, fear and feminism 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z For many writers, she notes, fog “became a symbol for the threat to the clear outlines of a hierarchical social order as it dissolved moral boundaries and replaced reassuring certainties with obscurity and doubt.” “London Fog,” a study of the great city’s legendary atmosphere 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z "The Estefans' journey of success, led by raw talent and passion, is captivating as it drove them from relative obscurity to global sensations." Stage musical planned around Gloria Estefan 2013-02-05T16:48:08Z Before he takes his digital camera with him into obscurity, though, Lucas has one last mission. George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits 2012-01-17T16:33:29Z The Numero Group is known for their meticulous archival releases, which tend to focus on musical obscurities which deserve a wider audience. Prison inmates recorded the most amazing album in 1979: “The guard was at the door saying, ‘Y’all got to go, y’all got to go'” 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Who knows what this sense of alienation and the attraction to obscurity mean? The Lonely Toil of Frank Ocean: Is It Art, or Denial? 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Onetime superstars like Steve Allen and Jack Paar have faded into obscurity, primarily because it’s difficult to see their shows, and much of Johnny Carson’s oeuvre was erased. David Letterman’s Unlikely Archivist 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z While charting Billy's climb from obscurity to published writer, the musical also traces Alice's life before she renounced love and became a kingmaker of Southern authors. 'Bright Star' wears its old-fashioned heart on its gingham sleeve 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Schnabel’s stated goal was to desensationalize the story of van Gogh — usually depicted as a mad artist who killed himself and died in obscurity. The Best Art of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z After fading into obscurity, the late artist Francis Hines is gaining new attention after a car mechanic rescued hundreds of his paintings from a dumpster in Connecticut. Dumpster find leads to rediscovery of artist Francis Hines 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Riley is an approachable writer, linked to a "school" popularly associated with obscurity, but that's not to say his work isn't complex. Poem of the week: Peter Riley 2011-07-11T10:20:00Z Yet it had fallen into a kind of obscurity, well known mainly to aficionados. Why Does the Demolition of a Marcel Breuer House Matter? 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z We might do a couple more of the same level of obscurity. Jarvis Cocker Keeps Hearing That Voice 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z And the somewhat elliptical title is oddly apt, a tip-off of obscurity yet to come. Television Review: ‘Turn,’ on AMC, About the First American Spies 2014-04-04T22:10:45Z The play's obscurity was so complete that the only place Rutter could obtain a copy was at a Canadian university. Harold Brighouse's The Game: Pampered stars, bankrupt clubs ? a tale of football in the 1920s 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z Another element they share is a rapid rise from obscurity. Music: Female Artists With a Penchant for Synth Sounds 2011-10-09T03:30:07Z Her second novel, It’s Classified, explores what would happen if a woman were plucked from relative obscurity and elected Vice President of the United States — only to find herself completely unprepared for the job. Q&A with Palin Advisor-Turned-Novelist Nicolle Wallace 2011-10-17T18:00:00Z Until recently, he labored in relative obscurity in his studio space, a cavernous converted church in former East Berlin. A Marriage of Art and Film at Berlin Festival 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Except in making so many films, a frightening number vanish into obscurity. Christopher Walken: 'I'm a regular guy' 2013-03-21T19:00:03Z There is no justice in today’s music industry — has there ever been? — but it’s hard to imagine Ortega laboring too much longer in virtual obscurity. Lindi Ortega: The pipes of Patsy Cline with the visual flair of Amy Winehouse 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Now Booking | Boscolo Bari Though it has been prized by Italian alpha males from Augustus to Mussolini, the Mediterranean city of Bari always basked in relative obscurity. | Boscolo Bari 2012-10-11T17:30:43Z Plucked from obscurity and thrown straight into lead roles, they offer captivating portrayals of the complexities of youth without any prior training or even demonstrable inclination to act. Street casting: the next big thing 2011-02-10T22:15:01Z “I am not a mental superman a la Blake,” he confessed to his parents, referring to William Blake, the late 18th-century visionary poet who worked in obscurity and poverty. John Updike?s Archive: A Great Writer at Work 2010-06-20T23:23:00Z For better of worse, it’s the glue that holds the show together, and there are some intriguing variations on early death and obscurity still to come. Last Chance: ?Evryali Score Mysteries,? Ghosts at David Zwirner 2010-07-28T20:00:00Z Most of his paintings were in his Malaysian studio and were not widely circulated beyond that point, so his name faded into obscurity. Back Out of Singapore's Shadows 2010-06-30T16:00:00Z Then, back went the opera into the vault of obscurity, a sign of how winning a music Pulitzer is no guarantee of success. Santa Fe Opera to Stage Lewis Spratlan?s ?Life Is a Dream? 2010-04-11T21:56:00Z Part of what makes “Work”—a light dancehall single featuring Drake—so appealing is lyrical obscurity, the words delivered in such a slack patois that you can hear whatever it is you wish to hear. Rihanna’s Anti-Album 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Pinot Noir, rosé, dry Riesling, and others varieties of wine exploded in turn, but sparkling red wine has continued in relative obscurity. Yes, there are sparkling red wines that taste good 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Books are organized by subject and somewhat alphabetically; a few familiar “Who Moved My Cheese?” copies are steps from obscurities like “Gunman’s Gold” and “Star-Spangled Kitsch.” 2010-02-12T00:03:00Z The magic did not last, however, and with the disco era waning Robin and his brothers faded quickly into obscurity, concentrating in the 1980s on producing and writing for other acts including Diana Ross. Singer Robin Gibb, Bee Gees co-founder, dies at 62 2012-05-21T00:47:22Z It is Lady Danbury's, a woman only a few stations removed from obscurity. She is very brown: "Queen Charlotte" explains how the integrated ton was won, but what is left out? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z But by November 2019, when a print of “Tokyo Pop” played at the Japan Society in Manhattan, the film had fallen into obscurity. Thanks to Carol Burnett and Dolly Parton, New Life for a 1988 Film 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z In a 2008 speech at a Barack Obama rally, the then-28-year-old Matt Kennedy joked about the peculiar obscurity of being known as a “Kennedy guy.” What’s life like as a young Kennedy now? A mix of fame, obscurity and trauma. 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The revelation of that album — and the best part of Tuesday’s recital — was the work of Jean Baptiste Senaillé, a favorite of the aristocracy in his day but now an obscurity. Les Arts Florissants Returns to New York, Endangered 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z But even when threatened with the torments of obscurity, he refuses to speak. | 'The Artist': ?The Artist,? by Michel Hazanavicius - Review 2011-11-24T13:00:00Z The documentary “My Darling Vivian” attempts to salvage the reputation of a woman believed to be misconstrued and shoved into obscurity. ‘My Darling Vivian’ Review: The Forgotten Wife of Johnny Cash 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The show is a microcosm of the art scene in all its frustrated expression: art school dropouts, first-timers, artists long-suffering in obscurity, the wildly famous. Divine Excess on Avenue C 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z “The Great British Baking Show” also shows a multicultural modern vision: people of all races, religions and backgrounds, struggling to conquer dampfnudel or some other sweet obscurity. Perspective | After decades of brawls and betrayals, reality TV has finally gotten nicer 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z But the comparative obscurity of Mitchell and Trask's source material, and the undeniable fact of Mitchell's skill in directing its big screen adaptation, makes it a more than worthy addition to this list. The 22 Best Movie Soundtracks of the 2000s 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z The latest obscurity is “Survive the Night,” a flabby hunk of meat that the director, Matt Eskandari, hasn’t bothered to season. ‘Survive the Night’ Review: Droning Through a Home Invasion 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z So, in his new obscurity, he painted more prolifically than ever, free to now cut up “worthless” old paintings and collage them into new and more complex works. An Early, Wordless Graphic Novel About Mankind’s Appetite for War 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Do I think I will fade into obscurity? Jon Hamm Talks About the 'Mad Men' Series Finale 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z "Not only are these men my neighbors, the people who don't want them here are also my neighbors," adds Reinke, a tall, effusive man who spent 20 years pastoring to the community in obscurity. 'The Overnighters' shows dark side of North Dakota oil boom 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Four decades in the rock `n' roll trenches have brought the British guitarist obscurity and fame, followed by turmoil, more obscurity and rediscovery. Dying guitarist Wilko Johnson rocks until the end 2013-02-04T11:16:03Z He thought for a moment, squinting diagonally at the sodium-orange obscurity of the Cairo dusk. Stories from a revolution: The beauty of leaderless Tahrir Square 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Indeed, the now classic spread may have failed into obscurity as "Parwill" if not for a very clever advertising campaign in the second world war. A rose in every cheek: 100 years of Vegemite, the wartime spread that became an Aussie icon 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z There were no reversals or problems or tragedies in the tiny interval between obscurity and mega-fame: none visible, anyway. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 2011-02-17T22:48:00Z Contemporary interviews with Hawk’s peers reveal a grizzled bunch recalling glory days and subsequent declines into obscurity. ‘Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off’ Review: Shred Until Shredded 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Quirks of fate are bringing forgotten American painters out of obscurity and revealing stories of family dysfunction. James Jebusa Shannon’s Portraits Rescued From Obscurity 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z In all those cases — and it is true with Bonheur — the women did not toil in obscurity. Rich, Famous and Then Forgotten: The Art of Rosa Bonheur 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z But how do you take a product from obscurity into the mainstream? Snack to the future: foraging in Texas for the next big food sensation 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z They also hold dominion over the box office, while the exceptions to the trend – the recent First Reformed and Scorsese’s 2016 drama Silence – languish in obscurity when not actively losing money. The Last Temptation of Christ at 30: how Scorsese's drama still soars 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Slowly, the obscurity shrouding the future began to dissipate. The transformation of publishing 2012-11-09T22:54:01Z For nearly four decades, she chiseled and sanded away in quiet obscurity, apart from a few small shows. | A Love Eternal 2014-04-09T13:00:01Z “Because of a quirk of fate, pi happened to represent this ratio for all circles, so it was swept up from obscurity, thrust into the limelight and given its hero status.” Happy Pi Day, fellow nerds! Why it’s a big year for the ‘celebrity of numbers.’ 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z For Hayes, this marked the first phase of Vaughan’s journey from “obscurity” to “crossover.” Sarah Vaughan finally gets the biography she deserves 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z It's true; however, it's very hard to monetise fame, but impossible to monetise obscurity. My bright idea: Cory Doctorow 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z I had told my boyfriend, Greg — for the fifth time in seven years — that I love him, and had said “I hugely admire you” to a poet friend beset by his obscurity. You?re O.K., but I?m Not. Let?s Share. 2010-12-01T08:10:00Z So setting it in the early nineties gave me the ability to use two of the biggest icons from that era, which was a helpful counterpoint for someone who was struggling with obscurity. Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Acting and Amateurism 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z So the swimming pigs lived on in the middle of paradise, splashing about in obscurity. How the famous swimming pigs of the Bahamas came to be 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z Her second novel, It's Classified, explores what would happen if a woman were plucked from relative obscurity and elected Vice President of the United States — only to find herself completely unprepared for the job. Q&A with Palin Advisor-Turned-Novelist Nicolle Wallace 2011-10-05T14:05:00Z For years, the Minneapolis Party Tape languished in obscurity. My father recorded young Bob Dylan: How the historic "Minneapolis Party Tape" was made 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The program, “Dance Taipei,” was an evening of obscurity and obviousness, brilliance and frustration. Dance Review: ‘Dance Taipei,’ at New York Live Arts 2013-05-06T20:20:17Z Skulk back into mortified obscurity, or leverage her singularly strange fame into something of a serious music career? Rebecca Black doesn’t suck anymore 2013-06-11T14:28:00Z The strange story of the film’s emergence from total obscurity into, er, partial obscurity is well told in an article by Richard Brody that ran in the New Yorker earlier this year. ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Imitation of Life’ enter the National Film Registry 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Texas Rose Rustlers They steal nothing, except beauty from obscurity. 40 Things I Love About Texas 2010-06-02T17:24:00Z “But life decided to surprise me,” said Cravalho, who went from obscurity to performing at the Oscars in just a few months. Moana’s voice, Auliʻi Cravalho takes the next step 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z She still writes, but as a "hobbyist," and she would rather die in obscurity than subject herself to "anonymous strangers saying horrible, misspelled things about my work." Passion and fame in the digital age: Watching 'Sex With Strangers' at the Geffen 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z It was perhaps a prophetic image for Méliès, who, after falling out of fashion and into obscurity, ran a toy store in the Montparnasse station in Paris, which is where he was later rediscovered. | 'Hugo': Martin Scorsese?s ?Hugo,? With Ben Kingsley and Sacha Baron Cohen - Review 2011-11-22T22:17:26Z He is arguably responsible for plucking a little-known Leonard Cohen deep cut called “Hallelujah” out of obscurity. John Cale’s Musical Journey Knows No Limits 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z But I think this obscurity is more strategic, a means of inviting listeners to insert themselves into the music. Mystery surrounding George Ezra and other foreign singers fuels buzz 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Silvia: Walter Tevis seems, at first, an unlikely candidate for obscurity. Review | Let’s talk about fantasy and science fiction books that have fallen off the radar 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z The result was feeling, for years, as though I was precariously balancing a tenuous march along a tightrope between some hazy future and the abyss of obscurity. The lasting trauma of rape 2013-02-18T01:00:00Z The 34-year-old playwright would never know obscurity again after the 1945 opening of "The Glass Menagerie," a true watershed moment in the American theater. The shame and glory of Tennessee Williams in John Lahr's new book 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Here they set out to correct that misperception, highlighting stories by women writers whose work has fallen into obscurity. Grisly Slabs of Gothic Horror 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Her name was invoked alongside the likes of D. W. Griffith, yet, like most female directors of that era, she faded into obscurity. Lois Weber, Eloquent Filmmaker of the Silent Screen 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z She rose from poverty to wealth, from obscurity to national symbol. ‘Evita’ at the Paramount 2013-12-26T21:04:03Z Do the show’s intricate narratives still wander into outright obscurity? What Is ‘Westworld’ Without Westworld? 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z It was an important thing, you know — my parents were there, my friends from school were there, I was coming back from from L.A. and Buffalo Springfield, you know from obscurity basically. Neil Young: “I’m back in the same place” 2012-06-29T14:35:00Z For producers who choose to sell their copyright-flouting work, the situation is even hazier because their only defence is obscurity. Harlem Shake: could it kill sampling? 2013-03-13T17:03:00Z Early deprivation and obscurity count as dues paid, reflecting seriousness and a willingness to sacrifice. Art Review: James Franco?s ?Dangerous Book? of Art 2010-08-19T22:00:00Z Some curators felt that, by taking in some objects, museums were rescuing Khmer culture from obscurity and possible destruction amid a civil war. Cambodia Says It’s Found Its Lost Artifacts: in Gallery 249 at the Met 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z So according to just about any metric, Swiss wines represent the height of obscurity. Perspective | You have to work to find them, but Swiss wines are well worth the chase 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Even if his name has largely drifted into obscurity, Mr. Russell’s gospel infused, soul-country blend continues to echo through recent recordings by the likes of Sheryl Crow, Zac Brown and Kid Rock. A Superstar Puts One of His Early Influences Back in the Spotlight 2010-10-18T22:29:00Z Veirs, who jokes about making nine albums in obscurity, emerged as the trio’s workhorse. Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs overcome obstacles 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z But that's typical of the career trajectory that's taken him not perhaps from rags to riches, but certainly from obscurity to a comfortably well-off position as the current great white hope of Scottish comedy. This week's new comedy 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z Performers became famous, while writers, even those like James Downey, who defined political humor for a generation, toiled in relative obscurity, partly because the show never revealed who was responsible for which sketch. Meet Julio Torres, the New ‘S.N.L.’ Star No One Sees 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z His heteronyms were addicted to their obscurity, vain about their privacy and pained when forced to “publish” their work. ‘Pessoa’ Is the Definitive and Sublime Life of a Genius and His Many Alternate Selves 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Following the Palo Alto gig, Monk released his last few studio albums on Black Lion Records, a British label, before fading into obscurity. 52 Years Ago, Thelonious Monk Played a High School. Now Everyone Can Hear It. 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Cloaked in obscurity for 3,000 years, his tomb was unsealed by Howard Carter at a time when the valley was believed to hold no surprises. A Nile Journey Guided by 19th-Century Women 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z But from the outside, it's a cautionary tale of what happens when living, breathing individuals are plucked from obscurity and offered everything they think they've ever wanted. Susan Boyle: What happened to the dream? 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z Despite his relative obscurity today, Sant’Angelo was widely considered a visionary in his time, known for his expressive, avant-garde designs and stretchy fabrics that revealed the natural form. T Magazine: Sant'Angelo Raises Arizona 2011-09-23T16:15:32Z But for all its relative obscurity, it is Shakespeare’s most acute psychological study of a man of war; and Ralph Fiennes, as director and star, has turned it into an urgent, burly action film. Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus: The Paths of Gory 2011-12-04T18:37:40Z He has a remarkable feeling for gloomy, isolated locations: abandoned cemeteries, bricked-up apartment blocks, crumbling châteaux situated in provincial obscurity. Video: Five Cult Horror Films by Jean Rollin, Remastered for DVD 2012-01-29T04:38:09Z First in his native Ohio and then, beginning in 1999, in New York City, Mr. Taylor toiled for years in relative obscurity as a guitarist in minor rock bands and a sound engineer. Morgan Taylor, Inventive Children’s Performer, Dies at 52 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z For lots of actors this would be death, because they’re too vain to stand for it or lack what it takes to overcome that kind of obscurity. Cicely Tyson Kept It Together So We Didn’t Fall Apart 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Even with its Pulitzer, "The Flick" could have faded into obscurity the way so many unorthodox off-Broadway plays do. A new, fearless generation makes this a revolutionary moment in American playwriting 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Barzini’s greatest wish, as the title suggests, is to vanish, to complete the final chapter of a highly visible life in a state of obscurity. ‘The Disappearance of My Mother’ Review: Son’s View of a Model Parent 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The poem and the paintings help the dance from going too dry, and the dance and the paintings save the poem from some of its obscurity. A Dance to the Music of Time and T.S. Eliot 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z After all, we lack the resources to identify and treat most psychological victims of war; for the most part, they simply vanish into obscurity. When a Young Immigrant Vanishes in London, Can a Wildlife Biologist Help? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z These days on the global viral song charts, you’ll find conventionally successful hip-hop and pop songs, and also obscurities and spoken sketches. Songs? Nah. 10k.Caash Is Making Whatever Comes Next. 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z That back wall proves remarkably variable in its shades of illumination, courtesy of Dante Olivia Smith, whose stark but subtle lighting shifts from searing clarity to muddling obscurity. Review: In ‘Tonight/Jungle’ by Philip Ridley, Darkness Rules 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z The starting point might be William Greaves’s “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One” which has in the past decade journeyed from almost complete obscurity into a rightful place in the canon. ‘Tell It Like It Is,’ a Chapter of New York From 1968 to ’86 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z “They understood it was falling into obscurity,” Segal says by phone from New York of the lawyers for the Lerner and Loewe estate. Call the show doctor: ‘Midwife’ writer Heidi Thomas operates on revised ‘Gigi’ 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z They're no longer the neophytes who emerged from 20 years of obscurity in the Sahara and strode proudly and innocently on to the world stage a decade ago. Tinariwen: Sahara to New York City 2011-08-20T23:04:07Z His influence on other singers has been profound, especially taking into account the many years he lurked in obscurity. Jimmy Scott Honored at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z For his part, Valray made one more short film, became a radio announcer, then a chemical engineer and died in obscurity. Louis Valray Made Only 2 Movies. But Both Are Incredible. 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z And, even then, is there a pragmatic argument to be made against giving another big prize to a pop-culture colossus at a time when so many worthy writers struggle in obscurity? Bob Dylan as Richard Wagner 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z For women, it survives as a rescue fantasy — the prince who lifts a young woman up from lower-class obscurity. | 'Lights Out': With a Life on the Ropes, Seeking Redemption in the Ring 2011-01-10T23:08:16Z Contrast Records delved deep into the archives for an eight-album “Cool Blue Christmas” series of seasonal obscurities — R&B, jazz, blues, gospel, country — from the 1960s and earlier. Holiday Hits, Christmas Comebacks and Some Jingle Bell Schlock 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z "Am I A Good Man" by Them Two is an obscurity that regularly crops up on rare soul compilations, and it sounds fantastic. Band of Horses 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z We know how the Liverpool story played out; Hatton has disappeared into obscurity, Militant tendency lives on only in its own fantasies and the mainstream Labour party has moved steadily to the right. TV Club: GBH 2010-03-17T11:52:00Z But, ultimately, to him, this was very much a picture book, but its obscurity was fascinating to him. I have the right to be a child by Alain Serres, Aurelia Fronty and Sarah Ardizzone - review 2012-11-26T12:00:00Z The operatic centerpiece, typically an obscurity, was Steffani’s “Niobe, Regina di Tebe,” and the recitals, chamber concerts and vocal programs tended to explore composers and works that were new even to the most devoted enthusiasts. Critic?s Notebook: A Festival Brings the Obscure to the Fore, With a Global Touch 2011-06-20T21:59:21Z Critics should cleave to the human element, and not just laminate the text with additional obscurities. ‘There Is Simply Too Much to Think About,’ Saul Bellow’s Nonfiction 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The title suggests her state of mind: what she’s seeking is obscurity, in one willful form or another. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-08-29T21:53:00Z “The best of Davie stands up beside the best of Moore, Bacon and Freud. “But perhaps no other major British artist has undergone such a fall from prominence to obscurity. Alan Davie, Painter With a Global Bent, Dies at 93 2014-04-17T03:18:03Z "American Idol" has lost about six million viewers over the past four years, and recent winners Kris Allen and Lee DeWyze seem destined to slip into obscurity after suffering dismal sales for their debut albums. Revamped "American Idol" looks to regain its mojo 2011-01-19T13:32:50Z Elon powerfully evokes the obscurity of the past and its hold on the present, as we stumble through revelation after revelation with Yoel. The Pain of the Holocaust Echoes Through Three Israeli Novels 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Feige worked on the early Spider-Man movies in various capacities, initially in relative obscurity, and has been a producer of the last three in his role as president of Marvel Studios. Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal on the Future of ‘Spider-Man’ and the M.C.U. 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z While obscurities by the household names of pop have consistently commanded the highest prices, it is pyschedelia and prog rock that are on the up. Britain's rarest record – yours for £200,000 2012-11-22T19:30:02Z Most of it glides by without making any emotional or comic impression, although I became mildly exasperated at the willful obscurity. | 'Panic! Euphoria! Blackout': Wall Street: 60 Goats and a Soft Shoe 2010-10-14T22:43:00Z But it’s this particular resistance of Annette Peacock’s records—to classification—that is, I think, a source of their power, as well as their obscurity. The Unclassifiable, Unstreamable Eighties Albums of Annette Peacock 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Soon after publishing the poem “Crossing Half of China to F--- You” on her blog in 2014, Yu Xiuhua rose from obscurity to become one of the most widely read poets of her generation. Review | Poet Yu Xiuhua became a viral sensation. Her first book-length collection in English translation deserves to bring her an even bigger audience. 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Preciousness is a constant threat, and so is obscurity, but Mr. Thayer’s ability to transform and amplify his modest artworks as they travel from one medium to another is little short of magical. Art in Review: TOM THAYER: ?Scenographic Play? 2011-01-27T22:52:23Z The audience dropped off quickly, and it languished in relative obscurity for decades. A Peerless ‘War and Peace’ Film Is Restored to Its Former Glory 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z It didn’t matter whether a song was soul, funk, or rock—whether it was a hit or a total obscurity. The First Days of Disco 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Sidibe was a New York receptionist before being plucked from obscurity to play an obese, abused Harlem teenager, who is twice impregnated by her father in "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire." 2010-02-02T20:50:00Z Witherspoon's Bradley Jackson looks like a more familiar fit for her, a reporter from a conservative Southern family who Alex plucked out of cable news obscurity for entirely self-serving reasons. "The Morning Show" shifts to cover the pandemic, but still needs a shot in the arm to find its soul 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z A psychic who began his career by "psychically" bending spoons but then disappeared into obscurity, only to re-emerge decades later – remind you of anyone? How true to life are the psychics and psychologists in Red Lights? 2012-06-15T11:28:23Z Saxton disappeared into obscurity, as did many of the other performers on this comprehensive collection. How Pop and Jazz Revisited the Past in 13 Boxed Sets 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z But the obscurity of scripture does go a long way toward explaining its persistent appeal. The Book of Mormon: the Great American Bible 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z While Napoleon didn’t need Beethoven to secure his place in history, this snub reduced Bridgetower to near obscurity. The Black Violinist Who Inspired Beethoven 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Thirty years ago, the homosexual element in the affair would have made Walsh cop a plea and slink away into obscurity. Simon Walsh: the vindictive persecution of an innocent man 2012-08-11T23:11:00Z Olds rescues them from obscurity by paying them the close attention of her verse. Sharon Olds Sings the Body Electric 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z It is the curious fate of film-makers such as Mungiu to find themselves celebrated as heroes on the international festival circuit, while languishing in obscurity back in their homeland. 'Beyond the Hills has no obvious villains': Cristian Mungiu 2013-03-07T17:35:43Z The supercut is a stunning historical relic that memorializes former child stars who have since faded into relative obscurity or at least ended up in Hallmark movies. How 9/11 helped define this generation’s new brand of patriotism 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z That a Frenchman who ended his career in obscurity, working for a chemical company, deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as his contemporary Jean Renoir? This Festival Could Alter Your Sense of Film History 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The subtlety and obscurity of Britten’s work keep it interesting for Ms. Warner. A British Opera, Still Gathering Fans, Arrives in Paris 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z It is surely a masterpiece of tantalising obscurity. Let's start the foodie backlash 2012-09-28T21:45:06Z However, Carey continued, the "truth is that nobody understands how memory works, so attempts to explain it are likely to wrap themselves in obscurity." Critical eye: reviews roundup 2012-07-20T21:55:09Z After the town fell to the Lombards in the eighth century, Ravenna drifted into economic obscurity, which inadvertently sheltered its treasure of mosaics. Ravenna, Italy, Glittering Still 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z But after being mugged outside his Harlem apartment in 1986, he left New York and spent the next two decades performing in relative obscurity, eventually developing AIDS. After Vanishing, Johnny O’Neal Has a New York Following Again 2014-05-01T23:30:47Z Instead he was cast into ignominy and obscurity. High fliers 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z This isn’t a complaint, but obscurity would be nice. Sir Bradley Wiggins: ‘My most embarrassing moment? Post 2012, I had a few hissy fits’ 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Perhaps they're stuck in obscurity, unable to get the push they need. Why I miss the monoculture 2011-09-29T00:01:00Z But he died in obscurity in 1958, at the age of sixty-one. When Color Was Vulgar: Paul Outerbridge’s Avant-Gardist’s Eye 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The song includes Matlock’s favorite country obscurities, which carry domestic strife into the comically surreal. Music Review: Linda Purl Sings at the Metropolitan Room 2010-06-10T22:16:00Z Yet obscurity in Britain gave him the freedom to innovate, resulting in some of his most audacious works. Frank Bowling’s New Paintings Are Family Affairs 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z “Some things are not meant to be clear; obscurity is their clarity,” Adnan has said. Etel Adnan’s Bittersweet Arrival at the Guggenheim 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z She illuminates the world’s power structures, inequalities, obscurities and delights. Hito Steyerl Is an Artist With Power. She Uses It for Change. 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Then again, because it isn't especially funny or memorable, the odds are that it will fade into obscurity and not do much good or ill of any kind. "South Park" doesn't land China episode 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Like the picaresque tale of “Monkey” itself, which may delight those already familiar with its colorful characters, these obscurities are no doubt best appreciated by those already well-versed in the tenets of Buddhism. Theater Review: ‘Monkey’ Is a Break From Usual Lincoln Center Festival Fare 2013-07-10T02:01:08Z “I thought I was going to die in obscurity,” said Ms. LaVette, 66. A Word With: Bettye Lavette: Bettye LaVette, the R&B Singer, Reflects on Her Career 2012-09-29T01:34:02Z Lizzo, a charismatic and outspoken performer who had worked in obscurity for almost a decade before her breakout last year, won three awards, but all in lesser categories. Billie Eilish Sweeps Top Awards at the Grammys 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z So there are a number of mysteries in her life, areas of silence and obscurity. From the margins 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z After growing up in rural Mali, the son of a stock breeder, Sidibé worked full time as a photographer for just a few decades, before disappearing into obscurity. Malick Sidibé’s Mali: Scenes of a Rollicking Night Life 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z It is widely believed that Gray more or less stopped working soon afterward, and she died in 1976 in relative obscurity. A lush new volume tracks the life and career of designer Eileen Gray 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z “Days of Rage” relies not only on historical research, but on interviews with some of the principal activists, living in obscurity but still defiant about their underground activity. ‘Days of Rage:’ the long-ago war between the left and the FBI 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Just last year, her debut, “The Wallcreeper,” caught the attention of Jonathan Franzen, whose lavish endorsement lifted her from obscurity into All the Important Places. ‘Mislaid’: Nell Zink’s subversive novel takes on racism and sexuality 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Or stew over the fate of their book — their potential ticket out of Millennial obscurity and coffee shop purgatory — if the editor they didn’t really know ended up a floater? ArtsBeat: ‘Girls’ Recap: A Death and Hannah 2014-01-27T05:02:53Z You bring joy and beauty to us and you often die in obscurity. My junkie friend secretly died 2012-12-21T01:00:00Z All for a figure who rose from obscurity and a difficult life — Lead Belly served a considerable amount of time in prison — to eventually play Carnegie Hall and tour England. Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Lucinda Williams on loving Lead Belly 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z When it comes to all the associated ephemera of stardom, though, Mayer — a collector of rare watches, Japanese clothing and other sartorial obscurities — is taking as meticulous an approach as the merchandising maven Travis Scott. John Mayer’s Empty 1980s Excess 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z On Friday evening at Carnegie Hall, the American Symphony Orchestra and Leon Botstein did their part to rescue it from obscurity. American Symphony Orchestra Revives ‘Mona Lisa,’ Inspired by Leonardo’s Muse 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z So it wasn't like I was toiling in complete obscurity before that poem. Maggie Smith on her memoir's unanswerable questions and feeling ambivalent about "Good Bones" 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z While many of her rhymes are merely serviceable, plenty are more distinctive, like “riches” and “bewitches,” “obscurity” and “security,” “splendor” and “surrender,” even “freakin’” and “beacon.” Review: Could a Long-Gone Antarctic Explorer Be Mr. Right? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z The trailer offers up a blitzkrieg of snapshots from Assange's path out of obscurity, yet seems to oscillate between celebrating its subject's bravery and condemning his narcissism. Sex, lies and WikiLeaks: The Fifth Estate trailer released online 2013-07-17T09:29:23Z After years of relative obscurity, Ms. Marston was suddenly on the radar. A Ballet ‘Jane Eyre’? Reader, She Dances With Him 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z In most cases, the technology is defiantly unslick and the points of view sometimes personal to the point of obscurity. ‘Dawn,’ and Other Shorts From Sundance Festival 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z This is the third remake of the movie, the story of the big male star who plucks the little woman from obscurity and watches her celebrity and relevance rise above his, to tragic consequences. Bradley Cooper Is Not Really Into This Profile 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z When I started to look into that, I uncovered another amazing story, and I novelized her journey from obscurity in Baltimore to the British throne, almost. Why the monarchy needed Diana: "She had to be a front-rank aristocrat, and she had to be a virgin" 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Of course, it's easy to expect someone else to toil in poverty and obscurity when you are well fed. Ask the indie professor: why shout for a song the band will never play? 2010-08-16T13:39:00Z “In the soft obscurity, Agnes’s face appeared smooth and distorted — her forehead wide, swallowing her feverish eyes, her mouth protruding beneath her nose,” the student observes. In ‘White on White,’ the Traditional Landlord-Tenant Pact Is Ruptured 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z This book requires patience, and a mild tolerance for passing clouds of pretension or obscurity; but these hazards are just residual effects from the forceful weather system that is Hoare’s imagination. A Wide-Roaming and Personal Meditation on Dürer and His Art 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z He nails a bedrock truth about “Ulysses,” to wit: “For all its obscurities, Joyce’s book is more sentimental than erudite, more elemental than cerebral.” Kevin Birmingham’s Book on ‘Ulysses’ and Censorship 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z This ridiculously infectious boy-girl-boy-girl quartet, which toiled in obscurity for nearly a decade, pulled in more than a million views of its minimalist YouTube cover of the Jackson Five’s “I Want You Back.” The Week Ahead: ‘The Lion King,’ Lake Street Dive 2014-03-05T21:56:33Z He died in 1990 but lost ownership of the moniker he created long before that, adding to the tragedy of the one-time giant's fade into obscurity. Ewan McGregor dazzles in "Halston," which neglects to understand the legend behind the fashions 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Mark Hamill was plucked from obscurity to play the lead in one of the most popular film franchises of all time. Return of the Jedi? Mark Hamill set for talks to reprise Luke Skywalker 2013-02-21T20:01:44Z Before bringing their dynamic characters to life, taking on roles that seem like they were made for them, Woon-A-Tai, Jacobs, Factor and Alexis were plucked from relative obscurity. "No more 'Indian in the Cupboard'": "Reservation Dogs" is the new direction of Native storytelling 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z There are two instrumentals, back catalogue obscurities, experimental oddities and polemics in Portuguese. Readers recommends songs about South America: The results 2010-06-24T22:00:00Z Yet, his name fell into near obscurity after he moved, seemingly at the peak of his career, into a village in Malaysia. Back Out of Singapore's Shadows 2010-06-30T16:00:00Z Its path from obscurity to ubiquity mirrors its unorthodox structure: the slow build towards the last-minute eruption. Don't Stop Believin': the power ballad that refused to die 2010-12-16T22:14:01Z He lived in obscurity for close to the next 20 years. Evel Knievel: showman, rogue, reality TV Star 2011-07-20T09:27:20Z At the time Rudyard Kipling picked "their name for liveth evermore" out of obscurity, the phrase had never been used before on memorials. How to Read a Graveyard by Peter Stanford – review 2013-05-03T18:00:03Z Marks believes Maier would have been pleased to be on that map, despite a life of obscurity that at times veered into squalor. ‘Vivian Maier Developed,’ an Intimate Biography of a Very Private Photographer 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z "One of the great joys for a theatre critic," says Paul Callan, "is being present when a complete unknown emerges from the chrysalis of obscurity into stardom … That is what happened at the Comedy Theatre." What to say about ? Keira Knightley and Elizabeth Moss in The Children's Hour 2011-02-14T16:27:55Z Lovecraft escaped the fate of the vast majority of writers — obscurity, to a greater or lesser degree — through several extra-literary events. Does H.P. Lovecraft belong in the canon? 2013-05-08T22:07:00Z She checked herself into the mental hospital where she still lives and fell into artistic obscurity. How Yayoi Kusama, the ‘Infinity Mirrors’ visionary, channels mental illness into art 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z As our critic Molly Young wrote, “Demon blossoms into an authentic artist and reaps all the rewards associated with that calling in modern-day America: obscurity, instability, compensation best measured in units of peanut.” Pulitzer Prizes 2023: A Guide to the Winning Books and Finalists 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The platform lifted new artists from obscurity at a rate never seen before by the music industry. This Is Why You Heard About TikTok So Much in 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Carter, a composer who always seemed more interested in the future than the past, was no champion of “Pocahontas,” which despite its likability quickly fell into obscurity — never a repertory staple and never recorded. Elliott Carter’s Early Flops Reveal a Budding Musical Master 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Goofy selfies of Mr. Dallas taking a bubble bath and posted to Instagram brought this obscurity from Chino, Calif., to the attention of brands like Calvin Klein. Luka Sabbat, the 18-Year-Old Fashion Influencer 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z With Franzen’s help, she was plucked from obscurity to be profiled in the New Yorker as her quirky novels sold at auction for big bucks. ‘Nicotine’: The new zany-brainy novel from Nell Zink 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z The cull forced many musicians into less lyrical trades, where they remained in obscurity for decades. Jazz album by Pakistan music veterans tops western charts 2011-08-05T13:15:43Z Around the same time, though, Lozano’s artistic reputation, which had faded into the same obscurity as the artist herself, was beginning to revive. Lee Lozano, Surely Defiant, Drops In 2011-01-09T03:00:04Z But once the attraction was shuttered and dismantled, its fate fell into obscurity. MoMA Built a House. Then It Disappeared. Now It’s Found. 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z The problem is that the dour Henry fancies himself a purist, and appears to draw parallels between his lack of commercial success and Converse’s willful obscurity — the system is rigged against artists, man! Review: A Lost Folk Musician’s Haunted Dreamland in ‘A Star Has Burnt My Eye’ 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z In the pantheon of cello gods, a place is surely reserved for the late, great Pablo Casals — not least for rescuing from obscurity the six magnificent suites for solo cello by Johann Sebastian Bach. Paying homage to a man and his instrument 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Watts was then living in relative obscurity in Philadelphia, practicing on a beat-up piano with 26 missing strings. André Watts, Pioneering Piano Virtuoso, Dies at 77 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z First published in 1972, this book passed into obscurity and has been reissued this month, “fresh as ever,” our critic Parul Sehgal writes, “a seething, stylish reclamation of a forgotten life.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Feinstein specializes in unearthing rare obscurities and his surprise treat on Tuesday was a scratchy home recording of Garland singing “I’ll Be Seeing You.” Review: Michael Feinstein’s Holiday Ode to Judy Garland 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z For years, sake has been the Leonard Cohen of drinks: passionately adored by a small cadre of loyalists, but relegated to the category of “mysterious obscurity” among the masses. In Las Vegas, a Good Story Helps Sell Expensive Sakes 2011-02-02T05:40:04Z Adams and Group f/64 may have won a battle over photography's future, but nearly 50 years after his death and decades of obscurity, Mortensen appears to have won the war. 'American Grotesque' resurrects William Mortensen's photos 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Compare that to Noah, who doesn’t just look different from the typical late-night host as a relatively young man, and as a person of color; he’s also emerged from relative obscurity, and done so quickly. Trevor Noah Is the Sort of Risk More Networks Should Take 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z The figures responsible for inspiring the #MeToo movement's kick into high gear deserve every bit of obscurity they have coming to them. In a fitting series finale, "BoJack Horseman" finds out what it truly means to be canceled 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z But this distinction did not rescue it from obscurity—neither did the Charles Mingus soundtrack. Before Gentrification, a City Covered in Graffiti 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z That relative obscurity may be about to expire. Zoe Kazan: ‘There’s so much sexual harassment on set' 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Most who leave before that usually deserve to return to the obscurity from which they came. The 'American Idol' judges' save: Does it really matter? 2010-04-10T20:46:00Z The hinge between obscurity and influence was the album “Revival,” recorded with producer T Bone Burnett and released in 1996. Gillian Welch returns to “Revival”: “We felt like Martians” 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z After 40 years of obscurity, he deserved it. Concert Review: Rodriguez charming but disjointed and flat 2013-04-26T18:49:42Z Significantly, Housman began work on them in the late 1880s — around the time Moses Jackson left London for distinguished obscurity in the Indian Civil Service — and essentially stopped after a final creative burst in 1895. The enduring allure of A.E. Housman’s poetry 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z It’s Wolfe’s suspicion that what may help account for the musical languishing in obscurity is a cultural tendency to undervalue pioneering contributions by black artists. George C. Wolfe: A theater man on a mission to do a forgotten show justice 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z For six months, Tone worked in obscurity, harping over harmonies, perfecting piano chords, synchronizing snaps and putting together a palate for Wale from a basement studio. Tone P was behind some of Wale’s earliest hits. But can he actually make it as a rapper? 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z She also plays endearing obscurities, like the first songs she wrote as a child. ‘My Window’ Review: An Out-and-Proud Trailblazer Finds Her Way 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z “I’ve already mastered the art of laboring in obscurity,” he says. Armand Hammer adds the Alchemist to make for an even more intriguing brand of underground rap 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Elderfield’s show, the better of the two, is obviously a long-held dream — you can tell by the obscurity of some of the pictures and lending museums. Review: The Artist’s Studio, From Refuge to Gallery, in Shows at the Gagosian 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Meyers did just that in the 1960s, scattering the series and relegating it to obscurity, until now. Lost, and Now Found, Art From the Civil Rights Era 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Thus did Mr. Jones, who died on Friday at 71 in Olympia, Wash., burst from obscurity to become an idiosyncratic literary sensation. Thom Jones, Janitor Turned Acclaimed Author, Dies at 71 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Now the subject of a major retrospective at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Neel emerged from near obscurity in the 1960’s and ’70’s, buoyed by feminism and a return to the figure. Portraits of Alice Neel?s Legacy 2010-04-24T02:49:00Z The poet Ruth Stone’s work explored the nature of creativity, grief and family dynamics; she died in 2011 at 96, and wrote for much of her life in obscurity. What’s on TV This Week: ‘True Lies’ and ‘Black Girl Missing’ 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z “The Fulbright Triptych” is an amazing artwork with a fascinating back story, primarily of obscurity. Art Review: Rediscovered at the Altar of Art 2011-08-11T21:34:13Z In each episode, young women are plucked from heartland obscurity and dispatched to New York, where they are styled, photographed and trotted before Mr. Lipps, who decides whether someone is signed. Scott Lipps, Agent for Fashion Models 2011-11-30T23:10:32Z Like the inscription on the tomb of the unknown soldier, it celebrates noble obscurity, but its resonant memorial would not, of course, exist without language and literacy. Poem of the week: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray 2011-01-17T10:17:14Z There are some writers who, for completely arbitrary reasons, pass from a period of renown almost directly into obscurity. Thomas Berger’s Egoless Fictions 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z If I had to pick a single MCU movie to be remembered for eternity, with the others left to fade into obscurity, I would choose "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." MCU: The Franchise of the 2010s 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z A reputation for intellectual obscurity clings to Pirandello, who hasn’t been on Broadway in years. ‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’ at BAM 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Some neglected authors, such as William Blake, have gone on to achieve large-scale fame after being recovered from obscurity. The Bizarre, Complicated Formula for Literary Fame 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Plucked from obscurity, she shook up the screen in “Hallelujah!,” an all-Black Hollywood musical. The Glory of Nina Mae McKinney, an Early Black Star in White Hollywood 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z German artist Kurt Schwitters was one of the fathers of modern art - but he spent his final years living in poverty and obscurity in the English Lake District. Remembering artist Kurt Schwitters 2013-01-29T08:12:45Z Thomas pulled his friend's work from obscurity into a clearing, from which the American would go on to sell a million poetry books in his lifetime. Edward Thomas, Robert Frost and the road to war 2011-07-29T21:57:01Z This show, with its succinct presentation of high points, erodes that obscurity. Art Review: ?Georges Braque: Pioneer of Modernism? - Review 2011-10-13T22:30:51Z But now, its relative obscurity seems about to end in a blaze of silver-screen glory. ‘Star Wars’ Fever Extends to an Ancient Irish Island 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z At a certain point a downtown artist either enters the canon — goes uptown — or enters obscurity. To Get to City Opera, Mr. Downtown Practiced Eclecticism 2011-03-18T23:21:12Z At the same time, its drawbacks are also plain, among them obscurity, lack of momentum and sententiousness. Review | Colum McCann’s ‘Apeirogon’ takes an elliptical approach to the unending Middle East conflict 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z But until now no one knew much about the nearly half-century it spent lost in obscurity in the U.S. Fresh Details Reveal How $450 Million da Vinci Was Lost in America—and Later Found 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z He has studied the classics and dug deep for the obscurities and painted them both with his grinning ooze. For New Holiday Albums, It Takes All Kinds 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z This instinct for withdrawal and obscurity speaks to present critiques of digitised life. Laurence Scott: rereading Maurice by EM Forster 2013-07-05T10:00:01Z His new fans were part of an underground network of devotees of cultural obscurities, the kind of people both lampooned and lovingly depicted in the early work of cartoonist Dan Clowes. Remembering Rod McKuen, the accidental hipster 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Regarded by some as an underground classic, it had fallen into relative obscurity by the middle 1980s, when Ms. Gordon discussed it in a long interview with Gargoyle Magazine. Books of The Times: Some Time at the Races, With Luck and Change 2010-12-01T22:57:00Z This is the real obscurity of the set. The secret Sinatra past of Bob Dylan's new album 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z When “To Kill a Mockingbird” published its first print run of 5,000 copies, Lee worried about who would buy them and figured nobody would ultimately read the book and she would fade into obscurity. Harper Lee's legacy looms over 'Watchman' celebrations in Monroeville, Ala. 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z At 66, she has spent the last four decades in the relative obscurity of punk poet-dom, publishing over 20 books of poetry, fiction and criticism, almost all with maverick presses. Eileen Myles, the Poet Muse of ‘Transparent’ 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z It received little attention and quickly fell into obscurity in the West. Black and light 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z He was amazed by the technological wizardry of 3-D photography but also by its obscurity. Virtual Reality Before There Was Virtual Reality 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Later she played in a few movies, and died in obscurity, at 67, in 1952. Ghost Light 2010-06-18T23:05:00Z Their patterns derive from bandannas — one belonged to Ms. Mays’s great-grandmother, another to Georgia O’Keeffe — whose decorative forms are reproduced via pinpricks in the obscurity of the darkroom. Surprise: The Upper East Side Turns Experimental (for Art) 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Yet one is regarded as a historical turning point, the other an obscurity. "Nevermind" 30 years on — how Nirvana’s second album tilted the world on its axis 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Elias was always grateful to be Johan’s friend, flattered that he had been noticed and plucked from obscurity, content to play fiddle on the second or third desk, well behind the leader. The Books I Loved in 2015 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Although the true fans will relish the opportunity to hear Sondheim expound at length, not to mention the plethora of rarely performed obscurities in the program, most audiences will find "Sondheim" more tutorial than entertainment. "Sondheim" tribute would be better without songs 2010-04-23T11:43:00Z It would also have to truly stand out: On average, 120 stories are posted to Nosleep each day, and all but one or two quickly fall off the bottom of the page into obscurity. Perspective | Inside the horror website that’s freaking out millions of people 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The majority of the songs are jazz and blues obscurities reasonably well performed. Nellie McKay Plays the Drag King Billy Tipton at 54 Below 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z It’s a position that, like Emily W. Murphy’s role at the General Services Administration, enjoyed relative obscurity — until our democracy suddenly seemed to depend on it. How an Opera Can Fit in a Mailbox 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Sometimes they find a hit movie before they fade back into obscurity. Film Producer on a Roll, With Fingers Crossed 2010-10-06T21:27:00Z Then they disappeared back to massive success in Holland and relative obscurity everywhere else for another nine years, until 1982 saw the release of Twilight Zone, which became a US smash. Old music: Golden Earring – Twilight Zone 2012-12-13T07:00:00Z A year ago, Mr. Streten, 20, who does experimental electronic tracks with some pop elements and a heavy hip-hop influence, was working in obscurity in Sydney, where he grew up surfing at Manly Beach. Six Hopefuls Worth Watching at the CMJ Music Marathon 2012-10-15T21:47:30Z The Dutch artist lived in quiet obscurity struggling to create a new visual language, rarely sold any of his work, and died penniless under mysterious circumstances. Rijksmuseum Attributes Six Works to a Dutch Old Master 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Comprising about a hundred women toiling in relative obscurity, it was unofficially known as “the nunnery.” Ruthie Tompson Dies at 111; Breathed Animated Life Into Disney Films 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Cultural irony is an anxiety of investment, often a fleeting sense of superiority for such self-awareness, and a desire to latch onto edgy ideals of obscurity. Are millennials too cool for sincerity? The truth about our love affair with irony 2014-05-11T10:59:00Z In a sense it was light that saved Ballet Arizona from obscurity and even its demise. Desert Sun No Shortage Of Inspiration 2012-02-19T05:00:15Z He disappears into obscurity, first as a gardener and then as the caretaker of a boys school. 'The Dead Republic' concludes the saga of Irish revolutionary Henry Smart 2010-05-01T00:14:00Z He added: "The Estefans' journey of success, led by raw talent and passion, is captivating as it drove them from relative obscurity to global sensations." Gloria and Emilio Estefan's life story is heading to Broadway 2013-02-06T12:26:30Z But their main obstacle isn’t obscurity, or even harsh time restrictions. Hot mics, yikes: NBC's first Democratic debate became a reality TV audition round gone sideways 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z One of the supreme singers of her time, she was also a prolific composer, whose music is slowly being salvaged from obscurity; a savvy entrepreneur; a gifted visual artist; and a highly respected voice teacher. A Queen of 19th-Century Opera Gets New Attention 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z “I never understood his obscurity,” Mr. Roth said. Richard G. Stern, a Writers’ Writer, Is Dead at 84 2013-01-25T03:25:06Z The reason for the obscurity of the latter is that no sane person would ever have just one cannolo. Style Invitational Week 1261: Post mortems — our annual obit poetry contest 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Mojica seemed destined to remain in obscurity, but technology and globalization eventually came to his rescue. Arts & Leisure: Jos? Mojica Marins, Brazilian Filmmaker, Conjures Macabre 2011-10-19T16:23:12Z They found him living in obscurity and working on construction sites in Detroit, and brought him to South Africa for a triumphant concert tour. Malik Bendjelloul, Oscar-winning Swedish director, dies Muses, obscurity, toxicity, broken relationships, hustle and talent characterize the best aspects of the show. How I learned to stop worrying and love Lena Dunham after six seasons of hate-watching “Girls” 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z “At first there is chaos and obscurity, then light.” Balloons, iPads, Aquarium: A Conductor Creates a ‘Creation’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z She seems to exist in a world of her own making, one where it's possible for an actress to alternate between enormous Hollywood productions and art-film obscurities and seem equally at home in both. Tilda Swinton, rock star of the art house 2010-06-19T18:01:00Z Harding herself, now living in happy obscurity, gave the finished film her blessing. Margot Robbie: ‘I asked my girlfriends what they'd been through. And they were angry’ 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z The paintings languished in obscurity for years until, after Stalin’s death and during Khrushchev’s “thaw,” they gradually emerged. A Bridge from Moscow to Paris: 130 Works of Modern Art 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z “A Pink Chair” replaces this visceral immediacy with obscurity, and the scholarly essays in the program, though nicely done, will be no help. Review: ‘A Pink Chair’ Explores a Polish Playwright, but Finds Little 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z But much of the prize’s mystique comes from the foundation’s tendency to reward academics who have, until then, toiled away in obscurity. The 2015 MacArthur ‘genius grants’ honor — and surprise — 24 fellows 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z He died in obscurity in 1928, at 60, after spending years in the South of France and fending off accusations that he had been a German spy. A New Forum for Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Architecture 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z A few teenage hopefuls did turn up with their even more hopeful parents in tow, had their photos taken like suspects in the custody room, and were then bailed back into obscurity. Rewind TV: South Riding; The Model Agency; Friday Night Dinner; Silk 2011-02-27T00:05:40Z It also sustained them through low points in their careers, as well as through the Great Depression, when many of their confreres drifted into obscurity. The Complex Literary Friendship Between Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Yusifiyah's obscurity, however, together with its convenient location – less than 30 minutes' drive from Baghdad airport – make it perfect for certain purposes: hiding things, for example. How the US let al-Qaida get its hands on an Iraqi weapons factory 2011-01-07T07:59:02Z But after his death in 1851, it fell into obscurity, even as his racist ideas about differences in intelligence remained influential. What Should Museums Do With the Bones of the Enslaved? 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z However, some beer lovers are on a mission to ensure that Kentucky becomes equally well known for an all-American beer style that was developed in the state before it faded into obscurity. Kentucky Common beer: an all-American brew being resurrected from Prohibition-era oblivion 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z It received poor reviews and has slipped into near obscurity, but the time may have come to give the piece new consideration with a contemporary staging. Review: Can a Five-Hour Performance Capture 50 Years of Opera? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z It seemed for a while she was destined to be the pop-culture blip of the month, going from fame to infamy to obscurity with breathtaking speed. 2009-12-30T02:15:00Z For me, Norfolk became a place of fantasy, derring-do and detection – a place of mysteries and obscurities. Ian Sansom: the secrets of literary Norfolk 2013-07-26T15:15:00Z These include past and present, obscurity and fame, peace and war, audience and band, punk and statesman, grass-roots activism and corporate philanthropy, live action and animation. Review: U2 Kicks Off 8 Nights in New York With Depth and Spectacle 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Whatever the case, where other movies of a similar vintage have slid into obscurity, we’re still talking about it 25 years later. The naked truth about Showgirls: the 90s flop is a misunderstood gem 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Both novels share with the others an intensity, an immediacy and a timeliness, despite being consigned to obscurity decades ago. These Radical Black Thrillers Fantasized About Dismantling the Police 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Tanowitz, who worked in relative obscurity for a long time, is a kind of choreographic collector, a passionate student of dance history, techniques and styles. Review: Pam Tanowitz’s Witty Dance Secrets in London 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z This year's awards left many people in the publishing industry repeating a frequent complaint over the obscurity of many of the finalists. 'Salvage the Bones' a National Book Award winner 2011-11-17T18:03:21Z Rescuing Bourdin from obscurity might seem straightforward given the high regard for his work. Guy Bourdin: Vogue legend 2011-03-21T22:00:01Z Anna Chapman, the former Russian spy who pleaded guilty to conspiracy and was deported to Russia as part of a prisoner swap, refuses to fade into obscurity. The Words and Wisdom of Former Russian Agent Anna Chapman 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z He is emerging from the privileged obscurity of his pre-C.E.O. life and meeting regularly with executives throughout the organization. An Arnault, in Private and in Public 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Maria Lassnig, an Austrian painter whose fierce devotion to self-portraiture — in lacerating, darkly funny, often grotesque ways — led her through decades of obscurity to a celebrated late-flowering career, died on Tuesday in Vienna. Maria Lassnig, Painter of Self From the Inside Out, Dies at 94 2014-05-09T05:29:35Z She hasn’t really been pining in obscurity, but has been performing mostly in her native Britain, although she also appeared in “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” on Broadway. Review: On the High Seas, Anything Goes in ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z His grand finale was an encore of “The Hills” drenched in red lights and images of fire as if we’d just landed on the sun with an artist far from his days of contrived obscurity. Review | The Weeknd embraces his superstardom at Verizon Center 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Just under two decades ago, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia staged a curatorial rescue operation, attempting to retrieve Mr. Gernreich from obscurity and restore him to his rightful place in fashion history. Fashion for a Blurring Binary 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z But like many figurative painters of the era, especially women, Lee fell into relative obscurity when Abstract Expressionism took over 20th-century taste. Doris Lee, Unjustly Forgotten, Gets a Belated but Full Blown Tribute 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z For years he worked in relative obscurity until about 1995, when, with women growing tired of the reigning minimalist look, his business suddenly took off. Paris Fashion Week: Roberto Cavalli?s Night at the Top of the Food Chain 2010-09-30T16:52:00Z Brookstein, on the other hand, who went from obscurity to the top of the pop charts after winning the first series in 2004, has subsequently regained his privacy. Ten years of The X Factor, the show-off show with a talent for survival 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Then again, it doesn’t meet the criterion of obscurity. Review: ‘Paint Your Wagon,’ Starring Keith Carradine, Opens at Encores! 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z To me he spoke more on the theme of his early willed obscurity. Music: He Can Sing It, if Not Speak It 2011-04-10T02:00:17Z Lucky, though, are those few who read it in the purity of obscurity rather than the distracting glare of hindsight. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith – review 2013-07-18T11:42:26Z This year the teen rapper rose from obscurity – at least outside social media – to dropping the hip-hop country mash-up Old Town Road, which sat atop the singles charts for a record-breaking 19 weeks. I need a hero: finding courage, defiance and joy in the dark days of 2019 | Josephine Tovey 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z In any case, as the designer of some of the subtlest and most admired buildings of the last quarter-century, Zumthor has hardly been toiling in obscurity. The Ascension of Peter Zumthor 2011-03-13T05:00:20Z Solomon's Vineyard by Jonathan Latimer A creepy, evocative gem which has sunk, unfortunately, into obscurity. Jonathan Kellerman's top 10 LA noir novels 2010-03-31T08:32:00Z He is now the foremost user of the key emoji, and, in his discussions of “major keys of success,” has rescued that emoji from obscurity. For DJ Khaled, Snapchat Is a Major Key to Success 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Some works, like Dukas’s mammoth Piano Sonata, Mr. Hamelin said, fell into obscurity because they were never promoted by a big-name exponent. King of Virtuosos Is Weary Of His Crown 2011-07-22T15:32:31Z All told, Magie earned a mere five hundred dollars for her game and died, in 1948, without children, working in obscurity in secretarial work. The Misplaced Feminism of Ms. Monopoly 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Formed by three brothers—David, Dannis, and Bobby Hackney—in Detroit in 1973, it lasted four years before it broke up in obscurity. Cultural Clicks: "Mad Men," the Radical Art of Chris Burden, and the Momofuku Empire 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Despite the Cannes award, the film received a mixed critical reception and had a botched release, which explains its relative obscurity. My streaming gem: why you should watch Images 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z The book that brought this incomparable writer out of obscurity. Jonathan Yardley’s favorite books The stars of scripted reality shows are unlikely to disappear back into obscurity just yet. Is time up for scripted reality shows? 2012-02-08T15:20:11Z Treviño’s main partner in the scheme is his brother, José, a onetime bricklayer who, at least initially, is living in obscurity outside Dallas. ‘Bloodlines’ Tracks Bloodshed Across the Border 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Fabulous Dead People | Mary Wells While not every Motown aficionado thinks Chris Clark got all the obscurity she deserved, there is other glue that binds. | Mary Wells 2010-11-23T17:57:00Z The rise of reality shows led to a ceaseless parade of instant hate figures, plucked from obscurity and flung onscreen for us all to sneer and point at. Charlie Brooker: Why I'm calling time on Screen Burn 2010-10-15T13:54:00Z "Searching for Sugar Man" - Imagine the bitterness of the true artist who fades back to obscurity after being on the verge of stardom. AP critics pick the year's best movies 2012-12-14T21:29:02Z In Daniela Danz’s libretto, bits of conversation keep recurring but never cohere into a firm story; interludes of spoken narration repeat the facts of the case before the opera returns into misty obscurity. Forced Online, an Opera Festival Searches for Intimacy 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Muller said that as a programmer, he has learned the need to bring back familiar titles while mixing in the obscurities. 'Noir City' film fest explores darker side of life 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z Some directors, like Bryan Singer, took the jump, going from “Public Access” obscurity to the “X-Men” franchise, while others, like Mr. Linklater, hewed to a more idiosyncratic trajectory. Critic’s Notebook: Highlights of the Sundance Film Festival 2013-01-24T23:19:23Z But, he added, the music is so confident that he was surprisingly little bothered by the obscurity. Your Guide to the Met Opera’s ‘Exterminating Angel’ 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Ms. Gordon, a warm but feisty grandmother of three, prefers to toil in obscurity. Advertising: A Hollywood Referee Aims to Keep Movie Ads in Bounds 2010-04-23T00:40:00Z Other characters were introduced, but fell into obscurity. These Superheroes Have Power, Staying Power 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z With that in mind, Greek winemakers are paying increasing attention to relatively obscure native grapes, rescuing them from obscurity, defining their potential and putting them into commercial production. Greek Wines Get Back to Their Roots 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z It was going to be a tough race, but obscurity waits for no one. ‘American Idol’ made Clay Aiken a star. But he knows it won’t make him a congressman. They have long made Mr. Burckhardt, with his avid fan base and mainstream obscurity, the “subterranean monument” of the show’s title. Rudy Burckhardt: ‘Subterranean Monuments: A Centenary Celebration’ 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z This is the crux of the reissue market: the promise of some mislaid masterwork, tugged from obscurity, relieved of dust, and repackaged for rediscovery. Play It Again (for the First Time) 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z From a nearby hotel balcony he painted it tirelessly, under all sorts of light, from bright sun to almost complete obscurity. France's Rouen revisits its impressionist past 2010-07-20T13:00:00Z Like dead cabinet ministers and dead giants of industry or trade union life, they had fallen down the memory hole, consigned to musty obscurity. Living in a television time warp 2011-01-03T07:00:01Z But Ms. Cyrus’s natural pop instincts, strong voice and country storytelling often rise above her collaborators’ default modes, ensuring the project won’t slip too far into obscurity. ‘Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz’: An Exclusive First Look 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z The film chronicles his first tour with the band, as Journey marked four decades together and teetered between we-used-to-be-big obscurity and genuine renewal. ‘Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey’: a Cinderella story of fame, fortune, faith 2013-03-08T03:52:38Z Hill, 40, spent a couple of decades in the wilderness of obscurity and rejection, but this week, his enormous book arrives as one of the stars of the fall season. With ‘The Nix,’ Nathan Hill announces himself as a major new comic novelist 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z For most of the last two decades, Justin Theroux has dwelled happily in the Hollywood sweet spot between obscurity and mainstream celebrity. Justin Theroux is the main course in 'The Leftovers' 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z As her obscurities deepened and her landscape ramified, so Lady Lisa was transfigured into a being of myth and fable. Leonardo or Michelangelo: who is the greatest? 2010-03-30T07:00:00Z While there are some original songs, many of them are classics and/or obscurities mashed together in unique ways to showcase his expert, unique creativity. The 22 Best Movie Soundtracks of the 2000s 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z “Who Is Rich?” is about a writer who once enjoyed “precocious success” and then sank into obscurity. Sex and the middle-aged man 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Yet there’s something truthful in that obscurity, for who in our post-Freudian times would deny that faces — even those of our nearest and dearest — hide as much as they expose? Watteau’s Peacefully Bittersweet War Scenes 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z They're too busy chasing recognition to read, not to mention being either acutely aware or in denial that obscurity lurks a breath away from fame's hemline. "Girls5eva" is a feel-good story about what happens when one-hit wonders get a second chance 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Back then, he was still struggling to make sense of the ways “Ted Lasso” had changed his life after two decades of working in comparative obscurity in London’s theater and comedy trenches. Brett Goldstein Faces Life After ‘Lasso’ 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z In his 2018 book, “Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll,” Andrew Friedman documents the mythologizing of chefs, and their rise from obscurity. Twilight of the Imperial Chef 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z The rescue of this largely unknown repertory from obscurity owes much to the period instruments movement and its proliferation on recordings over the last 40 years or so. French Baroque treasure rescued in stormy 'Medea' 2011-04-24T22:52:00Z As a foreign photographer, I was able to work in relative obscurity. The Mexican drug war: a photographer's story 2013-01-25T17:03:36Z A charming image, it lives in obscurity among contracts, clippings, letters, telegrams, and royalty statements that make up the rest of the literary agency’s archives at Columbia University. When Harper Lee Doodled in Shakespeare Class 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z After nearly two decades in rural obscurity — and soon after Mr. Gould died at a psychiatric hospital — she returned to New York City, where she died in 1962, at 70. Augusta Savage’s Rural Escape and Clementine Hunter’s Murals 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z That film, released in 2002, brought to light the lasting contributions made to pop music by the session musicians, known as the Funk Brothers, who fueled countless era-defining Motown hits despite working in obscurity. Paul Justman, Who Shed Light on Motown’s Unsung Heroes, Dies at 74 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Eccentric and enigmatic, she was lauded as a sublime soloist and a future star only to recede into obscurity, or as she called it, “unplanned oblivion.” Celebrating Carmelita Maracci, Who ‘Took the Girdle Off Ballet’ 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Probably one reason for its obscurity is its lack of the feature most vacationers want — those long white beaches. Waterfalls, Rivers and Rain Forest on Dominica 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z In fact, he has almost entirely fallen into obscurity. Antiques: Rooms With a View of British History 2013-05-02T20:02:50Z Some other passages slide perilously close to pretentiousness, and much is shrouded in obscurity and frisky quirkiness. Review: Nathan Lane, You’ve Got a Part (This Time) in ‘White Rabbit Red Rabbit’ 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z For more than 35 years, “Eyes of Love” toiled in relative obscurity. ‘Eyes of Love,’ an album of sweet ’70s soul recorded behind bars, resurfaces 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z At 16, the show’s mandatory “retirement” age, its young stars faded off the air and, in some cases, into obscurity. Harve Bennett, Quiz Kid and ‘Star Trek’ Producer, Dies at 84 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z It’s got more smoke, more confidence, more wit and less tolerance for obscurity. 'Slant Six,' Erin Belieu’s Latest Poetry Collection 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Houseplants, embraced by hirsute, plaid-draped baby boomers in the 1970s, fell into obscurity before being rescued in this century by millennials. The showy dahlia stages a comeback, but for these enthusiasts it never went away 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z But, alas, the housing bubble collapsed, the website folded, and I went back to climbing from complete obscurity to semi-obscurity, rather than vaulting into relevance. What every writer needs to succeed 2014-02-27T23:59:00Z This, on top of Ms. Cattlet’s race, contributed to her relative obscurity in the mainstream American art world. First an Outcast, Then an Inspiration 2011-04-24T00:49:22Z The production was cancelled, however, and the work slipped into obscurity. A Lost Edith Wharton Play Emerges from Scholarly Sleuthing 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Color and landscapes were his calling cards, but he struggled to gain recognition and fell into relative obscurity. Special Report: Art in Perspective: Not Just Modern Art, but Indian 2011-03-03T13:30:04Z The playwright is this month celebrating the 20th anniversary of his first big success - "All in the Timing" - a collection of six short plays that he jokes "catapulted me into obscurity." Playwright David Ives finds his timing perfectly 2013-02-08T16:46:04Z It was 1993, six years before he would rise from writerly obscurity with “Plainsong,” his best-selling novel of intersecting lives on Colorado’s eastern plains. What novelist Kent Haruf taught me about writing and life 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z This seven-part series tells us how Robinson was able to forge peace amid chaos and violence and, ultimately, why he faded into obscurity. A Podcast Playlist of the Summer’s Hottest 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Jones found inspiration in the work of these artists, many of whom had been quietly creating in relative obscurity for decades. What this MacArthur winner, an expert in African American art history, plans to do with her grant 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z A die-hard comics fan since childhood, Reed embraced Ant-Man's relative obscurity. Peyton Reed says he'll show you how Ant-Man is cool 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z In those seven decades, “Carmen Jones” went into a sort of obscurity, marked by the very oddity of its essence: it’s Hammerstein without Rodgers, and an opera meant for Broadway. Anika Noni Rose Was Waiting for This Moment 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Marginalized when she was active as a playwright, she has fallen into virtual obscurity since. María Irene Fornés, ever the teacher, continues to instruct 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The highlights here – covers of slow-core band Low, reworked soul obscurities such as "Falling in Love Again" – prove that brave decision to forsake a Zep reunion was the right one. Top 10 albums of the autumn 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z She went on to found a studio, Solax, in the United States, only to fall on difficult times and — as she was excluded from one history after another — into obscurity. The Best and Worst of Cannes, Maybe Coming to a Theater Near You 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z But the obscurity of his chosen profession wasn’t what bothered him. Ishmael Houston-Jones Brings a New Parallels to Danspace 2012-02-08T23:10:41Z As for McConnell, a part of him would like to put the film out, retreat to the margins and live the rest of his life in peaceful obscurity. The dad who gave birth: ‘Being pregnant doesn't change me being a trans man’ 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z Is there an advantage in being Georgia, who got to fade into obscurity, as opposed to Agnes, who became something of a trans icon? A Trans Icon of the 20th Century Revived by Trans Stars of the 21st Century 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Without these champions, it’s all too easy to slide into obscurity. 3 New Albums Retell the History of Black Composers 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z And because of Ethan Couch, the notorious “affluenza teen” caught on the run with his mother in Mexico last week, it appears to be fast en route from relative obscurity to household word. Affluenza: the history of the 'disease' that plagues the wealthy and privileged 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Here is another movement full of people who have been steadily working in relative obscurity for years. Eve Ensler: trans people have been caricatures for too long 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Languishing in the obscurity of multiple media platform appearances and marriage to cultural unknown Kim Kardashian, West must somehow fight the system that battles daily – hourly – to censor and withhold recognition from him. Even if nobody else is listening, the president's son is singing the praises of Kanye West's new album 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Some critics maintain, as Raine has noted, that "whereas in the early work excision creates intensity, in the later stories it merely creates obscurity". A brief survey of the short story part 41: Rudyard Kipling 2012-06-21T11:28:42Z This feeling of obscurity used to be the domain of nature; what Wordsworth once described as “a portal in the sky.” Patricia Lockwood’s First Novel Reaches for the Sublime, Online and Off 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Light works in opposition to the dark, which signifies despair, obscurity, the unknown, evil. Review: Western Bridge exhibition lets light dawn in the dark 2011-03-10T22:42:03Z These qualities guarantee that long after other pop culture ephemera from 2018 has faded into obscurity, "Black Panther" will be remembered and rewatched. Top 10 blockbuster movies of 2018: Ranking the year's major action films and franchise behemoths 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z When King Henry II came to the throne, Rustici’s salary was canceled and he died in obscurity, dependent on charity, in Tours in 1554. Art Review: The Great Rustici Emerges From the Shadows 2010-12-13T15:41:00Z Again, it’s in the nature of the National Gallery that it mostly surfs above the dangerous waters of contemporary art, especially the sorting-out process whereby artists rise from obscurity to sustainable careers. The National Gallery’s great feast 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z “Milo went from relative obscurity to being a regular on political talk shows in a matter of a few months,” Phelps-Roper asserts. Perspective | Listening to ‘The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling’ is exhausting work 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z As a young girl, she was plucked from obscurity by a creepy older man, Charlie Flaxon, who trained her, married her and then, at the height of her fame, spectacularly attempted to kill her. In 'The Wholehearted,' a female boxer looks for redemption out of the ring 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z I don’t have a problem with obscurity, but the big, giant platform is certainly good. #MeToo founder Tarana Burke reflects on the movement — and the reckoning 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Possessed by a diabolical “passion to create beauty,” he leaves for Tahiti, where, like Gauguin, he dies in poverty-stricken obscurity, having triumphantly realized his vision. Photos, Perhaps, Show a Rare Glimpse of Gauguin in Tahiti 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z During the past thirty years, however, they have begun to emerge from obscurity. Stepping Across the Ice: Teffi (1872-1952) 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Max Beckmann fled to Amsterdam and then the US; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner committed suicide; while Schwitters went on to live and die in virtual obscurity in the English Lake District. 'Degenerate art' memorial planned 2012-10-19T11:13:05Z Since 2003, The Believer has deliberately avoided anything that smacks of self-importance; obscurity is its engine, quirk its kink. The best of literary magazines in three new collections At the time of the Zappa and Parker encounters, the mid-1950s, Varèse was emerging from a long period of obscurity, depression and frustration about his inability to realise a new kind of music. Edgard Var?se: in wait for the future 2010-04-08T21:30:00Z Middleton herself, at 29, is viewed as much older and wiser than Diana who emerged from obscurity as a 19-year-old to become Prince Charles's bride and front page news. Paparazzi lie in wait for prince's bride-to-be 2011-02-18T11:44:21Z But then, like so many historical accounts, it vanished into obscurity. ‘Icebound’ Takes Us Back to the Arctic, in All Its Terror and Splendor 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z In the hours since the film was officially sentenced to obscurity, I've spent a lot of time thinking about “The Interview” and the implications of the decision to bury it. Absurd, this fuss over Three Stooges-like 'The Interview' 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z And the family’s improbable journey from obscurity in Ireland to eventual prosperity and celebrity in the U.S. offers hope to America’s latest arrivals from Afghanistan, Ukraine and beyond. ‘The First Kennedys’ explores a dynasty’s humble Irish roots 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The Guardian spoke to them about the project, the power of the Simpsons and why they included such outliers and obscurities as Frank’s Place in their run down. What's the greatest TV show of all time? Easy. The Simpsons 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z He is also tone-deaf on the subject of sexism in the 1930s, drawing few conclusions about Zora’s death in obscurity and Langston’s lifelong fame. Review | A look at what brought Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes together. And what tore them apart. 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z It's a relief to meet an artist who, despite producing hugely important work in relative obscurity, seems entirely contented. Evan Parker's musical utopia 2010-04-22T21:35:00Z After six years of obscurity, they're having the time of their lives – try telling them their audience is dead. Rock isn't dead ? it's just resting 2011-01-12T17:26:32Z Better to leave him in obscurity, they figured. Abroad: 50 Years After Trial, Eichmann Secrets Live On 2011-05-09T01:15:07Z Despite its relative obscurity, it remains a minor Proustian masterpiece, wherein the child’s lonely world of objects is lovingly chronicled, culminating in a tyke-sized version of the Arcades Project’s urban materialist study. Hannah Arendt was right: Walter Benjamin is “sui generis” 2014-03-19T11:50:00Z But the points he is making are obscure, and “Aidos” is not quite strange enough for that obscurity to be fully compelling. Review: Douglas Dunn’s ‘Aidos’ Is Set to Bach at BAM Fisher 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z His downward spiral to obscurity began, and he changed personas again. ‘Jobriath A.D.’: Glam rocker’s meteoric rise — and fall 2014-01-30T20:48:22Z For MAC executives, Mr. Lopez’s posthumous obscurity was far outweighed by their sense of him as an emblem of a chromatically vibrant and pre-corporate fashion world. Drawn Again to the Images of the Illustrator Antonio Lopez 2012-08-29T22:01:48Z Bad TV shows can be rescued from obscurity by post-modernism—the knight in shining irony. Rise of the reboots gives new life to Rocky and Ghostbusters 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z A source it says is close to the cardinals who prepared the report told La Repubblica, with equal poetic obscurity, “Everything revolves around the non-observance of the sixth and seventh commandments.” Did a gay blackmail scandal bring down the pope? 2013-02-22T19:56:00Z Well, surely no city on earth needs another destination boutique with the precise mix of aspirational designers and utter obscurities that retailers like to describe as “curated.” Global Shopper: Excelsior in Milan 2012-02-22T22:38:44Z A stubborn obscurity in several senses prevents him from investing every minute of his film with the same richness and immediacy, but it’s still an alchemical experiment well worth witnessing. ‘Story of My Death,’ a Tale of Casanova and Dracula 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z And as it fades into obscurity, so too does our dignity. Facebook’s Last Taboo: The Unhappy Marriage 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z For some, the evening’s high point was a deadpan rendition of a comic obscurity by Sidney Myer, a beloved latter-day vaudevillian and New York nightclub manager. Review: The New York Cabaret Convention Branches Out 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The band — which will play sold-out shows at Webster Hall on Friday and the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday — still has its fallback mode, a half-soaring, half-stumbling style thick with texture and obscurity. Critics? Choice: New CDs by the New Pornographers and the Hold Steady 2010-05-02T20:55:00Z Changing tastes hastened the public’s amnesia for his music, and he spent most of the next years in obscurity running a live music club. Music: Korea Rediscovers Its Rock 'N' Roll Soul 2011-10-20T12:30:16Z The difference is that Bergman, for all his occasional obscurity, offers no lofty conclusions, leaving it to us to decide whether Karin's crisis ultimately forces the family to confront its own failings. Review 2010-06-16T23:56:00Z Watching Davis McCallum’s brisk, pitch-perfect production at the Mint Theater Company feels like stumbling across a lost film classic by Howard Hawks: How did this fresh and fizzy thing fall into obscurity? Theater Review: ‘London Wall,’ an Old Romantic Comedy Resurrected 2014-02-25T21:37:33Z He considers her obscurity such a "loss to the world" that he offers to use his industry connections and fan base to make her a star. Passion and fame in the digital age: Watching 'Sex With Strangers' at the Geffen 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z In her final decades, she slipped into obscurity. A Work by Zora Neale Hurston Will Finally Be Published 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The flipside of this argument, however, is to ask if these filmmakers are actually ignoring their own audience back home in their misguided attempts to be heralded as the next indecipherable guru of subtitled obscurity. Arab cinema is in crisis – it needs dramatic resolution 2012-10-10T07:30:01Z Dickinson's department was a more free-spirited affair and has paid the price in obscurity and misrepresentation. Slade film school: the department that was nearly a movement 2011-01-28T17:10:06Z The reason for its obscurity: rights issues behind the clips that Mr. Andersen pulled from more than 200 films. Movie Listings for Jan. 3-9 2014-01-02T23:07:21Z Check out some obscurities, and impress your friends and colleagues at holiday parties. ‘Stars at Noon,’ ‘Vortex’ and More of This Year’s Streaming Gems 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z "The Estefans' journey of success, led by raw talent and passion, is captivating as it drove them from relative obscurity to global sensations," Jimmy Nederlander, the organization's president, said in a statement announcing the deal. Singer Gloria Estefan, husband, plan Broadway show of their lives 2013-02-05T20:49:39Z As things turned out, the piece languished in obscurity until it was rediscovered in the 19th century, and has since come to be regarded as a key work of the late baroque era. TV highlights 02/08/2012 2012-08-01T19:29:01Z Rodriguez faded into obscurity, never recording again nor knowing about his success in South Africa. Finding Paul Simon, seeking "Sugar Man" at Sundance 2012-01-26T23:25:05Z People sometimes criticize writers for their influence—I mean, most writers write in obscurity with the hope that somebody will actually read them. Philip Gourevitch: Memory is a disease 2012-09-26T20:31:00Z Like every faithful and forgotten ethics chief before him, since the office was created as a post-Watergate reform in 1978, Shaub had seemed destined to pass directly from obscurity to oblivion. How the U.S. ethics chief took on Trump and became a reluctant Washington hero 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Neither man was destined to be an artist; both worked largely from memory and died in obscurity. Wild Waves and Quiet Streets: 2 Artists Working From Memory 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Canon fodder at the Donmar As noted above regarding Danton's Death, there's zero hope of New Yorkers seeing theatrical obscurities such as Heinrich von Kleist's Prince of Homburg. My theatrical busman's holiday in London: what am I missing? 2010-08-16T08:35:00Z Constand was living in Canada in relative obscurity at the time, practicing massage therapy and doting on her standard poodle, Madeleine. Three years and 60 accusers later, Bill Cosby’s trial begins. But only one woman will decide his fate. 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Hamelin, who turns 50 in September, has recorded his own works alongside a vast collection of little-known repertory, making a name for himself with terrific releases of worthy obscurities on the Hyperion label. King of Virtuosos Is Weary Of His Crown 2011-07-22T15:32:31Z His current obscurity is something this documentary, directed by Jonathan Lee and including eloquent testimony from friends, family and admirers, is determined to overcome. | 'Paul Goodman Changed My Life': ?Paul Goodman Changed My Life,? Directed by Jonathan Lee - Review 2011-10-18T21:22:40Z Britten himself had a hand in casting some of his finest work into obscurity, Banks notes. Celebrate choral Britten with Esoterics, Seattle Pro Musica 2013-12-05T20:41:59Z Their interminable funk jams and 1970s obscurities may tempt all but the purists into fleeing for the exits, but thankfully, the 90-minute experience erupts with a stellar, hit-packed last half-hour. Earth, Wind & Fire 2010-07-25T21:30:00Z Their partnership is fast becoming one of the most distinctive and mutually beneficial in cinema, a potent indie combo that has seen them rise from obscurity to big-buck deals. Trailer Trash 2013-06-01T23:05:53Z In addition to his decades-long drug addiction, Mr. Liebling had toiled in obscurity and had an uncompromising attitude that sometimes put him at odds with his revolving cast of band mates and producers. ?Last Days Here? Examines Bobby Liebling and Pentagram 2012-02-24T19:50:11Z Another reason for the opera’s obscurity is that Gemma is “perhaps vocally the most daunting role Donizetti ever composed for a soprano,” says the New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Opera Review: Donizetti's Birthplace Revives His Bel Canto Gem,' Gemma Di Vergi' 2011-09-20T12:00:07Z Novoselic, now, says that it was “kind of traumatic” to go “from complete obscurity to being the No. 1 band in the world.” Kurt Cobain’s Beautiful Heck 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z At the age of 16, he met his mentor, the English teacher Philip Burton, one of those extraordinary polymaths who choose to lead their lives in obscurity. The Richard Burton Diaries edited by Chris Williams – review 2012-11-29T08:00:03Z Though not pretentious, his film feels a tad overthought, held back somehow by a stubborn, dour obscurity clouding its freshly realized, lurid milieu. ‘Miss Lovely,’ About Indian Exploitation Films 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z To the impressionable Tester, obscurity would be a tragedy. “Jawline,” Reviewed: A Chilling Look at the Making of a Teen Influencer 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z His obscurity, however, ended with a dramatic flourish. V. S. Gaitonde’s Art Gets a Guggenheim Retrospective 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z In “Horse,” though, Lexington is ennobled by art and science, and roars back from obscurity to achieve the high status of metaphor. In ‘Horse,’ Geraldine Brooks Sets a Consideration of Race at the Track 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Charles de Vilmorin — who was plucked from relative obscurity last year to head up one of Paris fashion’s most iconic houses — has a lot to prove. Balmain calls for peace and truth in Paris Fashion Week show 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Through a combination of interviews, analysis and narrative, Neyfakh offers an intriguing profile of an artist working between obscurity and fame, corniness and knowingness. ‘The Next Next Level’ by Leon Neyfakh: a tale of rap and friendship 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z But, in a time where it also seems as if no one is working outside of social media’s all-seeing eye, it’s harder to imagine a musician like Emmanuel, working in peaceful obscurity. The Case for New Age Music as American Folk Art 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z What happened to drag the negroni from obscurity into A-list cocktail stardom? The unloved cocktails that deserve to be the toast of the bar 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z When five girls were plucked from obscurity on an ITV talent show, no one would have imagined that one of them would go on to become the "nation's sweetheart". Cole's roles 2011-05-05T15:16:24Z The Atlanta-based producer is credited with plucking the duo from obscurity, signing them to Ear Drummers and providing the beats for the majority of their commercial output to date. Cash Flex Zone: Rae Sremmurd And The Future Of Hip-Hop 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z We can’t resist the idea of a person raised from obscurity and ashes into royalty and glitter. Review | Twice-told tales: Jo Nesbø, Madeline Miller and others revive classic stories 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D Major languished in obscurity until it was published more than 200 years after the German baroque composer's death. Readers recommend: classical songs – results 2012-06-14T09:21:59Z “That’s when she basically disappeared,” he said, moving back to California and fading into relative obscurity. Joyce Bryant, Sensual Singer Who Changed Course, Dies at 95 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The long set that followed was a fulfillment of that pledge, with band staples, old and new, mixed in with relative obscurities from the extended catalog. Music: Jeff Tweedy and Wilco Build a Festival at Mass MoCA 2010-08-16T22:44:00Z I sort of tried to use his obscurity to my advantage. The biographer of Chester Arthur discusses the forgotten president 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z In Shortz’s era, he’s worked to eliminate that kind of obscurity, making the puzzles more playful and bringing more pop culture into the mix. Meet Jeff Chen, the Seattle man who’s published more than 125 crosswords in The New York Times 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z But it has a powerful contribution to make to a modern argument about the delights of obscurity, and how much should be sacrificed to perpetual illumination. Laurence Scott: rereading Maurice by EM Forster 2013-07-05T10:00:01Z Yet “Cry, Trojans!,” which opened on Tuesday night, only piles obscurity onto a play that has baffled and divided scholars, critics and audiences for centuries. Review: ‘Cry, Trojans!’ Is the Wooster Group’s Take on ‘Troilus and Cressida’ 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z In one self-conscious moment, the Ain’t Rights talk about eschewing the modern-day promotion of social media, even if it means relegating themselves to obscurity. How D.C. punk influenced one of the year’s most anticipated horror movies 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The Proms are not just for mainstream repertoire but for obscurities, too. My perfect Proms 2010-07-08T21:45:00Z Leary plays an aging rockstar named Johnny Rock, brought back from obscurity by the discovery of a long-lost daughter who has both money and a vision of becoming a musical act in her own right. Denis Leary’s “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” is sad & dated & raunchy & rough 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Amy never wanted to die in obscurity, to die having never made a record as good as 'Back To Black.' Media, stars react to death of Amy Winehouse 2011-07-25T15:59:00Z Meanwhile the prize has been awarded to projects that have since subsided into obscurity. Coming up short 2010-07-24T23:05:00Z Like similar volumes, “The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway” provides a scholarly and biographical introduction, lots of illustrations and extensive marginal notes that explain obscurities, identify people and places, and provide interpretive comment. Review | Virginia Woolf’s novels once left me cold. A new book about ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ changed my mind. 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Extra points given for obscurity and creative compound words. HBO's The Newsroom in a word 2012-07-09T17:02:37Z How is this possible when most hip-hop artists fade into obscurity after their first hit, if they are even lucky enough to have a hit at all? Rap legend Rakim opens up about finding his unique, intellectual sound and transforming hip-hop 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z Hatched by foreign and indie filmmakers, they are seen in seconds-long snippets by hundred of millions of viewers on Oscar night, then dissolve into obscurity. How to Win Big in the “Little” Categories at the Oscars 2014-02-28T16:48:58Z But this portrayal has been to the benefit of the sciences, prized for their supposed clarity and utility over the humanities' alleged obscurity and uselessness. How AI is hijacking art history 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Not every casting choice was a brilliant one and, if for some the show was the first step to stardom, for others it was the last stop before obscurity. At 40, 'Saturday Night Live' is still in its prime 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Four teenagers from the housing projects in the north of France are plucked from obscurity; they’re the “worst” behaved, the most problematic among the kids who showed up to audition. France’s Fault Lines Are Exposed in an American Film Showcase 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z In just eight years, Cantelli had shot from obscurity to a career whose brightness still blinds today. A Conductor’s Career, Cut Short, Still Blazes on Recordings 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z A mild-mannered technology consultant by day, Haynes, 54, is on a mission to save Virginia barbecue from obscurity. Where did barbecue begin? Virginia, he says — and he stands by it 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z Others, notably those in religious orders, worked in total obscurity. The Renaissance Women Who Painted Against the Odds 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z There’s a reason that after its debut at the Slamdance film festival in January, the film has quietly slinked away into obscurity, making its television debut tonight on Showtime to little or no fanfare. Dennis Rodman’s North Korea diplomacy trainwreck: His “Big Bang in Pyongyang” goes out with a whimper 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Not every artist whose work languishes in obscurity is unjustly ignored. Critic’s Notebook: The Effort to Resurrect the Sculptor Germaine Richier 2014-03-20T21:41:29Z As for Wright, she is free to step off the carousel and slide into obscurity. Cannes 2013: The Congress – review 2013-05-16T13:42:34Z Ms. LaVette is quick to note that she spent 45 years in relative obscurity before she was rediscovered several years ago. Music Review: Bettye LaVette at the Caf? Carlyle 2012-03-19T21:37:23Z But throughout the years of obscurity and literary fame, East River Park was the writer’s dependable urban oasis. Eileen Myles Watches Over an Ever-Changing New York 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z It remains to be seen if he is a one hit wonder, but it concerns me that the show provides a shortcut to the top, followed by an even quicker way back to obscurity! James Arthur wins X Factor final 2012-12-10T12:12:13Z Clark has spoken of Cubism’s willingness “to make the best of that obscurity, and finally to revel in it.” Even the ‘Wrong’ Picasso Can Be So Right 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Even if his name has largely drifted into obscurity, Russell's gospel infused, soul-country blend continues to echo through recent recordings by the likes of Sheryl Crow, Zac Brown and Kid Rock. Elton John puts Leon Russell back in the spotlight 2010-10-19T23:23:00Z But then again, Mr. Weiner, 52, has hardly been laboring in obscurity. ‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner’s Foray Into Fiction 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z He hasn't made a feature film since the murky and phantasmagorical "Inland Empire" in 2006, but David Lynch hasn't been idling away in obscurity. David Lynch opens his museum exhibition in Philadelphia 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z It was a great move for a singer whose talent is no longer shrouded in obscurity. The Weeknd emerges from the darkness at Verizon Center 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Furthermore, she said, he was the only individual artist to successfully bring step dancing into a contemporary context since the form rocketed from obscurity to fame, and then running-joke territory, with the “Riverdance” phenomenon. Colin Dunne Brings ?Out of Time? to Baryshnikov Arts Center 2011-10-16T04:00:08Z Or did he go into obscurity before being rediscovered? The Renaissance’s Most Influential Composer, 500 Years Later 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z For a depressing number of people who find fame in the pop culture world, aging brings either humiliation or obscurity. Television Review: ‘About Face: Supermodels Then and Now,’ HBO Documentary 2012-07-29T21:44:47Z She’s probably contemplating something abstract—the passage of time, the obscurity of fate. Be Careful! Your Mind Makes Accidents Inevitable 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z “She was there to embrace and elevate, not just me but the entire staff,” said Mr. Lagasse, whom Ms. Brennan plucked from obscurity and installed, at age 23, as Commander’s chef in the early 1980s. At 91, Ella Brennan Still Feeds (and Leads) New Orleans 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z For all the hand-wringing that film and television have eclipsed literary fiction at the center of the cultural conversation, it must be acknowledged that occasionally cinema saves novels from mildewed obscurity. The Novel That Inspired Harry Styles and Emma Corrin’s Upcoming Film 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z The novel suggests that some lives may be lived out in spiritual obscurity, a perpetual half-sleep. Laurence Scott: rereading Maurice by EM Forster 2013-07-05T10:00:01Z But darkness also offers another sort of obscurity. Laurence Scott: rereading Maurice by EM Forster 2013-07-05T10:00:01Z The same goes for future ZAZ classics like Top Secret! and The Naked Gun: rooting a spoof in genre obscurities from Hollywood past turns the absence of timeliness into a secret virtue. Airplane! at 40: the best spoof comedy ever made? 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z “Fame or obscurity, small press or large, should have no bearing on your deliberations,” the board wrote. National Book Awards Dinner Reinvents Itself 2012-11-11T22:41:12Z It is jolting, even knowing all that we know about Hollywood, that McKinney was only in her 30s and facing obscurity. The Glory of Nina Mae McKinney, an Early Black Star in White Hollywood 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z He’s among a generation of practitioners, at ease with slick production in multiple media, who have put Paris back on the map of the international art world after long years of obscurity. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The services, rather than harboring the most ambitious films by virtual outsiders, push them deeper into obscurity. Highlights from the 2019 Maryland Film Festival 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z When Reservoir Dogs hit theaters in 1992, it rocketed a young filmmaker from obscurity and reinvented independent film. Quentin Tarantino remembers Reservoir Dogs: 'I counted the walkouts' 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z There were some relative obscurities on the bill, too: The combo of indie faves Shovels & Rope with Iron & Wine indicates the booker was a fan of the board game Clue. Fans and artists pay tribute to Emmylou Harris at Constitution Hall 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z His intermittent disparagement elevated her from near obscurity. Taunted by Trump, ‘Little Katy’ stood her ground. And became a star because of it. 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z She didn’t want to fade into confused obscurity, so she decided to end her own life. Suicide tourists flock to Switzerland 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z In the turmoil at the end of “Breaking Bad,” Saul fled, disappearing into obscurity somewhere else under a new identity, a D.I.Y. witness self-protection program. ‘Better Call Saul,’ a ‘Breaking Bad’ Spinoff on AMC 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The show represents a problem of modern celebrity: For the stars of yesteryear, it’s gotten easier and easier to stave off obscurity, whether with a reality show or a half-baked sitcom. Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence’s new sitcom “Partners” feels oddly familiar 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Its obscurity, this book suggests, is its salvation. Dancing in the dark 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z So why can’t we accept that famous marriages can be as interior and complicated as those carried out in relative obscurity? You don’t know anything about the Osbournes marriage 2013-04-17T14:59:00Z Critics suggest that this might be due to the character's "relative obscurity". 5 lesser-known Marvel characters coming to the onscreen MCU 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z After decades of obscurity for Kapustin, his cult has been growing over the past two decades, thanks in part to a series of recordings by Marc-André Hamelin and Steven Osborne on the Hyperion label. A Composer Shows the Way to Give Classical Music Swing 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z It’s part of the “beautiful princess plucked from obscurity” thing, an old-fashioned fantasy that manages to co-exist and survive even in a society that’s increasingly skeptical of all things pink and princess-y. Why Benedict Cumberbatch's Engagement Is All About Us 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Goodbye Girl took him all the way from obscurity in Brooklyn to the Academy award winners' podium in 1978. Richard Dreyfuss on Duddy Kravitz: 'I hated it. Then I realised I was nuts' 2013-05-30T16:50:34Z And his presence feels unnatural, especially without any reference to his current obscurity. Rise of the Guardians: Santa and His Superhero Posse on a Quest to Save Childhood Innocence 2012-11-21T16:15:34Z Behind him at every turn, the E Street Band played with a lean, explosive vigor, sounding stalwart on the warhorses and invigorated by relative obscurities like “So Young and in Love,” an old roadhouse shuffle. Music Review: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Izod Center 2012-04-04T10:27:12Z It will become her visual symbol as she rises to fame, even as George’s dazzling smile freezes when his stardom dims to obscurity. The Artist: A 'Silent' Film to Sing About 2011-11-22T15:30:45Z Deeper within this superstructure subtler patterns occur; concealed associations that might or might not be detected by the reader: Joyce's signposting is subtle, often to the point of obscurity. A brief survey of the short story 2011-03-09T09:41:46Z Works that take flight are short, viral hits that achieve buzz vanish soon after into obscurity. Ready, set, bake! Apple's vibrantly witty "Dickinson" layers in the sweetness and spice of fame 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z The previous year, film-maker Sean Baker had plucked her from obscurity in Los Angeles to star in his transgender comedy Tangerine. Mya Taylor, the transgender actor who could make Hollywood history 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z With our knowledge of Burns’s quick slide into obscurity, it is hard to be anything other than baffled and irritated at his overweening egoism. Books of The Times: David Margolick’s ‘Dreadful’ Explores a Gay Novelist’s Anguish 2013-07-31T21:30:19Z It’s the sort of transformation that happens to young and deeply capable bands plucked from relative obscurity — the bustling Minneapolis indie-rock scene in this case, but still — and delivered to the wider world. Music Review: The Minneapolis Band Howler at Pianos - Review 2012-01-19T23:28:18Z The work had a successful Metropolitan Opera premiere in 1934, but then vanished into obscurity. Opera & Classical Music Listings for May 2-8 2014-05-01T22:04:07Z The return of the vital, stormy music of the composer Julius Eastman, who died in obscurity in 1990, has been an inspiring story in recent years. The Best Classical Music of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z He said that the magazine’s saving grace may be its relative obscurity. Eluding Censors, a Magazine Covers Southeast Asia’s Literary Scene 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Its comparative obscurity makes it refreshing, as does its secularism. Twelve Feel-Good Seasonal Pop Classics, with and Without Christmas 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z This newspaper called George Cain’s “Blueschild Baby” the “most important work of fiction by an Afro-American since ‘Native Son’” after it was published in 1970, but since then it’s fallen into obscurity. Leslie Jamison on the Best Book She Ever Got as a Present 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Yet writers, painters, sculptors programmers, scientists and engineers toil in relative obscurity, despite the fact that they enrich the world for ALL of us. With the Olympics Over, Six Former Host Cities Worth Visiting 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z He kept his diaries from 1909 to 1923; they end not long before he died in obscurity, at 40, from tuberculosis. The Kafka You Never Knew 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z But that language, ingenious but impossible to use, quickly faded into obscurity. Isaac Newton’s universal language 2013-05-11T15:00:00Z It was filled with a combination of well-known songs like "Alison," a handful of obscurities and covers like Prince's "Sign O' the Times." Elvis Costello revives his spinning songbook 2011-02-07T14:44:31Z Shriver was forty-eight at the time, and had spent years writing in obscurity. Lionel Shriver Imagines America’s Collapse 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z That disconnection from time and era, that vagueness surrounding gender and identity, are qualities that have informed Glenn-Copeland’s life, from obscurity and ostracization to eventual acceptance and adoration. Don’t despair: Beverly Glenn-Copeland actually has hope to offer us in 2020 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Many of those doctors worked in obscurity for decades, some under impossible conditions, just to get anyone to care about what they recognized as an important public health crisis. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: One Family’s War Against Alzheimer’s 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z It’s millions of people in obscurity who did most of the heavy lifting, only to have somebody step in and get the credit. The ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Showrunners on ‘Redefining the Story of Losers’ 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Having escaped peasant obscurity, Agnes fights adversities that threaten to send her back to poverty. Review | Twice-told tales: Jo Nesbø, Madeline Miller and others revive classic stories 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z When Da Silva rediscovered champeta a decade later, he found its former leading lights, once big stars, living in obscurity and poverty. How African music made it big in Colombia 2010-07-08T21:45:00Z The hidden fact bides its time in obscurity waiting to be revealed by a slip of the tongue or a chance encounter. In ‘Manhattan Beach,’ Jennifer Egan Sets a Crime Story on the Waterfront 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Both men experienced triumph and then melted into obscurity; both “approached the very truth there is in failure, and probably began to no longer separate failure from truth.” In This Novel, Bringing a 700-Page Script to the Screen Is a Writer’s White Whale 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Plucked from obscurity by downtown independent label Sub Pop in the late '90s, he released a few albums there before leaving to work with Indiana label Secretly Canadian. Damien Jurado: Seattle's folk-boom godfather 2011-03-02T00:02:05Z Her grandmother was a well-known actress, plucked from obscurity à la Lana Turner. Review: ‘The Girls’ Has a Great Start. Too Bad About the Rest. 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z The diplomats in Washington and Havana are feeling their way across a bridge that Cueto and a few others have been building in obscurity for many years. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Many drinks have fallen into obscurity over time. 5 historical summer drinks to keep you cool 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z “Most novelists, no matter how popular, fall into obscurity,” she wrote. The Custodian of Forgotten Books 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z What I found tantalizing about “our unsung innermost isle,” as Mr. Paterson put it, was the very obscurity of the place. Footsteps: Poetry Made Me Do It: My Trip to the Hebrides 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z Were it not for another twist of fate it would have remained an obscurity. Sound of civil rights rings out in resurrected Staple Singers records 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Vital, innovative and lying in obscurity for too long, these life-size biblical portraits display a painterly frankness that seems to be calling modern art into being centuries ahead of its time. ‘Jacob and His Twelve Sons’: Zurbarán’s Biblical All-Stars 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Years pass and the once notorious “rainbow murders” fall from the headlines into obscurity. Decades After Two Murders, an Appalachian Town Grapples With the Crimes 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z The manners and morals of fledgling members of the privileged class have always interested this director, who made three sweet, astringent comedies in the 1990s before receding into a much remarked-upon, now thankfully concluded obscurity. Movie Review: ?Damsels in Distress,? From Whit Stillman 2012-04-05T12:00:00Z That way the young Robin Wright is free to live on as a movie star, while ageing, sagging Robin Wright can shuffle off into moneyed obscurity. Robin Wright: 'I'm in my 40s and I don't inject my face with Botox' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z And, to be fair, most artists and small-business owners must act as their own publicists or risk obscurity and bankruptcy. Of Myself I Sing 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Perlis managed to track down Leo Ornstein — who had been renowned for giving recitals of his radical piano works in the 1910s but had long since vanished into obscurity — in a trailer park in Texas. 3,000 Interviews. 50 Years. Listen to the History of American Music. 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z The actor Mr. Vaughn saw before him was shaped by years of obscurity and missed chances. Pedro Pascal: Making It at 41 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Though he died in relative obscurity, unflattering stories came to light in 2003 when the V&A ran a retrospective of his work. Guy Bourdin: Vogue legend 2011-03-21T22:00:01Z But Guggenheim died, his heirs took over, and Bauer got obscurity instead. A Bio-Play on the Painter Rudolf Bauer, at 59E59 Theaters 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z It’s a curious schism: Despite the relative obscurity of much of Petit’s work, he remains much-revered in France, where he is still described as a great choreographer who is pivotal to a French ballet heritage. Roland Petit: A French Choreographer, Most Savored in France 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z But most of those involved in the dispute agree it would be historically significant, and likely profitable, to rescue the session from obscurity. Drugs, Planes, Bail: The Wild Story of George Jones’s Lost Recordings 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z This boundedness, this simultaneous obscurity and centrality, gave to what I found in my uncle's house its air of the bucolic, of being at once fantastic and real. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z He would have cut and pasted himself into complete obscurity. Michelangelo Is the Divine Star of the Must-See Show of the Season 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z But TV on the Radio refuses to equate integrity with obscurity. TV on the Radio Releases a New Album 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Into the historical record, he weaves origin stories for Poe’s tales and poems — most of the famous ones, as well as a few obscurities. ‘Nevermore,’ a Musical Biography of Edgar Allan Poe 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The other authors on that list – Borges, Faulkner, Nabokov and Roth among them – later piled on Nobel Prizes and Pulitzers, but Keilson sank into obscurity once more. Hans Keilson: "Genius? I'm not even a proper writer!" 2010-11-21T00:05:00Z He loves the obscurity of not being a headlining act. Gad Elmaleh’s Translated Comedy 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Part of the attraction was its obscurity, to be honest. Oscar Isaac Learned to Love Blockbusters Again in ‘Moon Knight’ 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Lobrano’s sensibility was incredibly in sync with Salinger’s, but in one key respect it was at odds: Lobrano had minimal patience with obscurity. 'The Escape Artist': Thomas Beller Talks About J. D. Salinger 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z There's joy and solidarity and succour to be had in this form of togetherness, and you might well argue that the dangers of obscurity are not worth the liberations. Laurence Scott: rereading Maurice by EM Forster 2013-07-05T10:00:01Z Just because Vaughan was unknown to white fans of popular music does not mean that Vaughan languished in “obscurity.” Sarah Vaughan finally gets the biography she deserves 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Or as Mr. McBurney put it, “There’s a great fear of obscurity and misunderstanding.” Simon McBurney Discusses His ?Disappearing Number? 2010-07-02T08:19:00Z |
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