List of Culture articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From China, Love and Hate for Common’s Oscar Speech
The recording artist's nod to Hong Kong protesters set off a social-media flame war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 FP’s Guide to the Oscars’ Foreign Film Nominees
From Argentina to Mali to Russia, this year's crop of Academy Award contenders provide a reality check on life abroad.
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Roth_TV1veep Ranked: A Washington Insider Grades the 10 Best TV Shows About D.C.
The truth about Washington is a figment of Hollywood's imagination.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Give This Film an Oscar Now
The Academy Award-nominated film "Timbuktu" explores the war within Islam.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Best of Saturday Night Live’s Foreign-Policy Skits
For 40 years the show has skewered world leaders and their politicking with satire and slapstick -- and the world is a better place for it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘De-radicalizing’ Xinjiang, One Bad Pop Song at a Time
Authorities hope the saccharine 'Little Apple' can calm tensions in the western region.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Wealthy Parents Are Fed Up With State-Run Education
Forget rote memorization and pressure-packed tests -- Western, alternative learning is the new rage.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Macbeth and the occupation of Iraq
Dunsinane, a play about the English occupation of Scotland after the death of Macbeth, is really good. And to my surprise, it is one of the best works of art I have seen on the American occupation of Iraq.
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A gay couple embrace as they gather with Gay Cruising in Modi’s India
The art of the pickup in New Delhi, where homosexuality is illegal, Grindr is growing, and policemen are waiting just around the corner.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Prize and Prejudice
Do international book awards dilute world literature?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Anne Hathaway and Ethan Hawke both playing drone pilots—what does it mean?
You know drones have arrived when Hollywood actors start finding vehicles in which they can play drone pilots.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The 2015 State of the Union, by Google Autocomplete
What the world’s search engine tells us about the state of the American psyche. Hint: It is not “strong.”
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dashed Hopes in Gay Ukraine
Ukrainians thought that, post-Maidan, their country would start to look more like Europe. But for members of the LGBT community, things may have even gotten worse.
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Shakespeare Sothebys Wherefore Art Thou Luomiou?
Shakespeare is booming in China. But translating the Bard’s greatest works isn’t as clear as a summer’s day.
