I, for one, have become rather cynical when it comes to movie-inspired musicals. Even if they’re done well, I end up comparing them to the original film or wondering: Have we really run out of new stories to tell?
The Menil Collection’s modest exhibition, A Thin Wall of Air: Charles James, is fascinating for the intimate glimpse it provides into the sensibilities of art patrons Dominique and John de Menil.
Any daydreamer remembers being back in school, either ignoring the teacher or absorbing the world around them as they doodled in the margins of their notes.
