{"id":706,"date":"2015-03-28T19:28:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T23:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=706"},"modified":"2015-03-29T04:57:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T08:57:50","slug":"706","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=706","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog March 23 – March 28"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The venerable Film Forum was showing the equally venerable The Tales of Hoffmann, a 1951 British film directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It\u2019s luscious, filled with brilliant Mediterranean colors. No computer art. It’s gorgeously handmade. Everybody was in it: Moira Shearer, Robert Rounseville, Robert Helpmann. I had loved it when I saw it years ago and was smitten by Robert Helpmann. So back I went in time to west Houston Street. Film Forum\u2019s tiny theatre designated for The Tales of Hoffmann was packed with gray, white and bald heads. I still love the film and I suspect my lifelong fascination with the allure of the Mediterranean dates from The Tales of Hoffmann but it\u2019s so long.<\/p>\n

The New York Historical Society has a moving exhibit, Chinese American Exclusion\/Inclusion. Chinese immigrants were subjected to unjust laws and quotas from 1882 to 1965 and Chinese laborers were denied entrance to the U. S. A.Through documents, photos and a recreated immigration station modeled after Angel Island, a facility that operated in San Francisco Bay between 1910 and 1940, the exhibit gives glimpses into the difficult existence of many Chinese Americans.<\/p>\n

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We had a delicious meal in the Historical Society\u2019s restaurant. Curiously, it’s named Storico. Storico means history in Italian and the food is sort of Italian but couldn\u2019t the public relations have come up with an apt name for a dining area in an American institution?<\/p>\n

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I subscribe to a free financial website, Seeking Alpha. Recently a contributor recommended Caterpillar. I wrote in the message section: “CAT machinery is used by the Israelis to destroy Palestinians’ homes. It was a CAT that killed Rachel Corey who championed the rights of Palestinians. I do not advocate buying stock in CAT.\u201d
\nAnd this was Seeking Alpha\u2019s reply:We wanted to let you know that we\u2019ve deleted the post copied at the end of this email and explain why. It was deleted because it contains stereotyping, prejudiced or racist language about individuals or the topic under discussion. We encourage you to avoid such language and remind you that the posting of racist, ethnic and similar slurs is grounds for being banned from Seeking Alpha.<\/p>\n

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