by sumac | Oct 25, 2018 | Corporate Apologies
Guest post from Jonelle Patrick Yes, getting caught red-handed falsifying safety data on the shock-absorbing equipment that’s supposed to keep skyscrapers from falling down in an earthquake is the kind of thing that might warrant a public apology. This week, the KYB...
by sumac | Feb 26, 2018 | Artistic apologies
On “Fresh Air,” Terry Gross was talking to the co-writers and co-directors of Coco, Adrian Molina and Lee Unkrich. Setting up a question about how to make a “child-friendly” movie about death, she began, “Now, this is a family film. Adults are supposed to bring...
by sumac | Apr 9, 2013 | Artistic apologies
BY SPECIAL GUEST BLOGGER JONELLE PATRICK Early one morning at the end of January, Minami Minegishi – a popular 20-year-old member of the all-girl “idol” group AKB48 – is caught sneaking out of the apartment of her boyfriend (a member of all-boy...
by sumac | Mar 29, 2013 | Artistic apologies
I had a lovely escapist time reading Fallen Angel, the latest “Only in Tokyo” murder mystery. It pleasingly entwines police procedural and (literally) star-crossed love with cool information about the Tokyo host club scene and other amazing things that happen after I...
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