Justin Coit captured this moment of me & the effortlessly chic Katherine Power of Who What Wear. you might say we have a wee addiction to our mobiles
“paradox” by by brad phillips
nypl:
Before we met the robots - and excuse me androids - in STAR WARS, BLADE RUNNER, THE TERMINATOR, SHORT CIRCUIT, WALL-E, heck even WEST WORLD (underrated gem) and CAPTAIN EO (oh yeah I went there) there was the fascinating Off-Broadway stage production of R.U.R. in 1922. Debuting 90 years ago today and written by Czech playwright Karel Capek, R.U.R. was one of the earliest sci-fi stage productions and also introduced the word “robot” to the english language. The history of R.U.R. is written about in an absolutely fascinating blog entry written by Jeremy Megraw, from The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Billy Rose Theatre Collection. Let the machines rise!