Kurt Andersen and film director Todd Solondz talk about flaws in art, and what artists do with them. Lou Reed and Bob Dylan lure listeners with their scratchy voices. And the show visits with Al Jaffe, the illustrator who helped give Mad Magazine its wacky edge.
Guests:
Todd SolondzCommentary: Man Collides with Art, Lives
It's easy to see art when you go to a museum or gallery. Studio 360's Kurt Andersen reminds us that you also see art everyday, almost anywhere you go.
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It's Mad Magazine's 50th anniversary. Kathleen Horan caught up with Al Jaffee, one of Mad's original illustrators. Produced by Michael Raphael.
Special Guest: Todd Solondz
Kurt Andersen and Todd Solondz look at the human attraction to creative flaws and beautiful accidents.
Todd Solondz is a writer and filmmaker. Deeply flawed characters populate his movies, from 1995's Welcome to the Dollhouse, to Happiness, to last year's Storytelling.
Imperfect Voices
From Maria Callas to Lou Reed, Kurt Andersen and WNYC's John Schaefer talk about what makes a voice "flawed."
The Icarus Paintings
The myth of Icarus symbolizes fleeting glory, and the foolishness of flying too high, literally and figuratively. A story about Spencer Finch, a painter who tried to depict Icarus' hubris and doom. Produced by David Krasnow.
Intentional Flaws
There's a common notion that Navajo weavers have a tradition of deliberately including a small error into each rug or blanket they make. But is it true? Three weavers in New Mexico talk about this concept of the purposeful artistic flaw. Produced by Deborah Begel.





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