COVER STORY
Boxing
Kurt Andersen and writer Robert Anasi look at the spectacle of boxing and the sport’s fascination for choreographers, painters, writers, and filmmakers.

Brown Butterfly
Choreographer Marlies Yearby's "Brown Butterfly" brings Muhammad Ali’s life to the stage with a mixture of dance, music, and video. Produced by Steve Nelson.
Go to Movin' Spirits Dance Company

George Bellows
George Wesley Bellows's 100-year-old paintings of boxing matches celebrate the sport and depict another dimension of the spectacle -- the savagery of the audience. Produced by Jacquie Gales Webb, WAMU, Washington, DC.
Go to George Bellows at the National Gallery of Art

Cinematic Knockouts
Filmmakers have explored the drama and brutality of boxing since the beginning of film history. Writers Victor Navasky and Jack Newfield talk about boxing at the movies. Produced by Sara Fishko.
Go to The Champion on IMDB
Go to Body and Soul on IMDB
Go to a Raging Bull site

SPECIAL GUEST
Robert Anasi
Robert Anasi is an amateur boxer and the author of The Gloves: A Boxing Chronicle.
Go to The Gloves

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Commentary
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Design For The Real World
Design critic Philip Nobel finds something transcendent about what most of us would consider an eyesore -- The Bayway Refinery on the edge of the New Jersey Turnpike. Produced by Jocelyn Gonzales.

Behind The Scenes
The film From Hell is a retelling of the Jack the Ripper story, but its gruesome features are not so much visual as sonic. The movie's sound designer demonstrates some of his effects in his studio. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
Go to the From Hell site