New York Magazine - USA (2019-11-11)

52 newyork| november11–24, 2019

MAY 27

Morethan
a yearearly,
theNFLis
renegotiating
its tive-
b ng
a nt.

JUN 04

California

legislators

pushforan

affordable-

housing

referendum

againstlocal

opposition.

JUN 07

TheLast

BlackManin

SanFrancisco

premieres.

PHOTOGRAPHS:

DAVID

CROTTY/PMC

(DEVER);

ADRIAN

DEWEERDT/UNSPLASH

(VR);

PAUL

SMITH/ALAMY

STOCK

PHOTO

(MAJORS)

a globalizinginternet,maybewe’llstartto

understandnationalandethnicidentity notas

a romanticbelieforscientifictruthbutasan

internet-advertisingcategory. —MAXREAD

The Next Recession,

When It Comes,

Will Be So Bleak

It Will Spark

a VR Boom

KaitlynDeverWill

BeOurJodieFoster

VERSATILEISONEOFTHOSEtermsthat often

ge ts thrownaroundwhena giftedperformeris

praised,butit’s anactorlike KaitlynDever

whohelpsyoutrulyappreciatetheability to

readasauthenticandhonest inwildlydiffer-

entprojects.The22-year-oldbroke through

witha knockoutperformancesixyearsago in

ShortTerm 12 , but 2019 solidifiedthebreadth

ofDever’s talent,thankstothefemalebuddy

comedyBooksmartandNetflix’slimitedseries

Unbelievable. Deverprojectsanunderlying

strength,a sensethat thesewomenare just

figuringouthowmuchvaluethey bringtothe

world.ThesamethingcanbesaidofDeveras

anactress.It doesn’t seemoutlandishtopre-

dictthat there’sanAcademy Awardnomina-

tioninherfuture.I can’t waittoseetheexcep-

tionalworkshedoestoearnit.—JENCHANEY

PopulismWill

BreedMorePopulism

WillBreedMorePopulismWill

BreedMorePopulism...

A SportsLeagueWillFold—

OratLeastLosea Season—

BecauseofLaborIssues

IF YOUENJOYEDTHE WORLDSERIES,th e

ow heNBAFin ou

s th jorLeague the

NFL,andtheNBAare allfortifyingthemselves

fora laborapocalypse,withownerslockingup

hard-linestancesontheircollective-bargaining

agreementsandplayersalreadystowingaway

game checks for a presumed nuclear labor win-

ter. And the fallout may be significant. Say, for

example, a lockout happens in the middle of a

season, canceling the rest of it. And then say

that the issues are so rancorous the two sides

can’t get them settled before having to bag the

next season altogether. After a year and a half

without play, you’d see competitor leagues start

up, and free agents may start to defect. It’s not

outside the realm of possibility that a league

would have to fold altogether. Every league is

indestructible ... until it’s not. —WILL LEITCH

A Unified Theory of Liberal

Hypocrisy Will Emerge: Nimbyism

Opposition to wind farms, school

integration, and expansive housing

policy all shares the same root:

a noblesse oblige approach to public

policy in which the liberal noblesse

don’t feel obliged to sacrifice

any of their own privilege

(or modify any of their views).

Jonathan Majors Will Be

Our Daniel Day-Lewis

THERE ARE PERFORMANCES so emotionally

bruised and yearning they slip under your

skin, grab hold of your heart, and don’t let go.

Such is the case for Jonathan Majors. He is just

at the beginning of his career, with his first

credited film role coming in 2017’s Hostiles.

But seeing his work in The Last Black Man in

San Francisco, I immediately knew this was a

talent to be studied. While the film industry

has made strides in regard to diversity, Holly-

wood history is littered with black and brown

actors whose evident gifts weren’t enough for

them to have long, satisfying careers. This is

always buzzing in the back of my head when I

notice a singular black talent such as Majors.

But thankfully he has work lined up. He’s

caught the attention of Jordan Peele and J. J.

Abrams and will star in the upcoming HBO

series Lovecraft Country, based on the novel

by Matt Ruff, about a road trip across a ver-

sion of 1950s Jim Crow America incorporat-

ing the fantastical monstrousness its title

alludes to. —ANGELICA JADE BASTIÉN

Power

Companies Will

Be Nationalized

MAY 24

Booksmart
premieresin
theaters.

MAY 26

Populists grab
around 30
percent of seats
in theEuropean
Parliament.

MAY 21

Facebook
releases
Oculus
Quest, its
virtual-reality
gaming
system.

JUN 08

To preempt a

fire, PG&E cuts

power to tens

of thousands

of Californians.