88 newyork| september14–27, 2020
THE APPROVAL MATRIX Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
brillianthighbrowlowbrowdespicablePHOTOGRAPHS: THE WHITE HOUSE/YOUTUBE (TRUMP); THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (KRUG); JOEL ROUSE (MINISTRY OF DEFENCE)/WIKIMEDIA (QUEEN); PATRICIA_NORBY/TWITTER (PATRICIA MARROQUIN NORBY); MONIKA M. WAHI/WIKIMEDIA (NORTHEASTERN); A G/YOUTUBE (CATE BLANCHETT); CHARLES NG/W
KMED
A (TENNIS
); 20TH CENTURY FOX (GOTV ZOOM); CBS NEW YORK (OUT-OF-WORK ARTISTS); GAGE SKIDMORE/FLICKR (KAMALA); KEVIN CUMMINS (ANDREW SCOTT); MELINDA SUE GORDON/WARNER BROS. (TENET); MARK JONES/WIKIMEDIA (MEGHAN AND HARRY); LUPITANYONGO/INSTAGRAM
(#TAKEYOURTIMEBUTDONTWASTEYOURT
ME); W
ARNER BROS./YOUTUBE (DUNE); BBC NEWS (SURREAL); GOODCOBIKECLUB/INSTAGRAM (BLACK AND BROWN BIKE CREW); VERZUZTV/INSTAGRAM (BRANDY AND MONICA); GOTHAMIST/YOUTUBE (MTA); CNN (GENDER-REVEAL PARTY); LIAMKYLESULLIVAN/YOUTUBE (SHOES);
GAGE SK
DMORE/WIKIMEDIA (ER
C TRUMP); HBO MAX (
CLASS ACTION PARK)
Bob Woodward reveals
that Trump willfully
downplayed the coronavirus
and that Bob Woodward
waited seven months to
tell us about it.Caringabout
publichealthonlyafter
publicoutcry.Tennisarchvillain’s
U.S. OpenDQ
spicesupeerie,
fanlesstournament.SecretBurningMan,
aneventyoudidn’t know
aboutandstill
If wehavetowatch thoughtwaslame.
onemoreHollywood
GOTVZoomtable
read... Howmuch
longeruntilNovember?Out-of-workartistsbelt
aRentsonginTimes
Square, whichanytheater
teencouldtellyouis the
fastestwaytogetpeopleto
ignoreyourcause.Bill Clintongetsinto
podcasting,
a businesssorely
lacking forwhiteguys
namedBill.Grab your popcorn
and your corgi for
a movie at the queen’s
drive-in theater.Claudia Rankine’s
essential Just Us:
An American
Conversation.Patricia Marroquin
Norby makes
some much-needed
Met history.Cate Blanchett rewears
an outfit on the
Venice red carpet, kind
of like how you’ve been
wearing the same
sweatpants since March
on your couch.The Academy
attempts to do, uh,
something about
diversifying Best
Picture nominees.Ferrante’s back!If you miss Paula
Scher’s arresting posters
from your commute,
25 Years at the Public:
A Love Story has got
you covered.Andrew Scott
streams from the
Old Vic on your
old Mac.You and 25 percent of your
friends can soon eat
inside a restaurant. Literal
hunger games, anyone?PrinceHarry andMeghan
Markleusethatsweet
Netflixmoneytopay
backBritishtaxpayersfor
multimillion-dollar
cottagerenovations.#TakeYourTimeBut
DontWasteYourTime.The Black- and
brown-led bike crew
taking over the
NewYork streets.“The Boy Is Mine,” and so
is this song, says Brandy
to Monica in a deliciously
passive-aggressive
Verzuz battle.The extremelyNew
Jersey ClassActionPark
Clickbait-company on HBOMax.
mergeris calledoff.We
mayneverknowwhat
WaynefromTheWonder
Yearslookslike now.
A viral legend
returns. Let’s get
some masks!GloriousSeptember
beachdays.After 20 seasons,
it’llfinally be time to
keep up with
anybody other than
the Kardashians.Trump paraderssink
boats, learn the word
“capsize” actually has
nothing to dowith how
big your red hat is..erusopxe lariv
gniksir htrow tonsi
teneT s‘naloN
rehpotsirhCWhen two becoming
onebecomes 147 sick
and three dead.When
“surreal”
doesn’t do
it justice.Friendlyreminderto
unclenchyourjaw.Dune trailerstarring
TimothéeChalamet,
Zendaya, and,
well, anasshole.Saying you’re sorry
for your empty YouTube
apologyvideosin
an emptyapologyvideo.TheMTA doesn’t
considerdriving into
a crowdof protesters
a fireable offense.The president of New York’s
SBA
gay law es
a “fNortheastern boots
11 first-years for violating
corona protocol—then
pockets their tuition.It’s timetomutethe
phrase“pollsare
tightening”fromall
yoursocialmedia.Jessica Krug probably
shouldn’t show
her face in “El Barrio”
anytime soon.Converse 2020:
The Fight for the
Sole of America.A
p
How very 2017.In a win-win, Cowboys
get approved to
protest and the NFL
loses Eric Trump
as a fan.