Good morning, sunshines! How are we on this lovely fall day? On with the articles….

On the 18th, Tyler Hersko of IndieWire, analyzed American media companies working with China:
“Although major American entities such as Apple, the National Basketball Association, and Irvine-based video game developer Blizzard Entertainment have done business with China for years, stateside discontent regarding those relationships has increased in the last few weeks in the wake of the ongoing Hong Kong protests. It’s creating a dynamic where companies have to choose between their morals and their bottom line – and growth, more often than not, wins.”

Jen Yamato talked about how Rudy Ray Moore was more than Dolemite, for The LA Times, on the 20th:
“Although he’d eventually become known for his pioneering blend of music and comedy and the films in which he starred, Moore spent most of the 1950s and ’60s struggling to launch his career as an R&B musician and then a comedy act — to become famous any way he could.” 

Brenna Ehrlich explored the strange history of Kurt Cobain’s “Unplugged” sweater, on the 21st, over at Rolling Stone:
“The world’s most expensive cardigan is locked in a gun safe in rural Pennsylvania. It has a mysterious stain in one of its pockets —’some kind of brown, crunchy something in there,’ according to the sweater’s owner, which he guesses could be chocolate, or vomit. There’s a missing button and two cigarette burns. It smells like a grandmother’s musty attic. Still, the last time it sold, it fetched a whopping $137,500.”

Also on the 21st, Kenneth Partridge of Mental Floss, shared fun facts about the Beastie Boys “Sabotage” video:
“With their raucous mix of rock and hip-hop, the Beastie Boys were a band everyone could love. They also made killer music videos, and their 1994 video for ‘Sabotage’ is arguably one of the greatest in the history of the medium. Directed by Spike Jonze and inspired by ‘70s cop shows, ‘Sabotage’ finds the Beasties in cheesy suits, wigs, and mustaches, cavorting around L.A. like a bunch of bootleg Starskys and Hutches. If you were alive in the ‘90s, you’ve seen ‘Sabotage’ a million times, but there’s a lot you might not know about this iconic video.”

Finally, on Variety, Owen Gleiberman agreed with Scorsese and Coppola’s comments on Marvel movies, on the 23rd:
“The trouble with our blockbuster movie culture, and not just Marvel movies, is that there’s no mystery to it. None at all. It’s all on the surface; what you see is what you get. Whereas cinema, as it has stood for 100 years, represents a realm in which stories vibrate with an emotional and psychological reality that transcends the design of the film we’re watching. Cinema is about what happens, in a movie, right in front of you, but it’s also about what happens between the lines. It’s about a place where what the film brings to the audience is met by what the audience brings to the film — a sacred zone of spirit and empathy, where the identification you feel with a character takes you to someplace unknown.”

Enjoy!