MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Florida Couple Settles Legal Battle To Keep 'The Starry Night' House
  The homeowners were fined thousands of dollars by Mount Dora officials for making their two-story house and surrounding wall look like Van Gogh's famous painting. On Tuesday, the mayor apologized.
• Parents Just Don't Understand: 'Far From The Tree' Profiles Kids Who Confound Expectations
  Rachel Dretzin's sometimes poignant film, inspired by Andrew Solomon's book, takes a narrowly focused look at kids who turned out differently than their parents thought they would.
• 'Generation Wealth' Offers Scattershot Glimpses Of Cultural Decadence
  Photographer/documentarian Lauren Greenfield (The Queen of Versailles) offers many examples of excessive wealth around the globe, but the resulting portrait lacks a clear point of view.
• Denzel Has No Fury Like 'The Equalizer 2'
  Despite the lazy cliché that triggers its plot, The Equalizer 2 is a "reasonably well-written and (of course) beautifully acted serving of geriatric-virility violence porn." If that's your thing.
• Without Breaking New Ground, 'The Death Of Truth' Is Convincing
  In her new book, former New York Times book critic Michiko Kakutani suggests that truth should be added to the list of casualties of the Trump administration.
• Nostalgia (And Norovirus) Make For A Novel 'Last Cruise'
  A vintage ocean liner stops dead in the water in Kate Christensen's latest. Critic Maureen Corrigan says the voyage is an "entertaining and elegantly written story about social class."
• Carne Asada, Hold The Meat: Why Latinos Are Embracing Vegan-Mexican Cuisine
  Meat-heavy dishes are a mainstay of Mexican cooking. But spurred by health and environmental concerns, working-class Mexican-American chefs are giving traditional dishes a plant-based makeover.
• Comic-Con, Day 1: Still Alive
  The huge fan convention that is San Diego Comic-Con kicks off today. NPR's Petra Mayer and Mallory Yu are there, and their look at Preview Night includes fandom, puppets and the aspirations of girls.
• ABBA Silver: 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again'
  Return with us now to the enchanted isle of Kalokairi, where the sun shines, the water gleams and the populace is unnervingly obsessed with '70s Swedish power-pop — albeit the B-sides, this time out.
• On The Seventh Day, They Played Soccer
  Jim McKay makes movies about New Yorkers who don't often make it to the big screen. His newest, En el Séptimo Día, is about Mexican undocumented workers who gather on the pitch on their only day off.