A Young-Adult Blockbuster With Staying Power
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Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is Elise Hannum, an assistant editor at The Atlantic who has written about Snoopy as the hero Gen Z needs and the joy of watching awards-show speeches.
Elise listens to Fall Out Boy when she needs to get work done—a habit she hasn’t shaken since college—and unwinds by bingeing a chaotic Dungeons & Dragons game show and watching 30 Rock episodes.
First, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic:
- When history doesn’t do what we wish it would
- The final word on a notorious killing
- The 10 best albums of 2023
The Culture Survey: Elise Hannum
The upcoming Broadway season has many musicals, which is about the artist Tamara de Lempicka. Do I know anything about her beyond that? Nope! The production has released a few songs so far—I especially like “Woman Is”—and I listened to Eden Espinosa (who is starring as Lempicka) sing “Once Upon a Time” from a million times when I was younger, so I’ll be in the audience. [ ]
