TikTok and the Vibes Revival

Plus: the most surreal moments at the 2021 Oscars; Alber Elbaz; and the Chernobyl disaster. View in browser | Update your preferences Cultural Comment TikTok and the Vibes Revival Increasingly, what we’re after on social media is not narrative or personality but moments of audiovisual eloquence. By Kyle Chayka The Oscars Culture Desk The Highs and Lows of the Pandemic Oscars The riveting gold dress of Andra Day, Chloé Zhao’s shout-out to Werner Herzog, and nostalgia for the live tears of Gwyneth Paltrow. By Anthony Lane Culture Desk The Most Surreal Moments at the Oscars Daniel Kaluuya bewilders his mother, Frances McDormand howls like a wolf, and Yuh-jung Youn finally meets Brad Pitt. By Michael Schulman The Front Row A Restrained but Revitalized Academy Awards The show’s co-producer Steven Soderbergh had promised something unusual in this unusual year, and he delivered. By Richard Brody On and Off the Avenue Fashion Was Back at the 2021 Oscars At the scaled-down Academy Awards on Sunday, the clothes, at least, allowed viewers an interlude of fantasy. By Rachel Syme From the Archive Profiles Ladies’ Man From 2009: a Profile of Alber Elbaz, the celebrated designer for Lanvin and other fashion houses, who died on Saturday. By Ariel Levy Comment The Terrible Truth About the Chernobyl Disaster On the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear explosion, a 1986 Comment examines how this incident and other crises “are in fact something more than warnings.” By Jonathan Schell Humor and Puzzles Crossword Today’s Crossword Helvetica look-alike: five letters. By Natan Last Daily Shouts Penny Rejects the Rules of Man Will there come a day when I can transcend this reality? By Karl Stevens Daily Cartoon Monday, April 26th By Julia Suits You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.