Mel Brooks Writes It All Down

Plus: a farewell to Stephen Sondheim; the lessons of “The Lorax”; and dining in a bathrobe, at Bathhouse Kitchen. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, November 28, 2021 The New Yorker Interview Mel Brooks Writes It All Down The comedian will publish his memoirs at the age of ninety-five, and is at work on “History of the World, Part II.” By Michael Schulman Comment The Lessons of “The Lorax” The battle over what we read isn’t about to end anytime soon. By Jill Lepore Culture Desk Trapped in the “House of Gucci” There are times when the movie becomes a kind of actors’ contest, with the stars lining up to salt the ham. By Anthony Lane Double Take Sunday Reading: Deceptive Morsels From the archive: a menu of pieces about food of suspicious (or even illegal) origin. By The New Yorker From the Archive Profiles Virgil Abloh, Menswear’s Biggest Star From 2019: How the creative director, who died on Sunday, brought something new to high fashion. By Doreen St. Félix Culture and More Postscript Farewell to Stephen Sondheim His legacy is one that will be debated and argued over as long as people care about musical theatre. By Adam Gopnik Books Briefly Noted “Conquering the Pacific,” “The Vanishing,” “The Making of Incarnation,” and “My Monticello.” Screening Room Intimacy and Sacrifice in a Venezuelan Migrant’s Journey In Gustavo Milan’s fictional drama “Under the Heavens,” a woman navigates the perils that can befall refugees. Film by Gustavo Milan Text by Lauren Elyse Garcia Tables for Two Dining in a Bathrobe, at Bathhouse Kitchen A journey through a Williamsburg spa can be followed by a menu including Nantucket Bay scallops and aged duck. By David Kortava Humor and Games Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Daily Shouts Faces I Didn’t Realize I Was Making (and What I Was Thinking) Expressions for thinking up the next big app, or realizing that your conspiracy-theorist Uber driver knows where you live. By Claire Friedman and Olivia de Recat Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Mad Hatter’s ultimatum: six letters. By Paolo Pasco You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.