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Chicago Tribune ArtsEntertainment Section 4 Friday, July 7, 2017 3 Kardashian-Chyna episode is telling Nude posts show scarlet letters remain mostly only for women Heidi Stevens Balancing Act To paraphrase Dr. Seuss: A person's a person no matter how closely she associates with a Kar-dashian. So Blac Chyna the target of ex-fiance Rob Kardashian's social media antics deserves no less privacy and humanity than the rest of us. Kardashian posted multiple nude photos of Chyna (with whom he has a daughter) on Instagram on Wednesday, along with a bunch of accusations about elective surgeries and jewelry he paid for and other men she slept with. Instagram took down the images shortly after noon, at which point Kardashian directed his followers to Twitter, where he reposted them.

Those have been taken down too. "This is, in many ways, exactly what the revenge porn law talks about," Louis Shapiro, a criminal defense attorney, told the Los Angeles Times. "A prosecutor here could choose to make an example of him even if she doesn't want to cooperate." California passed a law against "non-consensual pornography" in 2013. Violating it is a misdemeanor resulting in up to six months in jail. Illinois passed a similar "revenge porn" law in 2014, making it a felony to post sexually explicit videos and photos of another person online without his or her Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian visit Atlanta in 2016.

Kardashian's social media attack on her this week could meet the legal PRINCE WILLI AMSWIREIM AGE definition of revenge porn. Chyna or anyone for that matter can choose when, where and with whom to share her assets and when, where and with whom not to. Always. Forever. That never expires.

"gentlemen," while the entertainers get to be treated as subhuman.) Her past job was mentioned repeatedly in social media posts Wednesday as justification for helping Kardashian's temper tantrum go viral, as though taking one's clothes off to make a living means you forever surrender agency over your body. Nope. Chyna or anyone for that matter can choose when, where and with whom to share her assets and when, where and with whom not to. Always. Forever.

That never expires. It's pretty basic. If I donate $100 to a nonprofit, that doesn't mean I'm OK with someone walking up and stealing $100 from me the next day. But you were giving it away yesterday Same thing with your body. (I have no idea, at this point, whether Rob Kar dashian counts as a nonprofit Last I checked, he designs socks.) Anyway, it's unseemly, at best, and misogynistic, at worst, to pretend the way Chyna's being exposed and pilloried is OK.

Spending capital emotional and financial on a person and having that person cheat on you is no fun, but it doesn't give you carte blanche to violate that person's privacy and agency. Why should any of us care? Because it's an opportunity to examine the technology, culture and attitudes that surround and influence us. Because our children have phones. Because our lives may not Tracy Mills, Keith Kupferer as Eddie, JeffKurysz as RexyJason, Nate Santana as Casey and Leslie Ann Sheppard as Jo. Lauren Shouse will direct The cast of Lauren Gun-derson's "The Book of Will" (Nov.

9-Dec. 17) will feature Rengin Altay as Hemings Hathaway, Dana Black as AliceSusannah, McKinley Carter as Liz CondLanier, Thorn Cox as Crane, William Dick as Jonson Dering, Sam Hubbard as MarcusBernardo, Gregory Linington as Henry Con-dell, Jim Ortlieb as John Heminges, Luigi Sottile as KnightI. Jagg and Austin Tichenor as BurbW. Jagg Horatio. Jessica Thebus will direct the story of producing Shakespeare's First Folio.

Ron Parson will direct Dominique Moris-seau's "Skeleton Crew" (Jan. 25-March 4), set at a Detroit auto plant during the Great Recession, with a cast including Bernard LANDMARK'S CENTURY CENTRE CINEMA (773) 248-7759 I NOW Evanston PLAYING CENTURY 12 permission. Nowhere in the laws is there a clause saying, "Unless the subject slept with other people, in which case: Bring it." Nowhere do they state, "Unless the subject used to be a stripper, in which case: Her body is no longer her own." Chyna used to be a dancer at a gentlemen's club in Miami before she became famous dancing in music videos. (I'm unclear why the patrons get to be Man Group access to Cirque's massive marketing and distribution network while allowing the co-founders, Wink and Stanton, to cash in on their successful creation while retaining creative control and enjoying far greater production resources. Cirque gets another widely admired global brand in its portfolio.

"There will be no co-mixing of brands," Lamarre said. "You will not be seeing 'Blue Man Group by Cirque du There is no need for that. We want them to keep their autonomy." Lamarre is, of course, speaking of creative autonomy: Blue Man Group now will have access to the formidable Cirque marketing machine, not to mention its singular experience in the business of worldwide touring and presenting. Especially to China, which Cirque clearly sees as a market with huge potential for a show that avoids language msVTCTIWiTF CITY NEAR NORTH THE THE 70MM FILM FESTIVAL SLEEPING TOP PARK RIDGE SPIDERMAN HOMECOMING (PG13) 1:30 4:30 7:30 CARS 3 (PG) 1:15 3:45 6:15 8:30 WONDER WOMAN (PG13) 1:00 4:00 7:00 DESPICABLE ME 3 (PG) 1 :00 3:30 6:00 8:15 Coming July 13 WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES July 13,14,15 G-Fe st WILIVIETTE SHOWTIMES FRIDAY ONLY THE HERO (PG13) 1:45 8:10 MOKA(NR) 3:50 8:10 DANIEL BLAKE (R) 3:50 THE WEDDING PLAN (PG) 5:50 PARIS CAN WAIT (PG) 1:45 6:00 Enjoy a Movie resemble the main characters in this situation, but the risks and behaviors are widespread. Plus, it's hard to look at this saga and not detect an element of cultural disgust at a sexual woman.

She likes it? She flaunts it? Take her down. She deserves it. Nathaniel Hawthorne couldn't have dreamed up Instagram when he penned "The Scarlet Letter" in 1850, but he sure had our number when it comes to shame. We love to dole it out, and we reserve the bulk of it for women. hstevenschicagotribune.com Twitter heidistevensl3 Gilbert as Dez, Kelvin Ros-ton Jr.

as Reggie, Jacqueline Williams as Faye and AnJi White as Shanita. Martin McDonagh's dark comedy "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" (March 15-April 22) will feature Kate Fry as Maureen Folan, Nathan Hosner as Pato Dooley, Casey Morris as Ray Dooley and Wendy Robie as Mag Folan. Artistic director BJ Jones will direct. Appearing in Molly Smith Metzler's "Cry it Out" (May 10-June 17), the final show of the season about new mothers and old household dilemmas, will be Laura Lapidus as Lina, Gabriel Ruiz as Mitchell, Darci Nalepa as Jessie and Kristina Valada-Viars as Adrienne. Jessica Fisch will direct.

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Performers and personnel will gather July 21-23 in Baraboo, the home of the Ringling brothers. The three-day circus celebration will include a July 22 performance titled "Sawdust Spangles and Dreams!" directed by Steve Smith, San Francisco Circus Center's creative director and former dean of Ringling Bros, and Barnum Bailey Clown College. The 90-minute performance promises canines, clowns, acrobatics and ringmasters. I 0 CITY NEAR NORTH THE BEGUILED (R) (1 1 :1 5) 1 2:1 5, 1 :45, 2:30, 4:20, 5:10, 7:05, 7:50, 9:30, 10:10 BBEATRIZ AT DINNER (R) (1 1 :20) 1 :30, 3:30, 5:30, 8:15,10:20 BMAUDIE (PG-13) (1 1 :25) 2:00, 4:30, 7:20, 1 0:00 "THE BIG SICK (R) (1 1 :00) 11:30, 12:00, 1 :35, 2:05, 2:35. 4:15.

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circusworldbaraboo.org. Morgan Greene Northlight Theatre sets 2017-18 casting Skokie's Northlight Theatre announced complete casting for its 2017-18 season Thursday. Matthew Lopez's "The Legend of Georgia Mc-Bride" (Sept. 14-Oct. 22), about an Elvis impersonator turned drag queen, will star Sean Blake as Miss "IN AN AGE OF A REBOOTED 'WONDER WOMAN; BELL IS THE REAL THING.

-LOS ANGELES TIMES -SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Play your favorite games in puzzle island every Sunday in the LifeStyle Section LIFE (Chimp igtibuiu STY I AE NOTES Blue Man Group sold to Cirque for 'tens of millions' After more than 25 years as an innovative, percussive enterprise, the performance company known as Blue Man Group is selling itself to Cirque du Soleil, the Montreal-based entertainment colossus that is diversifying from its roots in circus and street theater and rapidly expanding in China. "We've been around for awhile," Blue Man Group co-founder Chris Wink told the Tribune on Thursday morning. "And I think we've done a pretty good job of keeping our shows fresh, but we've had a harder time getting new projects off the ground and a harder time getting ourselves into parts of the world where we'd like to have a bigger presence." Blue Man Group, a privately held company based in New York, has performed at the Briar Street Theatre on Chicago's North Side since 1997. It also has shows in New York, Boston, Las Vegas, Orlando, Fla, and Berlin, plus a world tour. "This is a historic day for both the Cirque and Blue Man Group," said Daniel Lamarre, Cirque's president and CEO.

"We've been looking at each other for many years. We view those guys as innovators who are very much like us." Lamarre declined to reveal the purchase price but said that it was in the "tens of millions." Blue Man was founded by Wink, Phil Stanton and Matt Goldman. Goldman had previously sold his ownership stake to the private equity firm GF Capital, which became a co-owner with Wink and Stanton. In essence, the deal with Cirque du Soleil, which now is part-owned by the Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Limited, will give Blue EVANST0N CINEARTS 6 491-9751 I 'invtiiniiutviViviiiiiiTT A FILM BY ERROL MORRIS THE B-SIDE Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography OCrltks'Pkk "A PORTRAIT OF A GENUINE AMERICAN ANGEL" THE NEW YORK TIMES -THE GUARDIAN "A GEM! SUBTLY PROFOUND." VARIETY "The client chooses one portrait and the other one is a reject -I call it the B-SIDE. This is probably better than the one they did take." -ElsaDortman mm A.COM moxlepictures -Suggested for GENERAL audiences PG-Po rental Guidance Suggested some material may nol be suitable for children PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned Some maleriol may be inappropriate for children under 13 R-Restricted Persons under 1 7 nol ddmittd unless accompanied by parent or adult guardian NC-1 7 No children under 17 admitted 7v tAULU5ivttntiAtitmtni STARTS TODAY.