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Although Gruenbaum entered the art world through traditional music—he is a classically trained pianist and clarinetist—he now tends toward the abstract. “I got bored with classical, so I moved on to jazz. Then I got bored with that,” he said...
Gruenbaum has released several CDs and performed as a soloist and with various artists around the world. 2002’s Away features live recordings of his abstract pop band Math Camp, for which he composes, sings and plays Samchillian. He has also performed as a member of the Bad Spock Quartet, which consists of Gruenbaum and friends dressed in blue Starfleet uniforms and fake ears who sing purposefully out of tune...
...believe that things come from the top I’d say that we’re living in some of the most intolerant times, not even in recent history, but more far-reaching than that...There are some lessons here about tolerance that are so real, not abstract...
There's a daring, exhilarating spirit to the fights too. These are gory production numbers, immediate but also abstract--studies in what the body can achieve and endure. And because Tarantino mostly eschewed digital effects and had his performers do the stunts, you get figuratively sprayed by the sweat all that slick terpsichore generates. Even the arcs of blood have the propulsion of crimson choreography. In this sense, Kill Bill is the greatest dance film since West Side Story...
...decision, however, can be more sensitive than you might think. Those who embrace the idea in the abstract are sometimes hesitant to talk about it publicly. "When I'm asked what brought me to Texas, I just about choke," says Leanna Haar, 62. "If I admit that I left Omaha to be near my son and his family in Texas, people assume I've settled into a dotty old age, that I'm nobody except a grandma. It's weird to think of myself that way--and not true...