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There are two significant things that Five Guys ain't. First, Ain't Misbehavin', the finest of all revues of recent decades. The emotions in Five Guys aren't as rich and varied, the performances aren't as dazzling, and the lyrics aren't as memorable. But Ain't Misbehavin' is long gone, and Five Guys is here now. Second, Five Guys isn't English. Its creators, librettist Clarke Peters and director-choreographer Charles Augins, are Americans, as are the half a dozen actors. The sensibility is very 1940s American...
...black show with absolutely no references to white people, pro or con. The nearest it comes to relevance is a rudimentary feminism, at one point disavowing the sexism of some of the vintage numbers. One can get all humorless and huffy about the feathered costume for Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens and the rest of the cheery inanity. One can insist that the theater be meaningful and memorable. Or one can, more sensibly, check one's higher consciousness at the door and have a shallow but rollicking time...
...They've "got them all on tape," says Bond. "Paul Tsongas calling Clinton a 'Pander Bear'; Ed Koch saying, 'It happens that Bill Clinton has no credibility'; Mario Cuomo calling Clinton's middle-class tax cut 'a joke.' We've got 'em, and you'll be seeing 'em. It ain't gonna be pretty...
...AMERICAN DREAM AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE. So it seemed fitting that literary explorations of the tattered myths that once bound this country together led the pack for this year's Pulitzer Prizes...
...four time signature complements wacky guitar riffs and lyrics such as "Baby, don't you drive around with Dr. Bernice/ She's not a lady doctor at all." Lowery is in top form with his mysterious but earthy images: "Baby, don't you drive around with Dr. Bernice/ That ain't a real Cadillac/ It's a Delta 88, spray-painted black/ With fake leather seats from Juarez...