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...incident in his own life. But Mac stresses that the TV Bernie Mac, like the onstage Bernie Mac, is a character. "I'm more reserved," he says. "He's the cat who everybody's got in their family, who they're always trying to shut up. Bernie Mac ain't trying to be politically correct...
...really give this story the emotional punch it is striving for. Norbert Leo Butz, against all odds, becomes the standout in the cast, turning from sickly victim into a song-and-dance ghost, who comments ironically on the couple's plight in a swinging, Cy Colemanesque number, "Oh! Ain't That Sweet," that almost stops the show. The irony is somewhat jarring, since nothing in the oh-so-serious first act prepares us for it. Still, it achieves the purpose of giving us an attitude toward the tragic denouement, apart from sheer depression, which is not a good thing...
...really give this story the emotional punch it is striving for. Norbert Leo Butz, against all odds, becomes the standout in the cast, turning from sickly victim into a song-and-dance ghost, who comments ironically on the couple's plight in a swinging, Cy Colemanesque number, "Oh! Ain't That Sweet," that almost stops the show. The irony is somewhat jarring, since nothing in the oh-so-serious first act prepares us for it. Still, it achieves the purpose of giving us an attitude toward the tragic denouement, apart from sheer depression, which is not a good thing...
...York, New York," Billy Joel?s warmhearted "New York State of Mind," and Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five?s lyrical tourguide "New York, New York"(the lyrics to that last one: "Ah New York New York big city of dreams/ And everything in New York ain't always what it seems/ You might get fooled if you come from out of town/ But I'm down by law and I know my way around"). Even beyond the biggies, it?s hard to think of another city that has inspired as many classic tunes - there?s a whole songbook...
...girl trouble, any sort of trouble. Sometimes, setting a song in New York can lead to political trouble as well. The terrific twentysomething rock band The Strokes recently pulled a song off their album called "New York City Cops" because of its mocking refrain: "New York City cops - they ain?t too smart". It?s too bad the song was cut (although the song that replaced it was actually better and more inventive). Despite the fact that the song doesn?t fit today?s pro-cop public mood, "New York City Cops" still deserved to be heard, if only...