Word: aliã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...wasn’t the best athlete of the past century, he certainly was the most charismatic. And that’s why he was so fascinating and so beloved. If Joe Frazier—a damn talented fighter—had been blessed with Ali??s social gifts, we would remember him almost as fondly...
...time around, Mann tackles the controversial life of boxer Muhammad Ali (Smith) in a biopic that covers the decade from the 1964 championship to the “Rumble in the Jungle” with George Foreman in 1974. Mann’s stylings aside, the real test of Ali??s worth will be whether or not Smith can pull it off. Perennially thought to be underestimated, Smith’s demeanor seems appropriate, but his past performances (think Wild, Wild West) do not elucidate remembrances of conviction or effectiveness. Regardless, Mann’s psychotically controlled direction...
...incorporated in the characters. Venezuelan-born Javier De Frutos choreographed their strange, almost spasmodic dancing. The final piece in the exhibit, Paul Pfeiffer’s “The Long Count (Rumble in the Jungle),” is the second work of a trilogy based on Muhammad Ali??s most famous bouts. In “The Long Count (Rumble in the Jungle),” Pfeiffer presents Ali??s eighth round knockout of George Foreman in a 1974 Zaire fight. This piece is innovative because the boxers’ muscled figures are digitally...
...Greenheads” depic confrontational situations that appear slightly amusing until closely inspected. The figures, which seem alien-like at first glance due to their green heads, soon come to resemble human beings in compromising positions. Morbid scenes of violence show lynchings, detached limbs, captivity and fear. Ali??s fine-grained gouache techniques allow her to emphasize disturbing minute details, like Confederate flags on the belt buckles of figures resembling Klu Klux Klansmen, and to depict race issues without using black and white...