Word: angers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...drinkers don't often speak up, but they're there; all too often, they're either seething in anger or cowering in embarrassment. Regardless of what the College does, only when we stop acting on the assumption that everyone drinks will non-drinkers get the respect, and the time to think it over, they deserve...
Impressively, the play retains its stylish, literary sense of humor even in its intense last scene. "Life's too short for the New Yorker," Ruth quips truthfully to before an outburst of anger. Ruth and Lisa's jokes, like their writing, are at the root of their intimate relationship...
...first, I was stumped. How could I explain the intense anger and frustration I felt the moment that word slipped from that child's mouth? It isn't just like any other insult. It is not something that can be ignored or brushed off, no matter how much of a "better" person you are than the person using it. But as I thought about it, I realized that it isn't the word itself that inflamed me, it was the history behind it and the social context within which it was used...
...song with a social conscience, and not empty sensuality. It also makes a great use of the acoustic guitar, unlike most of the other songs on the album, which use a electric pop. The lyrics are bitter, and Smith's vocals are emotionally wrenching--he reverts from sadness to anger to thoughtfulness to despair and even happiness, while his deep, hoarse voice conveys all those feelings beautifully. "What Must I do Now?" is a breath of fresh air on Connected, as it is a serious song that demands an answer to a complicated, painful question from its listeners. McGhee...
...part tells the story of the deceased rapper Tupac Shakur's life. The lyrics of part one of "What Must I do Now?" are extremely powerful: "What must I do now/be your jester/fight your wars/pimp your women/be your whore/write the same songs I've sung before," wails Smith in anger before he changes venues and launches into a description of the black community as ." ..Wonderful/so beautiful/the ways we try to dull the pain." The lyrics seem almost to flow more like poetry than music...