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Here Wilson introduces the fruitful fences imagery. For much of the play Troy is trying to build a fence for his yard. Fences serve a twofold purpose--to keep people in or out--and both aspects appear in the play. When Troy's wife, Rose (Dolyta Avant '99), is concerned about keeping her family together, the fences serve to limit Troy's distance from his family. When Corey leaves because of his father, the fences exaggerate the importance of the fight between the two and keep Corey away from the house until his father's funeral...
...seamlessly and eloquently. In fact, their portrayals are so accurate that they lead to one minor challenge for the audience: the faithfully rendered accents can be tough to understand but soon become familiar. For the most part, the actors' gestures and acting are fluid, with the one exception of Avant, who was a bit wooden at times, but her subtle dramatic intonation amply made up for this weakness...
...Sublime Sublime (Gasoline Alley/MCA). A good-hearted street riot of punk rock, avant-garde hip-hop and ska (a faster, jerkier reggae precursor), Sublime's music is hard to categorize and harder still to resist. The band is already defunct (the lead singer and songwriter, the puckishly gifted Brad Nowell, died of a heroin overdose in May), but no rock album this year sounds more alive...
Dolyta B. Avant '99, a liaison between the BSA and the MSA, said the event helped foster interaction between different groups...
...beautiful a capella Because. Lennon, high on his new love, intones, "Yoko o no-no, Yoko o no-yes during a rough sketch for Happiness Is a Warm Gun. He does a Yokoized What's the New Mary Jane, a previously unreleased number with Lewis Carroll-like lyrics and avant-garde inventiveness. But there's also an urgent I'm So Tired, still one of Lennon's most potent songs--ennui, annoyance, panic and plea in two minutes flat. The mood of these sessions is serious fun. Songs tail into parody as the lads assume the IDs of sham bands...