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...doesn't take a mouse to smell the cheese in CBS's promos, but are they unethical? They are certainly images contrary to fact--visual lies. But you could say the same of a newscast that slaps a backdrop of a "newsroom" behind a reporter in an empty studio, or a TV newsmagazine that asks an interviewee to sit down and type for 30 seconds for the camera in order to have video of the subject "working." And there are far more egregious, low-tech and common promos on news programs. When a morning show or news broadcast shills...
...album's haunting first single, "Save Me," ponders emotional rescue, with Mann begging to be liberated from "the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone." Mann's folk-pop provides an appropriate backdrop for her deep, probing lyrics. The soundtrack also contains two gems from Supertramp, a flashback to the early '90s with Gabrielle's "Dreams," and the movie's instrumental theme by Jon Brion. But, in the end, it is Mann's work that carries this disc to greatness. Anderson's movie has quite a task in living up to the expectations created by this...
Even though the Times Square celebration went better than expected, the parties worked best in the locations that were able to provide a backdrop of history: Greece's Acropolis, Egypt's Pyramids, the Vatican, London, Versailles and Moscow's Red Square, which partied just hours after Boris Yeltsin handed a briefcase of nuclear codes to Vladimir Putin. Instead of the futurism that all these zeroes seem to command, the event was best celebrated by looking back, partially because futurism always comes off as incredibly stupid. So Seattle, Wash., a symbol for technology as well as troublemakers in sea-turtle costumes...
...both plaintive and powerful, injecting passion into lyrics such as "Baby, don't ask me to carry your weight" (from "I'm Here," the opening song). The band also played a superb arrangement of U2's "With or Without You," with Liebman's piano work creating a haunting backdrop to Zelle's growling, husky vocals. True, the band could have done with more stage presence. The usual stage trick of the guitarist and bassist facing off didn't work when the guitarist's back was to the audience and the band's mishmash of outfits suggested a lack of polish...
...play about two individuals out of time and place, but that they refer to historical events that actually occurred. The penultimate scene of the Tiananmen Square Massacre becomes real for the audience as they see Karen and her friends suffering from physical and mental pain in front of the backdrop of projected photos of the real actors and victims of Tiananmen Square...