Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...director, Davenport seems to have allowed her actors free rein to interpret their character as they choose and only the aforementioned actors and Mark Levine as another friend have the discipline to keep Davenport's flat characters from fading into the background. Like Davenport's direction, Jennifer Bucksbaum's pepless choreography might as well not be there at all. The occasionally good acting and sometimes clever songs cannot fill all the voids the make It's Really Me really unsatisfying...
...artists keep getting pushed into the background...
...bellows replaces a Scotsman's lungs in filling the leather bag that drives the sound. The bag goes under his left arm; out of it and across his lap comes a collection of wood and brass tubes. Some of these are the drones, which sound continuously in the background; the others, called regulators, are activated by brass keys studded along their length and are used intermittently for emphasis. Last of all comes the melody-making chanter, an oboe-like device attached to the bag, with holes and keys and a double reed hidden...
...really tough to decide, but I wanted to explore my other opportunities," Scalise said. "I didn't know if I really wanted to coach another 20 years. I decided to try and get the background for business...
...consisted of a woman telling callers, "The boys are all tied up right now, but if you care to leave a message, I'll have them call you back." After she laughs, she adds "as soon as they're up to it." Cracking whips and moaning in the background complete the scenario...