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...Upon the unexpected arrival of the Marschallin’s cousin, Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau (Erik Kroncke), Octavian assumes the disguise of a chambermaid, “Mariandel.” Ochs—who has come to discuss his engagement plans— mentions that he hopes to give his promised bride, Sophie von Faninal (Kate Woolf), a silver rose, and the Marschallin suggests he offer “Mariandel” as well...
True to his reputation, Fitzgerald remained as the U.S. Attorney in Chicago throughout the case. When the trial ended Tuesday, he sounded eager to return to his "day job," as he called it, and his next case: the prosecution of press baron Conrad Black for allegedly defrauding shareholders of his Hollinger International media empire. The trial is scheduled to start March...
...German, albeit with English subtitles. The comic opera’s plot—full of surprise, deception, and intrigue—tells the story of the Marschallin Marie Therese, Princess von Werdenberg, and her lover Octavian. The opera begins when the Marschallin’s country cousin, the Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau, visits her to discuss his engagement plans. She suggests that he offer a chambermaid (actually Octavian in disguise) to his future fiancée, Sophie von Faninal, as an engagement gift in addition to a special silver rose. Unexpectedly, Ochs becomes infatuated with the disguised Octavian; from...
...true that Sacha Baron Cohen makes anti-Semitic jokes all the time without coming off like an anti-Semite, and it’s not simply because he is Jewish himself...
...audience can tell that Baron Cohen’s anti-Semitic jokes are worth more than the little slapstick gags that pepper his routines. Borat in thong underwear may be designed to get a few chuckles, but when an enraged Kazakh crowd yells “Kill the Jew-egg before it hatches!” the laughs are enormous. Unlike the more benign jokes in his routines, Borat’s anti-Semitic ones are designed to provoke...