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...most electrifying performers. Knowles saves one song from getting lost: an astounding vocal arrangement on “Ave Maria.” The operatic song bolsters respect for her singing chops and perhaps gives some insight into “the real Beyoncé” hiding beneath the raunchy club beats and one-line choruses. Luckily for Knowles, she has an alter ego to pick up the slack. Sasha Fierce is the Beyoncé we’ve grown accustomed to—the one with fast, hi-hat-loaded dance beats and lyrics that sacrifice sensibility...
...come, it seems, is to describe thematic parts that figure prominently in at least some of them. The first, potentially unifying, simultaneously elusive concept is that of the found object, extracted from its continuum, and repurposed as art. All of Conner’s work seems to collect beneath a font of discarded, quoted, recontextualized materials—educational films, pornography reels, propaganda, B-movies, television, newsreels, quoted songs. As a filmmaker, Conner seems to revel in an almost Dadaist attitude toward a new democratic vision of art, where all materials—no matter how inane or lewd...
...one’s unknown, then one’s famous, then one’s forgotten again.” Zollner serves as the artist’s more dynamic, optimistic foil. He, in all his self-absorbed vanity, is a character you will love to hate, for beneath his flaws lies a self-consciousness with which the reader can identify. While he may be a narcissist, a pompous jerk, and a pathological liar, he is not defined by those qualities alone. Motivated by commercial opportunism, Zollner is initially attracted to Kaminski only to advance his own interests...
...after just over a decade fronting it. Over beers in a London pub, the two sketched the show's current format: out went the string of turgid, outside-broadcast pieces to camera. In came a cavernous studio. Fresh faces were added. A mystery racing driver, permanently hidden beneath overalls and a crash helmet and known only as "the Stig," injected character into the show. And while Top Gear used to dwell on "What's a car like?" says Clarkson, these days it's "What can you do with a car?" Like: Is it possible to drive to the North Pole...
...serenity. Set against the opulent decor of the lobby of the Inn at Harvard, he is dressed simply in a grey robe and matching pants, a crisp white collar clasped around his neck. Thick bifocals perch gracefully on his nose. Two tufts of snowy-white hair peek from beneath his characteristic red felt hat. He speaks with a soft, gravelly cadence, but carries himself with the gravitas befitting his stature. Chinua Achebe stands as perhaps the most recognizable and lauded African author of modern times. Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year, his premier novel, “Things Fall Apart...