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...LaChiusa's had its first reading a few months later.) The two creative teams profess unconcern at the possibility of Party overload. "They're going to be two completely different shows," says Wolfe. "That's the fascinating phenomenon of art: you can paint a picture of a bird, and I can paint a picture of a bird, and they can be two completely different birds." Still, Wolfe's bigger-budget production has perhaps more to lose if it is perceived as an also...
...Bird's Eye View...
...thing that Malcolm Gladwell, a staff writer for the New Yorker, thinks about in The Tipping Point (Little, Brown; 279 pages; $24.95), a somersaulting exercise in social theory that tries to explain how ideas and trends are spread. Like germs, is Gladwell's answer. Hush Puppies and Big Bird, hypodermics and Republicanism--every notion and product can catch on in ways that resemble medical contagions. The most explosive are set off when very effective carriers spread very potent strains in very conducive settings. And in these social outbursts, Gladwell tells us, small things have big consequences...
...Postulate 1: Peacock: n. 1. A majestic bird known for its colorful plumes, expression of disdain, and symbolism of the colonial experience 2. (used in HPT country) small genitalia...
...Postulate 5: Middlesex neither rustles, nor vibrates, nor has a shimmering appearance. (In fact, he resembles the unfortunate lovechild of Big Bird and Grover...