Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...work of Javier Mixco '99 overlaps thematically with Kanter's in its exploration of the pain and ramifications of physical loss. Covering an overnight shift in the Massachusetts's General Hospital emergency room, Mixco captured the physical manifestation of loss with several disturbing but brilliant shots. The sterility of Mixco's black and white media lends his work a quiet remove that is strikingly juxtaposed with scattered syringes, rubber gloves and wrappers of ER mayhem. Mixco, who plans to attend medical school in the future, beautifully mingled his artistic and technical sensibilities with wires emerging from the vein...
...published statements that the play is much looser than his novels, the script is incredibly tight. Here, DeLillo's inexperience as a playwright shines through: as several reviews have evidenced, the play is too densely constructed for much of the audience to understand in a single viewing. DeLillo's brilliant use of words is wasted by the speed at which they are spoken. Repeated viewings, however, bring to light connective strands of the plot; the script is a sheer pleasure to read...
...Turismo was released earlier this fall, as was the American distribution of Kent's Isola. Taking advantage of their wider stateside popularity, The Cardigans headlined the show, leaving the lesser-known Kent to play a short opening set. But popularity was not the best predictor of performance. Kent's brilliant, lacerating set was a tough act to follow, and The Cardigans' pop melodies could only barely compete with the expansive songs of Isola...
Persson's chilly delivery was emblematic of much of The Cardigans' music: poppy perfection, but seriously lacking in substance. It's nice to dance to, and especially to look at, but often emotionally distant. Kent, on the other hand, came off sounding like a brilliant, Nordic U2. Kent is a bunch to keep an eye on-maybe next time The Cardigans will be opening for them...
...last night, Harvard refused to be haunted by the recent defeat, and the Crimson rebounded in brilliant form...