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...movie was shot with digital video cameras and transferred to film) in the service of a backstage tale as familiar as 42nd Street. It's Lee's usual mix of slapdash dramaturgy and sharp performances; note especially Paul Mooney, cogent and sexy as Pierre's dad, and Thomas Jefferson Byrd as the Mantan show's announcer. It has big third-act problems, when the caricatures are meant to morph into poignant humans. Then everyone pulls guns out. Insanity...
...Looking toward next year is exciting for the Crimson. It is losing only two seniors--epee Skylar Byrd and sabre Christina Voros--and hopes to improve upon this season's results, with this year's experience behind them...
...However, the march had a more somber side; it also commemorated individuals who have been victims of hate crimes. Two of the most poignant moments during the afternoon were the appearances of the parents of Matthew Shepard, a gay student killed in Wyoming, and nephew and sister of James Byrd Jr., an African-American who was murdered in Texas. They urged the marchers to speak out for the peaceful acceptance of diversity in America...
Choreographer Donald Byrd agreed that whatever the race of the artist, the quality of the work should always come first...
...Byrd said that such categories can be dangerous...