Word: chameleon
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...crass. A quieter new musical hit in London is an engaging little show called Taboo, which recaps the rise and drug-addled fall of Boy George, the androgynous former lead singer of the band Culture Club. The surprise is that, aside from three old favorites (with Karma Chameleon as the obligatory curtain-call rouser), the show has a new score, written by (former Boy) George O'Dowd himself. Helped by Christopher Renshaw's cabaret-style production and a dead-on performance as George by Euan Morton, O'Dowd's supple melodies and touching but tough lyrics seem to encapsulate...
...with it—I am confused about where my true home really is and feel irrevocably alienated from both of the candidates. I’m a man without a country, constantly having to adapt to life in a semi-foreign environment, changing personalities as frequently as a chameleon changes color...
...Kennedy can be unclear about when the N-word is and isn’t appropriate. On the one hand, he suggests that anyone, of any race or gender, should be condemned for using the word in a racist manner. But due to the word’s chameleon-like quality, there still exist contexts in which the word is not racist and yet, according to Kennedy, should not be used...
...that got the audience pumping. But the peak was naturally Frankie’s sharp and tuneful playing that served to spike the cocktail and got the audience dancing. Not letting the pace lag, they moved into the universal funk favorite, Herbie Hancock’s “Chameleon.” Here the other half of the rhythm section came to the fore. The bassist punched out the pentatonic riff in swift staccato beats; the guitarist wailed out a crackling solo that was perfectly punctuated by the pianist’s driving accompaniment; and again Frankie brought...
...Officer Lockstock, Jeff McCarthy anchors, and just about steals, the show with his booming voice, towering presence and chameleon-like persona. In the last scene, his line reading of “Yes, Little Sally, yes it is,” left me chuckling for days. I’m laughing right now in recalling it to write this sentence...