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...many of the songs on that album have the same frank narrative quality to them that these “Showtunes” do. Lately, the only question has been whether Merritt’s songs will tell his own story, or someone else’s. While Chen??s plays seem stylistically well suited to Merritt’s own brand of satirical beauty, there is still an inherent separation between the music and its subject. What “Showtunes” gives us is Merritt’s well-crafted soundtrack for a director?...
Just a month after everyone’s favorite booze salesman was held up at gunpoint, Cheng-San Chen??the owner of Louie’s Superette near Mather House—fell victim to the heightened security around his store. An undercover Cambridge Police Department officer, suspicious about four people who exited the store carrying alcohol, discovered that the students were underage. Chen avoided jail time and had his liquor license suspended for 12 days at the end of June 2004. Only a week after that Cambridge Licensing Commission decision, Chen was again robbed at gunpoint. Chen...
About ten years ago, Chen decided to congratulate some of his favorite customers upon their graduation. At $14.99 a bottle, Chen??s gift of choice—Bouvet Signature Brut—wasn’t cheap. But although the money came directly from Chen??s own pocket, he let the bubbly flow freely. Four years ago, in fact, he had no qualms about giving away nearly 100 bottles...
...creative” writing lend an implicit bias to the story. If a lead uses metaphor to enliven descriptions—as the lead about Louie’s does, above—the object of comparison chosen can reflect a biased view. Likening Cheng-san Chen??s departure from Louie’s to the beheading of Charles I doesn’t reflect so well on the former...
...Chen??s ideas for improvement of Louie’s include accepting credit cards, adding fresh groceries, offering take-out Chinese food, and offering DVDs for rental. Chen said he has been pitching these improvements to the new owners in the hopes of improving services for Harvard students in the future...