Word: circus
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...embedding the musical scenes in a movie being shot inside his movie. Arty director Nie Wen (Cheung) is making a blockbuster musical in Shanghai, starring his longtime lover Sun Na (Zhou) and a hot Hong Kong idol, Lin Jian-dong (Kaneshiro). Nie's musical is set in a Chinese circus, which allows Chan to use acrobats, contortionists, fire-breathers, trapeze artists, clowns and dwarves to liven up the dance numbers. But the musical inside the movie is just a shadow play for the complex drama behind the scenes. Sun and Lin were lovers 10 years before. Lin has grown obsessed...
Treating the candidate’s answers as mere interludes to their next opportunity to speak, Banerji and Lee could perhaps be forgiven if somewhere in the midst of the circus, they had asked illuminating questions. Instead, they welcomed us to what they dubbed “the no-bullshit zone” by asking Gadgil, “Why do you want to be vice-president?” Unsatisfied with the response elicited by Banerji, Lee shot forth subsequently, “Why are you playing second-fiddle?” As if Gadgil didn?...
...this year. Warren said running while jogging—known as joggling—“makes the world a little more magical of a place.” Warren joggled in the race as part of an effort to raise $10,000 for the Afghan Mobile Mini-Circus for Children, where he studied laughter’s healing power. He said he also aims to break the Guinness records for “fastest 100 miles on a unicycle” and “most miles in one hour on a unicycle” to complete...
...Fitzpatrick said. It’s been a busy few weeks for the 2004 Ivy Player of the Year, who turned 23 on Thanksgiving and last week became engaged to his college girlfriend, former Crimson women’s soccer captain Liza Barber ’05. The circus may continue if he gets the start for the Rams this Sunday against the Washington Redskins. Martin’s status post-concussion remains uncertain, though interim Rams coach Joe Vitt has not confirmed his starter. “It’s still...
...imagery throughout is so dreamlike and beautiful, if creepy (those with a phobia of overly-realistic dolls and circus performers are hereby warned), and the structure loops back on itself so many times, that it is impossible to tell what is a dream and what, if anything, is real. All the characters are impassive until they are physically attacked, making them impossible to read, which heightens the sense of uncertainty. There are no jump-in-your-seat moments, but the overall effect is profoundly unsettling...