Word: colorism
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...pathos, the train never stops rolling. The song’s morphological character is only briefly disrupted by the piano and string fills. These examples of clever instrumentation and uplifting melody are Case at her best. “I’m an Animal” adds some color to the album with an organ in the beginning and a chorus of backup vocals. The song is short, but the combination of the tambourine beat, thumping base, and celestial harmonies make this song one of the album’s most evocative. Despite the continued surprises, there are times...
...smaller pieces, a technique which Venetian tailors exercised in the 15th century to conserve material. However, costume designer Krystal Bly, a graduate from the New England Conservatory, explains that practicality and an appeal to the audience prevented LHO from being completely historically accurate, particularly in their choice of costume color. “Black was fashionable in the era, but we put people in different colors and women without veils,” she says. Othello’s costumes throughout the play are meant to reflect his descent into madness and self-deception. While at first his clothing...
...Wentworth, inside the swank Mall at Short Hills, to buy art, meet Stanley and stick out their tongues as much as possible. As well-coiffed ladies scrutinized $2,000 totes at the austere Fendi boutique across the way, Stanley mingled with fans and clients, signing autographs, chatting amiably about color palette and pulling swooning women to his fuzzy chest for photo ops. "I met him once at a box-set signing, but this is so much better because you really get to talk to him," says Carolyn Klotz, a die-hard fan who drove more than two hours from upstate...
...practices a duet for an upcoming concert, she tells the pianist, “I think we need a change of color.” She associates each note with its own color, though she doesn’t literally see them: “E flat major is a nice burgundy. C major is kind of blue-ish,” she says...
...profound figure behind the mic. But none of the five actors in “Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell,” performed at the Institute of Contemporary Art Thursday through Sunday, were Spalding Gray. A middle-aged woman, a man with a foreign accent, and the colorful ex-mayor of Providence Vincent A. “Buddy” Cianci, Jr., all stepped in to read Gray’s words. Yet this physical disparity was inconsequential; Gray’s words retained their appeal, capturing his life with a familiar poignancy.After a long struggle with depression...