Word: criticize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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They are the stars of River of Song: A Musical Journey down the Mississippi, an ambitious four-hour, four-part documentary series that begins airing on PBS stations this month (check local listings). The series, written by Elijah Wald, a music critic for the Boston Globe, and directed by Boston-based filmmaker John Junkerman, is a multimedia event: there's a corresponding seven-hour, seven-part series airing on Public Radio International; a 36-song, two-CD sound track (Smithsonian Folkways); and a 352-page companion book (St. Martin's). But the purpose of each is singularly focused: to document...
...middle of the desert (Las Vegas) listening with approval as the Brit on the stool next to me browbeat the chef: "It tastes like a black plastic bag," he whined, pointing to his tuna roll. "I can't eat the bahhhg-tasting thing!" Figuring he was a fellow critic, I struck up a conversation. The man turned out to be Joe McAllister--CEO of Monimals Trading Co. Ltd. of London! "Where can you buy those damn things?" I asked. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship that has at last allowed me to answer the biggest question...
...even his many critics acknowledge that Venter is a scientist with remarkable insight--indeed, a likely Nobel prizewinner. Francis Collins, who took over the Human Genome Project after Watson's departure, concedes that Venter "stirred the pot," while Watson, still Venter's severest critic, is careful to avoid public comment on their feud. But with the race entering its final laps, Venter is prepared to stake everything he has on the outcome. "In three years or so," he promises, "one of us is going to look mighty foolish...
...smitten London critic described Nicole Kidman's performance in The Blue Room as "pure theatrical Viagra," but the medication Broadway has needed most in recent weeks is Valium. As David Hare's new play, in which both Kidman and co-star Iain Glen appear briefly in the nude, prepared to transfer from London to New York City, trend-conscious theatergoers seemed headed for a nervous breakdown: the clamor for tickets exceeded anything in recent Broadway memory...
...When they do come off, Netanyahu will face a strong challenge from the Labor party, currently led by Ehud Barak, who is a consistent critic of what Labor calls Netanyahu's abandonment of the peace agreements set in place by Yitzhak Rabin. But there also may be a challenge from popular Lt. General Amnon Lipkin-Shahak. The early line is that Netanyahu will push for new elections just before May 4, the day Yasser Arafat says he will declare an independent Palestinian state. His gamble: that such an ominous deadline will give enough Israelis cold feet to create a majority...