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...strategy is presumably based on the assumption that, one, people in the television audience can actually tell which tuxedo was made by which shmattemeister, and, two, once they do, they're going to rush out to buy one just like it because the unemployed flamenco-dancer look is just what they've been striving...
...enthusiasm. From the raging men in kilts to the heartbroken lovers twirling across stage to the fields filled with nearly-glowing fairies, every movement pulsed with free-flowing passion. Costume designer Tunji Dada displayed nothing short of brillinace by setting the fairies' stunning off-white rags, the head dancer's billowing black ensemble, and the lovers' deep crimson costumes against a deep gray backdrop of threatening thunderclouds. The energy of the coming storm pulsed through the thunderous music and the lightning-quick motions of the dancers, ensnaring the audience and lifting it to its feet with torrents of applause...
...teamed with Gracie, a young Irish-American actress and dancer, whom he married three years later. At first Burns did the jokes and Allen played it straight, but that was soon corrected. George's indulgent prodding of Gracie's flighty non sequiturs and malapropisms helped make them the most popular male-female comedy act of the century. Burns always credited Allen with being the "genius" and deprecated his own sizable contribution. "There's a whole megillah about being a straight man," he said. "It's supposed to be so difficult. Actually, all you've got to have is ears. When...
...USUAL IMAGE OF IRISH DANCing is of a young girl wearing a fixed expression and tight ringlets, her arms pressed rigidly to her sides. Her legs? Ah, that's where the magic is: quicksilver taps, emphatic stamps and leg beats, ebullient kicks. The Irish dancer is a physically divided person...
...Northern Ireland. Says Doherty: "It was really a great time to be Irish. People took pride in rediscovering their culture. They felt good about themselves." Still, the team decided to diversify the content. Whelan adapted some flamenco rhythms that marry well with the jig. In one segment a Spanish dancer performs to traditional accompaniment; in another she does moves similar...