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...year later, a child is born: Belén, and her skin is dark. Ana Luisa, horrified, and fearful of being ostracized by her rich friends, blames José Carlos for having had black ancestors. Now would seem to be the time to tell Ana Luisa where she came from; but the doctor says her heart is too weak to take a severe shock. "I wish I could say it were my fault," the new father says of his baby girl. "Then I could proudly say she is from my black blood." Instead he promises Mercé he will keep...
Most of the blame for this not-quite-good production goes to director Scott Edmiston, who directed “Miss Witherspoon” as a light-hearted take on dark themes. Such an interpretation misses the point of the play. Durang is dark first, funny later, and Edmiston’s direction leaves the play in dramatic limbo—not quite sad, but not quite funny, either...
...Timbaland with some rock heavyweights. Although it seems like he’s experimenting for pure fun, the results are often novel, and they provide the only venues where his lyrical ability is showcased to positive effect. “Time,” with She Wants Revenge, is dark and rewarding, like their hit single “Tear You Apart,” but the real treat is “One & Only,” performed with Fall Out Boy. Possibly the best song on the CD is “Apologize,” which provides...
...fiction, is to entertain. Yet by having as its subject the spy, the man who goes where others do not, it implicitly assumes a secondary responsibility: to inform. A good spy novel allows the reader to see the world from the perspective of the spy, to peek from the dark shadows and assess it in recognition of its full complexity. Though the advertising for “Body of Lies,” the newest novel from Washington Post columnist David R. Ignatius ’72, calls it “one of the best post...
...Reznor is further populating the fictional dystopian world of his upcoming disc, “Year Zero.” As the mastermind behind Nine Inch Nails, he’s responsible for every note you hear on every album, and for cultivating the band’s iconically dark image. His latest publicity stunt is a viral advertising campaign of impressive scope meant to establish the setting for the new LP. Maybe it’s an integral piece of something even deeper, but as a standalone video “Survivalism” isn?...