Word: designations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Everything about the production design hints that The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari does not seek the audience to make any deep emotional investment in the story or its characters. Instead, the production jars the theatergoer into a peculiar world, encouraging reflection on the many layers of theater and the violent and lewd tendencies of society...
There were other problems, too, not the least of which was that opera lyrics--while lovely to listen to in flowing, euphonious Italian--invariably sound inane and affected when translated into English. This performance was no exception. The stage design was disappointingly stark and unimaginative, with hardly any props of any kind--unless you count the costumes...
...Vinci was intrigued by the concept of flight and made several attempts to design flying machines. His concepts range from imitations of bird wings to one sketch which critics have noted closely resembles the modern helicopter...
...horrendous crime to make a Xerox of someone," argues author and science critic Jeremy Rifkin. "You're putting a human into a genetic straitjacket. For the first time, we've taken the principles of industrial design--quality control, predictability--and applied them to a human being...
...speedboat. Last time I was well into the theory of dos before it struck me that the real question is why anyone should be reassured by seeing a computer screen light up at the flick of a switch. Surely the same geniuses who manufacture laptop-shaped bombs can design one that's programmed to flash GOOD MORNING, BARBARA. THIS IS YOUR TOSHIBA...