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When performed whole, the opera probes the lossof illusions, both the romantic aspirations ofMagda and the career ambitions of her servantLisette. By removing the third act, where thepiece's complications emerge, the Dunster Housecrew leave us with a thinly equivocal presentationof the illusions themselves, devoid of theundercutting irony that lends depth to Puccini'sconception...
...depiction of their relationship, astonishingly devoid of stereotype, is the movie's greatest strength. The women interact in a manner that is tender and uncontrived, and neither is ever seen listening to Melissa Etheridge or reading Sisterhood Is Global. Despite the women's differences, the viewer does not question their love. They offer each other a sense of peace, and the heroine seems to have, for the first time in her life, another's unflinching support...
...moons ago, Harvard administrators quite reasonably decided to shut down the tiny Linguistics department. Then there were protests, as the dozen or so linguistics students took up tongues against their oppressor. Their angry letters epitomized excellent grammar and syntax, though they were most certainly devoid of common sense and the old Crimson spirit...
...high school in New York City. "In the beginning, " he says, "it was Callas, Callas, Callas. I slept three nights in the streets to get into her 1965 Tosca at the Met. It was at once thrilling and hilarious, riveting and funny, especially because the performance was so devoid of humor. My giggles have always been appreciative, but once at the old Met I laughed so loud a dowager clobbered me with her program...
...meaningful would the prayers be, anyway? Religious opponents of school prayer fear petitions that would be content-free. As Christian libertarian Doug Bandow puts it, "Formalistic rituals teach an empty spirituality devoid of meaning." Is there any reason to think the pedagogues who once gave kids George Washington and the cherry tree and who now give them Crispus Attucks and other patriots of color would do any better at framing appeals to the Almighty...