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...between art of different time periods, it seems only natural to explore “interconnections” between different media as well. The same cultural forces and political events would influence the development of Western music and Western art through the ages—but they remain fundamentally distinct media. Can unconscious or background perception of one inform a conscious experience of the other? Can a lively Vivaldi duet contribute anything to French’s “Abraham Lincoln, 1916?” Were the violinists’ bows dipping into mythological hills of painted panels unwelcome...
...real victims are the birds themselves. Chickens are complex animals, capable of communicating a wealth of information through 24 distinct cries. Dr. Joy Mench, professor of animal science at UC Davis, notes, “Chickens show sophisticated social behavior… They can recognize more than a hundred other chickens and remember them.” Dr. Chris Evans of Macquarie University adds that chickens can understand that a hidden object continues to exist—a comprehension beyond the ability of small children...
...Clov is pitch perfect, a delicate rhythm and timing established between the two that provides a bitterly comedic give-and-take. This verbal jousting keeps the one-act play moving at a swift pace. While LeBow is confined to his wheelchair, Derrah provides adept physical clowning, embodying Clov with distinct mannerisms (although LeBow, too, has his moments of physical comedy, wheelchair and all). Airaldi’s Nagg is amusing in an idiosyncratic way, but like Derrah, his performance fittingly becomes affecting and profound when a character dies. Yet, tragedy in “Endgame” is not necessarily...
...Feldman ’11 claims he would only attend if his “friends were on board.” But Stein hesitates to say that Friday Night Lights attracts “cooler” members than Hillel, instead choosing to describe it as a distinct niche...
...deals with a highly specific language and setting, the film may be less comprehensible as an international release. One fact of which foreign audiences may not be aware is that most of the movie’s dialogue is in Neapolitan, not Italian. Less a dialect and more a distinct language with its own vocabulary and a noticeably harsher accent, the city’s linguistic diversity highlights a central division between wealthy and poor, Neapolitan and non-Neapolitan. This is especially important given that the main agent for change, the Italian government, has been unable to effectively combat crime...