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...teens. America's leading zeitgeist indicators are storming the Palace by the tens of thousands, in all their tribal, hormone-addled glory. They behave like adolescents everywhere, which is to say they dress badly, act obnoxious and travel in packs. Clans like Anarchy and the DiVas drape their slouching cartoon avs in baggy "sk8ter" duds and goof on one another with "scripts"--programs that let you string a strand of hearts around the neck of someone you admire or grandly urinate on someone you don't. In the Palace you never know what will happen. "The other night...
...difficulties of having hugely overweight leads playing believable romantic roles. In one version of La Boheme, with Jane Eaglan as Mimi, the Met had to build a bed that sunk with her weight to help some of the extra bulk. Hoelterhoff fills the chapter out with a mock "Diva Diet," which begins with a slice of toast for breakfast and ends with an "entire frozen Sara Lee cheesecake" for a late-night snack...
...bitch died. Yo mama is so stupid, it takes her two hours to watch 60 Minutes. Jokes like this may be off limits, but papas are fair game when Amazon Slam, an all-woman poetry slam kicks off tonight. The evening also includes comedy from Michele Balan and Diva Mama 7:30 p.m., Ryles, 212 Hampshire St., Inman Square...
...ability 8 4 7 6 Think-fulness 8 2 7 5 Natural Woman-liness 6 8 8 * Sheer Diva-attitude...
...Changed my Plea to Guilty" is symptomatic of Morrissey's unsuccessful departure from his more rewarding roots. A Tori Amos wannabe crudely whales chord progressions in the background while Morrissey croons about "emotional air-raids" and the like. One can imagine Morrissey the ex-diva, a martini in his hand, reclining on the piano in a seedy bar, bemoaning his existence. Oh, Morrissey, you're brooding enough already--give us a beat to leave the ballads to the groomed women in the Top 40 who know what they are doing...