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...mention this not because I'm a dress-code martinet (though I must note I was the only audience member in my field of vision who was wearing a tie), but to indicate that here was a show with an instant lock on its market. The producers of this show about the Four Seasons-the '60s vocal quartet from Belleville, N.J., that sold maybe 100 million records (those were vinyl discs that people bought before there were CDs, kids) had quickly located that segment of the tri-state community who had danced and romanced to songs like "Sherry" and "Dawn...
...Sheh-eh-ry, can you come out tonight?" The falsetto is used to establish the singer as the proper young gent ("You better ask your mama. / Tell her everything is all right"). Then the tenor shout in the bridge reveals him as the panting teen wolf ("With your red dress on, / Mmm, you look so fine. / Move it nice and easy. / Girl, you'll make me lose my mind"). That party he's invited her to: Twist, or twisted...
...Ming loyalists protesting foreign rule in subtle works that speak of isolation, removal or quiet outrage. And many artifacts demonstrate the three Emperors' fascination with technology from Europe, like clocks and sextants, and religions from Asia, particularly Buddhism. In one painting on cloth, Qianlong sits cross-legged in Buddhist dress, surrounded by religious iconography. He holds the wheel of teaching - the traditional Buddhist symbol - in his left hand and, with his right, forms his thumb and forefinger into the classical discussion mudra, or gesture. The show also documents the gradual influence of Western art on Chinese painting - mainly Castiglione...
...cultural icons. But what happens when no one laughs—when either the context of the situation or the level of appropriateness falls outside of the realm of the humorous and into that of the offensive? What happens when a bunch of preppy, white college students dress up like thugs to go see a movie about a modern gangster-rapper? That question probably should have occurred to me before we got there, but upon walking into the clothing store in Central Square last Friday, the gravity of the situation hit me: we were not welcome customers, in a serious...
...quietly judging you,” which can either be the most brilliant, or the most brilliantly objectionable, way to present yourself based on past behavior.We might also want to consider when exactly society lost its sense of humor. If I want to someday dress my small child in a shirt that declares, “I am not a drug mule,” or “Yeah, I was in the shit,” (which are actual baby-sized T-shirts for purchase on glarkware.com) I would hope people won’t hunt me down...