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...actual performance, which combined two of Jackson’s biggest hits and one of Timberlake’s most recent, could have been groundbreaking. Barely a generation has passed since the white singer Petula Clarke insisted on touching the arm of black musician Harry Belafonte during a duet on her 1968 NBC special. Despite pressure to cut the segment in “deference” to (racist) Southern viewers, NBC exercised the good judgment to leave the duet...
...vibe for your latte, she was providing the sound track for your dinner party, the theme for your prom--or maybe the last dance at your biker bar. The diversity of her admirers wasn't restricted to consumers either; she is almost certainly the only person ever asked to duet with Dolly Parton, OutKast and Elmo from Sesame Street. "It's her voice, man," says OutKast's Andre 3000. "It's just so nice. It doesn't matter who you are, she kind of whispers, 'I'm your friend...
...demonstrates a keen grasp of physical comedy. Luiz, in a quintessentially G&S role, gets many a laugh, and acts alongside the dynamically voiced Andrea Coleman, who turns in a hilarious performance as the Duchess. In a lesser role, Riley turns in a solid job; his duet with Luiz, “There Was a Time”, is quite poignant...
...from its strong, enthusiastic cast. In his role as the rather nerdy Seymour, David V. Kimel ’05 scrunched, got clumsy and was generally funny, while Warren M. Tusk ’05 played the vaguely stereotypical shopkeeper Mushnik with the right dose of silliness; their dancing duet, “Mushnik & Son” (omitted from the film) was pretty funny...
Peaches almost redeems herself when she relies more on raw, distorted guitar-fueled rock in “Kick It,” a blistering duet with Iggy Pop, or opener “I Dont Give A” (where Peaches screams profanities over an adaptation of Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation?...