Word: dullness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DVORAK: SYMPHONY NO. 9 (Telarc). Could Andre Previn conduct electricity with both feet in a bucket of water? Probably not. Still a fine jazz pianist, Previn remains a resolutely unimaginative conductor whose performances are habitually marked by a dull rhythmic sense and colorless orchestral playing. Here, the Los Angeles Philharmonic sleepwalks through Dvorak's symphonic masterpiece...
...Dull stuff, prudence. Anthony Holden never hesitated: he wobbled out into the night. But as Holden, a British literary critic, reached the Golden Nugget's cardroom, he remembered the gambler's formula for chump detection: "If you can't spot the sucker in your first half-hour at the table...
...fact of the matter is that equality with men is not a particularly appealing prospect to most Japanese women right now. Educated young women, those most likely to lead a revolution, tend to see their male peers as dull corporate drones. Women, meanwhile, with comparatively freer schedules, have more time to cultivate their interests. As a result, there is a growing perception gap between the sexes. A much discussed phenomenon known as Narita divorce illustrates the problem: upon arriving back home at Tokyo's Narita Airport, fresh from their honeymoons, many worldly young women, shocked to have discovered the narrow...
...strong performance detracts from the presence of Pizarro's intended foil--his idealistic young apprentice, Martin Ruiz. This is actually a good thing since Ruiz's character is generally weak. We are supposed to view the action through the eyes of Pizarro's young apprentice, but Ruiz is too dull to wrest the audience's attention from the veteran explorer...
...nation. "I've had more Civil War conversations in the last three days in elevators and waiting in line than I've had in the last 10 years," said Christopher Nelson, a Washington business consultant and self- described Civil War nut. "I always thought American history was so dull," raved Carolyn Randolph, a retired schoolteacher in Livermore, Calif. "But I'm learning so much." Others regarded the show in more personal terms. One New York City woman unearthed an old photo of her great-grandfather, a colonel in the Union Army, and plans to scrutinize the series on tape...