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...disheartening account of the state of public schools in New York and California, a disparaging, almost Biblical example of a pedagogue martyred for his outspoken support for children's rights, or the uplifting autobiography of a man who turned the complacent public education system on its ear? The simplest answer is that it is a synthesis of the three: a sometimes maudlin, occasionally fierce and always passionate enumeration of a life devoted to teaching...
...despite the awkward ending on which the evening ends, Boston Ballet's Body Electric stands out as a fusion of quality art and aesthetic enjoyment, of pleasure for the eye and ear. Although each of the dances stands out as an original work, one firm string ties them all together: pushing the boundaries (and creating new ones) of expression through human movement. "Waterbaby Bagatelles" questions those boundaries. "Four Hands" celebrates them. And "Celts" puts them to a great rhythm. For that and that alone, Body Electric transcends all questions about the purpose of art and becomes, quite simply great...
...second through seventh movements to explain the things that were told to Mahler by the inhabitants of a summer garden. This is nothing if not Romantic. According to legend, Mahler's life was almost as romantic as his music--which is obviously romantic even to the untrained ear--and if he didn't specialize in the torrid love affair, he definitely experienced a few of them. It's even more romantic that one of the most fabulous singers of the late nineties--Maxwell--who lists the great composer as one of his influences, and nobody does romance quite like Maxwell...
...been a men's game. His choice words included: "Males are made differently than women...Men compete, get along and move on with few emotions. But women break down, get emotional...These are entirely different sports cultures." Sure, Mike, if hotel-room trashing, bench-clearing brawls and ear biting qualify as getting along and moving on with few emotions...
...learned this very day that director Atom Egoyan's movie of his novel The Sweet Hereafter has earned two Academy Award nominations. Another film, drawn from his novel Affliction and starring Nick Nolte, is ready for distribution. He smiles. Equal to equal, a diamond stud in his left ear glinting encouragingly, he addresses the 11 Princeton freshmen and sophomores in this creative-writing seminar as "writers...