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...audience was spellbound by Sweet Honey in the Rock. The sight of the black female a cappella singers dancing beneath the statues of the dead naked white men from long ago that decorate the hall highlighted the power and immediacy of Sweet Honey. When Ysaye Barnwell used her effortless, supernatural vocal range to begin the “Chant” that comes from the South American rainforest, I got goosebumps. When she then made the entire hall sing it in parts, my hair stood on end. It is the magic of Sweet Honey that can turn an audience that...
BAC’s trick to success, in fact, is its deceptive simplicity. What appears to be crude and effortless is actually a very carefully plotted rusticity. This is attested to by the seamless transitions from one performance to another, the stylish, catchy tunes of a band perched above the ring’s main entrance and the fact that the show is tailored as much to the kids as to their parents. While the two clowns perform the requisite silly circus jokes and pranks their appearances are interspersed between well-choreographed couples’ dance and acrobatic routines that...
...master all the intricacies of today’s vast government and complex society. Instead, we elect leaders and hold them responsible for the peace and well-being of the republic. McCain’s campaign finance crusade represents an artful attempt to abdicate responsibility, to engage in the effortless demagoguery of blaming others for the failings of today’s politicians. In this regard, it is a greater threat to democracy than all the unregulated political speech in the world...
...publisher to determine the precise placement of each advertising page and to deliver a cost-efficient, reader-friendly magazine-put her at the front line of the Church-State divide each week. But, as Time Europe?s president Wil Merritt says, "In her talented hands this complex role seemed effortless." The impression of ease was due partly to experience: Joanna joined the company as an assistant to the Time advertising sales team in 1989, and by the time she transferred to the production department in 1995 she knew how to handle both demanding clients and fussy editors. But the biggest...
...such obsessiveness emerge images of seemingly effortless beauty. Zhang shows us the unedited six-and-a-half-minute sequence from the Mongolian shoot, a scene so breathtaking it will no doubt earn a place in the cinematic pantheon. Dazzling in red costumes against a pale yellow sun, the two women ballet rather than battle it out, leaping over the treetops and chasing each other's dress trains, while leaves, fanned by the wind, drift down like confetti tossed by an admiring god. It's as though Zhang took a French impressionist canvas for a backdrop and spooled it onto...