Word: epicent
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Michael Grendel: Slain by Beowulf in Sanders Theater, an act of epic poetic Justice...
...essence, is a talent show, providing the landscape for the story but not the emotion. In the streets of Verona, where the two families play out their feud, the dancers remain in boring clumps as soloists take the center—an altogether too benign opening to such an epic tragedy. From Act Two on, the production makes a complete turn-around, as the back scrim becomes a tornado’s sky, foreboding and infinite, and Cranko’s characteristically modernist aesthetic finally takes hold, replacing the traditional grandiose set with bleak minimalism. Swords clink to the beat...
...meaningful political reforms now or even when Fidel eventually dies. Instead, he is widely expected to push China-style economic liberalization, the kind of pragmatic programs, like opening to foreign tourism investment, that he has orchestrated in small, subtle increments to help Cuba survive post-Cold War. Cuba's epic economic inefficiencies are his pet peeve; and when he took the microphone last July 26 in Fidel's place, he gushed less about socialism's glories and railed more at the country's "deficiencies, errors and indolent bureaucratic attitudes." As a result, many expect one of his first major policy...
...marching drums and dreamlike chanting, leads into what could be British Sea Power’s most instantly likable song since 2003’s “Remember Me.” Second track “Lights Out For Darker Skies” is a post-punk epic featuring crashing cymbals and descending guitar lines, ending with an optimistic call and response proclaiming, “Hey now, now / Oh, the future’s bright.” At six and a half minutes in length, the song is unlikely to be released as a single...
...slightly worse lighting, defective editing, and awkward crowd surfing. As the band plays on a stage lined by flailing arms and hands, the camera randomly freezes the action into what resembles Warhol-esque snapshots. Yet these stills only remind the audience that The Bravery will probably never reach the epic proportions that made Elvis a legitimate subject for pop art. Interestingly, the video marks lead singer Endicott’s directorial debut. It’s all coming together now. After some lame head-bobbing, Endicott crowd-surfs, or rather his superimposed, orange-tinted head digitally slides across...