Word: famed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite his continuing need to shroud himself in sexual and emotional ambiguity, Prince, unlike Michael Jackson, has never let fame insulate him from reality. His kinky kingdom is alive with the voices and concerns of ordinary people; in standout cuts like 7, The Morning Papers and The Sacrifice of Victor, the music teems with monologues, dialogues and soaring gospel exhortations, all conjoining in a communion of anger, hope and harmony. The irony is sweet enough for even the pharaoh of funk to savor. After years of penitential posing, Prince has looked into his jaded soul and found creative deliverance...
With Fiedler on the fast track into the Dartmouth Hall of Fame, it's worth remembering that he started his sophomore year on the bench. After all, Brzica had just finished tearing up the Ancient Eight the year before...
...scenes and characters is a novel concept, and was deftly handled by the playwright. One might fear that the numerous scenes and characters would be utter chaos on the stage with a cast of six, but Gurney's handling of the scenes lives up to the playwright's fame...
...play shows every side of Evita, the innocence, her fame and her infamy. The faltering direction of Evita's life becomes intimately tied to the decline of an Argentina blinded by idolworship of this actress/politician, a scenario frighteningly similar to America's love affair with Ronald Reagan...
...eccentrically for effect: broad-brimmed hat, cape, velvet suit with lace collar and cuffs, immense bows, tassled cummerbunds, high heels. He was not just an adulterer but a free-love ideologue. He was a media celebrity; trains and theater curtains were held for him. And he marketed his fame: during the Depression he started charging devotees to come and work...