Word: feastings
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...view and a vision. In Birth of a Nation (1915) he restaged his father's Civil War, complete with dramatic scenes of the Ku Klux Klan that brought charges of racism along with blockbuster success. In Intolerance (1916) he took on, among other things, Belshazzar's feast, with elephants, dancing girls and collapsing Babylonian towers...
...woman can simply cross the street. Vulgar sexism becomes far more threatening, however, within a close-knit campus, such as Harvard's, precisely because men and women are so closely intermingled--usually in an impressive display of peaceful coexistence. To realize that the same men who "joke" about pig feast may be the guys through the fire door, is to feel suddenly ill at case among what was thought to be a family of sorts. In a moment, it's Harvard as Freshman Mixer all over again...
...feast of my liver oh Sun, torn...
There are two works of art in A Medieval Feast, written and illustrated by Aliki (Crowell; $9.95): the regal meal, and the author's rendering of it. Preparations at the manor house, the pursuit of pheasants by falcons, and boars by aristocrats, the serving of the rare Cockentrice (a capon and suckling pig cut in half, stuffed and sewn each to the other's half), and finally the ravenous consumption of the endless courses are researched and represented with the serene detail of an illuminated manuscript...
Ruddygore is a visual feast; not only are the sets remarkable, but so are the colorful original costumes, and the varied lighting. The biggest surprise comes in the second act when the life-sized portraits turn into the living ghosts of Sir Murgatroyds' ancestors. The combination of stage trickery, thundering music, black and red lighting, and grayish make-up make the scene extraordinarily effective...