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...this one. Simmons and director Stan Lathan have assembled a fast-paced, highly charged evening that manages the rare feat of satisfying insiders while introducing outsiders to something revelatory. The first thing to notice about Def Poetry Jam is that the audience is engaged more directly and passionately (shouts of assent or murmurs of sympathy after each line that connects) than any other on Broadway. The second thing to notice, especially after the gangsta-posturing insult raps of 8 Mile, is how empowering, often funny and always life affirming the words...
...modern musical, Hong Kong Nocturne from 1967, is a giddy delight?no mean feat, considering that each of the film's three singing, dancing heroines (Cheng Pei-pei, Lily Ho and Chin Ping) loses the man she loves. Under the Japanese director Inoue Umetsugu, the girls soldier on gorgeously, through a dozen songs that portray the territory as a Paris with sweet sauce: "Hong Kong is a lovers' paradise," these Chinese chanteuses warble, "Love, like mist, covers blemishes...
Morris becomes the first player in the last 25 years to bring home the honors in consecutive seasons—and only the third to accomplish that feat all-time...
McDavitt accomplished a feat in that game unmatched by any of the other 47 players nationwide that earned All-American honors—she scored twice against Wake Forest. No other player was able to say as much for the remainder of the year, as the Demon Deacons went on to outscore opponents 53-3 in their final 12 games...
...excited to have beaten them finally,” said co-captain Jane Humphries. “And its a huge feat to beat them in their pool because their fans are psycho...