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...most immediately based, which remained a source of mockery for years in the world of Elizabethan theatrics due to their utter ridiculousness. (The ghosts overemphatic and rather simple cry of “Hamlet, revenge!” was among the most common targets.) Now, what Shakespeare undid through fine craftsmanship, time has redone through overuse. A statement like, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” may never be said again with true authority; in fact an actor is fortunate if he can say it without provoking laughter. This may be okay...
...American release of Tropical Brainstorm, by Kirsty MacColl, who was tragically killed by a speedboat in Mexico last December. I’ve been saving up for the moment to write about MacColl, if only to point out someone with great pop chops (Janet Jackson will do fine without me giving her any publicity, presumably. Sorry Miss Jackson). MacColl’s songs are catchy without being stupid—I would call them intelligent pop in the Sam Phillips/Aimee Mann mold, except she was a musician way before either of those artists (“They Don?...
...sweetness and light is all that Altan has to offer, their skilled musical maneuverings failing to stray from the same emotional note. But all things told, while Another Sky may not be the pot of gold at the end of the musical rainbow, it’s still a fine piece o’ work...
...It’s about as tight to the chest as can be, and that’s fine with me,” Professor Theodore K. Rabb said about the search process...
...awakening to our plight began on Tuesday, March 27 while in the audience of a performance of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Henry IV at the Barbican Centre in London. One of my fellow countrymen, I believe hailing from the mid-western region of our fine nation, availed himself of the opportunity to make a call on his mobile phone. He apparently wished to share his exuberance at witnessing an incredibly powerful theatrical performance with some loved one unable to be in attendance. This experience was greatly heightened by the presence of a largeish woman from Rhode Island...