Word: flashings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sound of machine gunfire resolves into a pulsing electronic rock beat. Staccato images flash by. A flock of pink-plumed flamingos. Bikini- clad girls on the beach. Race horses bursting from the starting gate. The ocean speeding by under the bow of a boat. And, of course, the familiar art deco logo, glowing in vibrant turquoise and pink...
...flash and dash of Miami Vice has not been universally welcomed. Some critics have objected that the show makes violence alluring by dressing it up in pretty photography; others complain that coherent stories and fully drawn characters have been junked in favor of visual flourishes and a rock beat. Some of the show's creators admit there is a certain laxness about narrative matters. Says Lee Katzin, who earned an Emmy nomination for his direction of the episode Cool Runnin': "The show is written for an MTV audience, which is more interested in images, emotions and energy than plot...
...released this weekend in Foreign Affairs magazine, former President Nixon says that an agreement reducing arms, but not linked to restraints on political conduct, would not contribute to peace. In effect he is saying that the first priority of a summit should not be arms control, but potential flash points and pressure points between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Do you share that view...
...cramped space in the Loeb Ex, set director Stephen O'Donnell does a great job. A massive subway bridge (which resembles a structure used in the ART production of Beckett's Endgame) runs the length of the stage while black-and-white slides of dirty city life flash onto a film screen at the back of the stage...
...anxious Talking Heads, the music does not live up to the cover's signal and the mellowness takes precedent in Little Creatures. Most of the lyrics and melodies lack the unpredictability of the earlier Heads. Images of David Byrne bursting with tension and racing on cocaine won't flash through your mind on this one. This is relaxing music and sounds most like stuff you dry the dishes...