Word: flavors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Characterized by a rather serious intent to capture the flavor of each exotic locale or scene and watered down by an attempt at showy, Disneyesque flair for the mass palate, each song is performed in neat, self-contained gobbets. Fogg's first number, "A Man Who Likes to Get Things Done," is accelerated from an already brisk tempo to create the sense of rush and meticulousness in which Fogg prides himself; this anal-retention is in direct contrast to the next number, Gitano's "Improvise," which feels more licentious and uninhibited, with a Spanish rhythm. This mood music then gives...
...Previous to desegregation every school had its own personality. By virtue of its location in the middle of academia, [Peabody] was a private school within the system," says Ellen M. Varella, acting principal of the Peabody School. "Even with desegregation, it still retains that flavor or reputation," Varella says...
...does have a certain flavor," Berry chuckles...
...twice -- when Peters sings the self-help anthem How Can I Win? and when Short courts her on a rooftop -- it's thrilling. But most of the craftsmanship is humdrum. The narrative lacks suspense and liberating flights of fancy. The production has no style, no look, no distinctive flavor or texture or sound. And it constantly brings to mind better shows: a transvestite Richard III pales beside the Crummles troupe in Nicholas Nickleby; dancers costumed as forbidden foods on a TV diet show feebly echo the You Gotta Have a Gimmick number from Gypsy...
...Clinton vended optimism; now he must become a pitchman for austerity. He sold the nation a miracle product, All-New Hope: it gives you cleaner, cheaper government with a fresh minty flavor. But if it doesn't get the stains out, the electorate's high hopes could sour into despair. Then the man called ( Hope will become the man called Hype -- nothing more than a baby-boomer Babbitt. All the big stars and better angels will leave him out in the spotlight, stranded, unmasked...