Word: freshness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...City, Fargo-Moorhead, Madison, Winnipeg and Thunder Bay. We wave at the trains as they go by, and we always have a good time regardless of what happens on the field. Between innings, a man walks up to the home-plate ump, leading a pig with a bag of fresh baseballs on its back. Once, a player from an opposing team was offended by the pig and turned to the umpire and said, "That is so bush league," and the ump said, "This is the bush leagues...
Yesterday the second class of fresh-faced Harvard first-years was randomized as the experiment continues. What's the report from the front-line of randomization, from the brave pioneers who against their wills were brutally scattered across the campus? How is the lovely class of '99 faring as the first randomized class, a year after the fatal computer printouts were slipped under our doors on a bleak March...
...only is the standard of quality throughout the Oscar derby remarkably high--and the list of glaring omissions fairly short--but the prevalence of unknown artists over marquee stars in the acting races is another fresh and exciting change. I can't wait to hear the valiant efforts of the forecourt announcer on the ABC telecast, doing her best with lines like, "Glamorous and beautiful, she's... Brenda Blethyn! And look, there's Armin Mueller-Stah...
...both eye and ear. Against a pure white background, four female and three male dancers (each clad in a different shade of the rainbow) and a chorus in bright red recall the delightful simplicity of a Sesame Street skit. Daniel Pelzig's choreography is a welcome breath of fresh air. The piece utilizes conventional styles of dancing but while tosses in innovative ideas every so often. Like exotic birds on parade, the dancers create a dramatic feast for the eyes: the powerful solos, romantic couples, graceful trios and flawless chorus present the audience with a veritable smorgasbord of modern ballet...
...understated direction and Dana Ivey's touching performance as Lala's stern, no-nonsense mother. She can get a laugh and evoke a lifetime of prefeminist frustration with a single line ("If I were running the Dixie Bedding Company, we'd all be rich by now") and find fresh heartbreak in the simplest lament: "I thought we were going to be happy when we grew up." That's not Hollywood schmaltz, folks; it's the real thing...