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...country road. A tree. Evening.”Two men, dressed in tattered clothes, stand around, loitering, waiting. “Funny,” one says. “Nothing to be done.” Behind them glows an eerie light, the nighttime glare of the levee bordering the Ninth Ward of New Orleans. “How could we use the most enigmatic play of the 20th century to talk about what happened in Katrina?” video artist Paul Chan remembers asking himself on a trip to New Orleans in the fall...
...Supporting cast members contributed greatly to the performance. Natalie Joy Johnson was perfect as the ridiculous and bootylicious stylist Paulette, who becomes Elle’s confidante. Ven Daniel was the true star of the show as the UPS guy who, with one fabulous runway walk and come-hither glare, melts Paulette and succumbs to her messy Bend-and-Snap. Daniel stole more than his scripted center-stage moments as he pranced about with kicks to his head in ensemble dances and then sauntered away like a macho diva. Another standout was Sarah Marie Jenkins as the leader of Elle?...
...Butler Harner as a man who tries to hide his darkest impulses under the aw-shucks amiability of a Gary Cooper rube) has committed atrocities on some 20 kidnapped boys. Are these crimes related to Walter's disappearance? And if so, will the cops bring the matter into the glare of publicity, or suppress the awful information...
...they produced was only an opaque statement of principles, devoid of action. "We commit to continue working together to stabilize financial markets and restore the flow of credit, to support global economic growth," the statement said. No specifics were mentioned. They may be, over the weekend, away from the glare of global stock markets...
...problem is that the creators of the stage show--producer Judy Craymer, writer Catherine Johnson and director Phyllida Lloyd--gave themselves the job of turning it into a big movie, but none had ever worked on one, and the inexperience shows. A small point: the glare of the Greek sunlight is punishing to the face of anyone over 30. A larger one: the dance numbers are edited so choppily that the rhythm and feeling of the songs suffer...