Word: gothic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan was shocking and chilling enough. But when the rumblings began that Harding or her entourage might somehow be involved, a grimly familiar tale of random violence turned into something far more gothic. Even people without the faintest interest in the crystalline world of figure skating could not help marveling at the spectacle. Did the scrappy girl from the trailer parks, who has climbed so high and suffered so much, possibly plot to destroy her rival? Or did her violently jealous husband assemble a gang of goons to act without her knowledge but on her behalf...
...first, it might be difficult to see what makes this production so unintentionally--well, funny. The Eliot House library adds a nice sense of gothic mystery to the production. The technical crew--which handles sudden diappearances, appearances, smashing mirrors, and even a stake through the heart with clever theatrical parlor tricks--deserves special mention. If only the rest of the production had been as clever...
ManRay. 21 Brookline St., Central Square, Cambridge. 864-0400. Fantasy Nite on Friday, Dec. 3. Industrial, Alternative and Gothic on Saturday...
...visual arts, cultural outsiders often see what insiders miss. Japanese-born painter Masami Teraoka combines elements of European art and Japanese ukiyo-e wood-block imagery. From his unique perspective, he creates gothic halos around the heads of AIDS patients and condoms in the bedrooms of samurai. In his Harlem neighborhood, Jamaican-American artist Nari Wood collects discarded baby carriages and ties them together with fire hoses, making monuments to loss...
ManRay. 21 Brookline St., Central Square, Cambridge. 864-0400. Campus for Gay Men on Tuesday, Nov. 23 and Thursday, Nov. 18. Gothic/Industrial on Wednesday, Nov. 24. Gothic Weekend on Saturday...