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...drug-addled New York City teens who wrangle over what to do with the $15,000 one of them has stolen from his father. The dialogue and acting--a kind of slacker version of Abbott and Costello--are unrelentingly naturalistic, even as the play betrays a sentimental streak. A grittier take on youth culture is Trainspotting, Harry Gibson's riveting stage adaptation of Irvine Welsh's cult novel about disaffected Scottish youth, which was also the basis for the 1996 film. Staged with stark efficiency, it manages to outdo even the film in scatological shock effects, thanks to that...
Some people watch the musical Annie and see a moppet belting out show tunes. Brooklyn-born rapper JAY-Z, whose latest release debuted last week at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, saw something altogether grittier. "I watched the movie and was mesmerized," he says, referring to the scene in which the orphans sing Hard Knock Life. "They're too strong to let life bring them down. That's the ghetto right there." Inspired, Jay-Z sampled the song on his new album's title track, Hard Knock Life. Needless to say, the tune's original author was somewhat...
...were a little worn out from a hard week of training, so it was an impressive outcome considering the circumstances," junior Dave Martin said. "We expected to win, but the race turned out to be a little grittier than it should have been...
...Parker says merely, "Yes." Cut, fade to black. Another Parker, to be published next year, is in the can, and the first volumes of the series, The Hunter and The Man with the Getaway Face, are due to be reprinted. They deserve to be, though Comeback is a grittier, better book. And the other 14 prehistoric Parkers? For now, rummage through used-book stores and the quarter-a-book shelves at the Salvation Army. Evil lurks; you could get lucky...
...years Beyer has been delivering food to the Bowery Mission, located in one of Manhattan's grittier neighborhoods. Each week he makes the six-hour round trip to the Big Apple, delivering produce, canned meats and pastries donated by Mennonite farmers and businesses near his town. He calls what he does "the Lord's work" and says, "People trust me with the food I take up there. To see these happy faces means a good...