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...twin in each arm and a beam on his face.The final piece of the night was Richard Strauss’ “Ein Heldenleben,” or “A Heroic Life,” an exultant six-piece tone poem that depicts a hero??s journey. Though “Ein Heldenleben” has been criticized for its over-inflated and self-indulgent rhapsodic qualities, it was an apt and satisfying finale to the concert.The first movement, “The Hero,” featured a soaring trumpet’s clarion...
...hard to decide whether self-awareness can redeem Shyamalan’s lack of originality; after all, as mythologist Joseph Campbell wrote, all epics follow the same progression along their “Hero??s Journey.” But only diving headlong into this bedtime story can save you from a feeling...
...listens, I still find myself asking, “does he mean heaven? hell? Walmart? Do I care?” Finally—and this is what makes Morrissey’s fans so rabid—I begin to realize that I do care. His tragic hero??though it’s unclear if he’s trying to escape his problems or embrace them—is intense and involving in a manner very rare for a rock song.“Dear God Please Help Me,” follows, which...
Granted, a number of the liberal civil rights leaders in attendance were rightfully disgruntled at Bush’s reluctance to associate with them, and, further, much of their criticism had validity to it. Still, a funeral is not a political forum, and a civil rights hero??s coffin should not serve as a convenient backdrop for Bush bashing...
...work with,” he says. In his next film, “Price to Pay,” produced by Brad Wyman (“Monster”), Sandvoss gets to play a hard-partying druggie in late 80s L.A. “I play the hero??s best friend and worst influence—it’s awesome. I’m the guy who buys the coke, the guy who fucks the strippers. It’s the actor’s dream role,” he says. —Staff...