Word: hipsters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...performances and a lot of business. Stephen Rowe, as the hapless Joe Veriato, seems overwrought in the first act, his pained expressions becoming tiresome; as his assistant Wesley, Tony Shalhoub succeeds with less mugging. I also liked Eric Elice as the silent Dan Rashur and Thomas Derrah, as the hipster director Mickey Boorman in the first act and the lost actor in the second half...
...Boys' lyrics and their seismic live shows, which feature goofy choreography and express-train velocity, are reminiscent of the Coasters, the great clown princes of '50s R & R. Their music, however, owes more to the hipster rhythms of Sly Stone and the blistering aggression of the punks. "People assume the way a black group would go is rhythm and blues," Kevin O'Neal reflects. "But rock 'n' roll has more avenues and more freedom. It is about rebellion and change." Adds Brian: "In one sense, our album acknowledges the white influence on black music...
...coffee pot and a table that wobbles and two people who don't--American Gothic, 1980--and all of a sudden here's this Great Gay Peaco k, a thermonuclear presence, strutting and preening and threatening everyone in sigh. He is what Norman Mailer called the "White Negro," the hipster: the man who sleeps with death, and seduces...