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...watercolor wash to make the whole set feel softer and more dream-like.”Those involved hope this fairy fantasy and the show’s darker political reality will coalesce into an enriching, enjoyable experience. “Gilbert and Sullivan were all about silliness and humor and parodying things, and I think that really comes across in our production,” says Matthew C. Stone ’11, who plays the Lord Chancellor. “It’s simply a delightful evening of fun characters, zany situations, and beautiful music. We?...
...Moulin Rouge” was a musical about musicals, “Australia” starts out as a sort of meta-epic, with tons of fast shots, wacky henchmen in bar fights, and an overly precious voice-over from Nullah. The opening moves fast and humorously; Luhrmann knows he is crafting an epic and wants the audience to know it too. As Lady Ashley herself comments, “It’s all very Outback adventure.”The first half of the movie is therefore quite entertaining: it’s a joyful romp across...
...country with more outdoor adventures than even the guy from “Man vs. Wild” can handle, there must be something compelling keeping Aussies indoors and clutching sweaty cans of Fosters. More specifically than just Aussie TV in general, I point to a kind of irreverent humor that grew out of the unintelligible British model of comedy and into something that could feed the oversized hunger of the colonies—Australia and America alike.One excellent and hysterical example of this is “Summer Heights High,” which...
...skeletal outlines of a relationship, only make for a handful of wrenching tracks.As a rapper in a genre dominated by macho swagger, his limited emotional palette worked wonders. Here, he’s a singer-songwriter, and he’s lost his acute powers of observation and his humor. The aesthetic shift belies his “Graduation” claim that “The hood love to listen to Jeezy and Weezy / And oh yeah, Yeezy.” Nonetheless, both Young Jeezy and Lil’ Wayne make cameos. Kanye invited them to a pity party...
...eschewed by most gangsta rappers. “Wake up” is the message he sends to the hustlers and gold diggers, and it resonates surprisingly well, considering Luda’s past as hustler and hip-hop jester. Ludacris is able to keep a sense of humor throughout his rhymes, however, so the listener’s always laughing with, rather than at, the artist. On the collaboration with Chris Rock, “Everybody Hates Chris,” Rock shoots off a routine satirizing Ludacris as “the only rapper that doesn?...