Word: jestering
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...common feature of much of the original artwork in the house is its reliance on the written word. Lines from poems by Blake and Owen are penciled on random walls, and a painting of a jester in a cardboard frame accompanies a piece entitled “Waiting for Signs.” Magnetic poetry covers the refrigerators to foster the unexpected burst of creativity, with recent compositions such as “summer girl shake / frantic light spray / puppy / crush” and “how from the incubate pole / a cold sun shines...
...KOALA. Montreal-based DJ Kid Koala will be in Harvard Square for an evening-long presentation of scenes from his book “Nufonia Must Fall.” The show will make use of a slide projector, four turntables, two electric pianos and the stylings of DJ Jester and DJ P-Love. The event is presented by the Middle East. Thursday, March 13, 7 and 10 p.m. Tickets $15, available in advance at the Brattle Theatre Box Office, the Middle East Box Office, or through Ticketmaster. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle...
...since this director is Mel Gibson (who got his Oscar for Braveheart), the tone isn't always pious. Gibson loves to goof. Playing practical jokes is a way of keeping the crew loose, asserting the primal jester inside the armor of a star's machismo. So to wrap up the temple take, he has a quiet word with Morgenstern and steps back to leave the actress alone--staring dolefully into the camera with a bright-red clown nose he has stuck on her face. Cut. Print. Amen...
...Models of 18th century European commodes on display are more elegant?and equally ingenious: some are disguised as tables, large books and even a globe. Louis XII had a toilet installed in his throne, prompting the court jester to quip that while the French King would only eat in private, he would defecate in public...
...with that, the man in the jester hat danced a little jig of joy. A pair of passing Korean teenagers, unused to such physical displays of happiness, giggled and asked to have their picture taken with this strange dancing man. Thiam obliged, wrapping his arms around the girls. "Dance with me," he said. The girls responded with a nervous shuffle. Thiam tapped his drum. The girls grew braver and produced a saucy two-step. Thiam grinned and shook their hands. So commenced one of the most improbable starts to any World Cup. The party was officially ready to begin...