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...religious paintings, Francis strips himself before the bishop and the townfolk, and hands back to his father his clothes, his earthly possessions and his name. Striding to the city gates, he stands outlined against the sky outside, his naked body reminiscent of the last human nudity Zeffirelli celebrated, the joyous body of Romeo. But his Romeo arose from a bed of love to face a world of tragedy; his Francis rushes off in a return to nature that is too starry-eyed to be believed...
Like Ramakrishna's ascetic but joyous Vedanta (which is once again growing in the U.S.), the Hindu imports of today tend to concentrate on various meditative disciplines. The most famous is the transcendental meditation of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, whose early converts were the Beatles. TM is, however, a basically nonreligious self-therapy...
Edward Zwick has made the rather barren script, by Joel Schwartz '66, into an excellent point of departure for his ensemble of actors. The cast, combining fluidity and grace with a concern for moral issues, adopt different characters and moves from joyous court scenes to moribund battles with remarkable ease. Bernard Holmberg extends his domain over the entire audience with his powerful portrayals of both the again Kings Saul and David. He carefully constructs the painful tension of a forsaken leader, and confidently bursts into song and dance. In the final scene, his change from proud endurance to senility...
Activist students had a joyous time cramming all the Spring's demands on placards and posters. Students initially attracted to one of the issues naturally were sympathetic to the others, and a new popular front coalesced briefly which heightened interest in all of its elements...
...well as Bonnie Raitt. Taj has experimented, he once had a big band, one that featured four tubas, he's incorporated all sorts of West Indian influences into his music. Keeps coming back to the blues, though. His latest is Recycling the Blues, and recycle he does. More joyous music; watch him transport Paul's into Saturday night in the Delta...