Word: joys
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...organizing rallies and parades to honor the old soldiers. And the old soldiers, rows of military medals pinned to their civilian clothes, are reminiscing about the war, the friends they lost and the savage, tragic history of the country they saved. Their stories are of heroism and struggle, of joy and sadness...
...have been thinking about how fans--completely unathletic in their own right--find great joy in sports but also use them as a way to shirk their problems...
...music of a number of African-American spirituals. This piece examines all manners of religious feeling, from tormented writhing and running of three men trying to outrun the flames of hell, to the unity of a prayer group, excitement of an impending religious celebration and the joy of a church meeting...
...Revelations" is amazing. Its African-inspired movement is fluid and stunning, with the dancers forming shapes evocative of religious fervor, from prayer tableaux to crucifixion. The dancers move regally in gorgeous unison as the light bathes the stage, moving from sunlight to moonlight. The joy of the final church meeting segment is infectious, and carries through the ending curtain call. Tuesday's audience was wildly receptive and rightfuly...
These distracting stylizations do serve to distinguish the film from others which portray second-generation immigrant children's struggle to balance parental expectation's with their own goals. "Double Happiness" remains most successful when it stay within this genre (familiar from films like "The Joy Luck Club" and "The Wedding Banquet"). When it attempts to step outside of this boundary, the intrigue of Jade's romance loses its force to the distracting strangeness of Shum's style...