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...maniacal. The songs can be catchy and kitschy - "San Diego" and "Miami" both sung in three-part harmony by The Daddyos stood out in that way. Adding color to the dark storyline, Tony-Award winner Ken Page plays the flamboyant drag queen (and Greek chorus) Miss Stormy Weather, the larger-than-life master of ceremonies at Uncle Buck's cabaret, where Reyes is an habitue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Andrew Cunanan: The Musical! | 10/6/2007 | See Source »

...death of the easel painting” owes much to Matter.In the final room of the show, the controversial paintings themselves are relatively small. Falling in what is described as “the inner realm” of size for Pollock paintings, most are not much larger than a piece of 8.5x11-inch printer paper—a factor that has, itself, played a role in the dispute.In fact, in the catalogue, one essay is dedicated specifically to the issue of the size of the paintings in relation to the likelihood of their authenticity. Designated...

Author: By Anna K. Barnet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pollock Show Goes Beyond Controversy | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

...International Whaling Commission. And Tokyo has repeatedly lobbied the global organization to allow it to resume coastal hunting of bigger species like minke whale. These still make their way onto Japanese dinner plates thanks to an exemption in an international whaling moratorium, passed in 1986, that allows larger species to be killed in the name of research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Taiji | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

...ever hired contractors to remodel your kitchen, you know their interests are not identical to yours. It's hard to know whether Blackwater's hired guns are trigger-happy, but it's easy to see how their limited mission of protecting individuals could conflict with a larger military goal that depends on convincing Iraqis we're not the enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mark of Trouble | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

...order to contribute to a larger revolutionary project, we must begin by unmasking our own incompleteness. Perhaps the most fundamental fact of human existence is its total contingency upon fate: The reasons that I am who I am, and not someone else, are necessarily inexplicable. No one can account for the intrinsic irrationality of existence (the fact of our general good fortune vis-à-vis the fact of others’ enormous suffering, for example). Similarly, we can never escape the reality that our assumptions, arguments, and interpretations all depend on the specific environment that nurtures...

Author: By Adaner Usmani | Title: Against Leadership | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

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