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...soundstages and on location in Budapest, the film is also disappointingly confined to cramped rooms. Perhaps the director was trying to convey the lifestyle of hermit Beethoven; still, the film gives no impression of actually occurring in Vienna. Bottom Line: What could have been essential for Beethoven enthusiasts and laymen alike is, in fact, disappointing for both. The Ninth Symphony is captivating, but maybe you should see “A Clockwork Orange” first...
...classic novel “The Natural.” In addition to the on-site history lesson, Mt. Auburn boasts a renowned horticultural diversity. With over 5,500 trees of nearly 700 varieties, only the most assiduous arborist will be able to identify them all. For the laymen among us, most species are labeled. Haunted or not, Mt. Auburn Cemetery is home to more than 80,000 of New England’s finest. Pay them a visit. Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. October through April. 580 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge...
There's something empowering about just exploring such questions. Loose Change appeals to the viewer's common sense: it tells you to forget the official explanations and the expert testimony, and trust your eyes and your brain instead. It implies that the world can be grasped by laymen without any help or interference from the talking heads. Watching Loose Change, you feel as if you are participating in the great American tradition of self-reliance and nonconformist, antiauthoritarian dissent. You're fighting the power. You're thinking different. (Conspiracists call people who follow the government line "sheeple.") "The goal...
...list-only after-party, the Harvard CitySteppers showed just as much enthusiasm and energy on the Spee Club’s dance-floor as they had exuded on Cambridge Rindge and Latin’s stage that afternoon. And they earned just as much attention. Unaffiliated laymen downstairs at the Spee could clearly hear the unmistakable echoes of “ooh, ahh, CityStep…” coming from upstairs...
...well-trodden poems. Susan Miller, who has worked with Vendler as a Teachnig Fellow for the past two years, knows full well that when Vendler writes, the world of literary scholarship pays attention. In her work on Shakespeare and George Herbert, for example, Vendler revolutionized the way scholars and laymen alike perceive the sonnet and devotional poetry—focusing in on a previously ignored word can change the meaning of an entire poem or group of poems. “Basically, Professor Vendler is a monumental figure,” Miller says...