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...light. Like the bare text of “Godot,” the shadows allow the viewer to access something that cannot be faced straightforwardly. “Some things we simply cannot look at directly,” Chan said, but with shadows, “we learn what it means to not look at something directly and feel it too.”When working in New Orleans, Chan wasn’t satisfied with simply putting on a performance. He wanted to revive the damaged communities through art. In collaboration with the New York public...
...unexplained interlude, during which musical director Connor Kizer came onstage and sang self-written lyrics to the movie’s theme song: “Jurassic Park it’s a time out of time and a place / Of awe where we all can learn / To respect the power of nature / And the lesson that we learn’s / Jurassic Park!” The lyrics were printed on the programs, allowing the audience to sing along with the cast at the end of the play. The song was at once a parody, a tribute...
...proves the rule - which reads: "When in doubt, seek to please." Call it instinct, call it reflex - the fact is that Europe (minus those Easterners who remember the terrible old days under the Soviet knout) will seek to avoid confrontation. The Russians know it, and the Obama Administration will learn this soon enough...
Odierno concedes that his thinking has evolved. "I'd be wrong if I said I didn't learn," he says. He studied up on tribal relationships, Iraqi politics and microeconomics. But he rejects as "grossly exaggerated" the idea that he had some revelation and suddenly embraced counterinsurgency doctrine. He points out that some of the tactics he employed in 2003 have made a comeback. As commander of the 4th Infantry Division, despite orders to pull back, he kept small outposts in neighborhoods among the residents, ensuring better surveillance and quick response to insurgent attacks, which helped him shut down...
...would you describe the feeling of surfing to someone who has never tried it? Um, I dunno. Exhilarating? Fun? It's pretty challenging though, you know. People don't always know that. There's obviously a lot going on at once - you've got to use your balance and learn how to paddle, and once you get the basic things down, you learn how to line up a wave and time it. You're dealing with something that's moving. It's a very challenging thing...