Word: legendizing
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Monday, Feb. 28. Danzig: The Return of a Legend. 7 p.m. Roxy Nightclub, 279 Tremont St., Boston. $23. Tickets available through Ticketmaster...
...sole force driving this series of poetic works into being was, according to Manning, the American legend Daniel Boone. Taking the perspective of the historical frontiersman, Manning composed a voluminous poetic discussion on the meaning of loneliness, grief, and the life and times of Boone, who was “a citizen of nowhere” at his death, according to Manning. He went on to describe the poems in a personal sense, including stories from the spans of time in his life when he himself lived alone, though all of the poems were spoken in impersonal voices. A sense...
...confines of historical limitations, and a particular frame of mind, the body of A Compilation for Owls presents a strikingly provocative and multifaceted poetic exploration into the mind the historical legend. Along with a talent for thoroughly identifying his characters in his prose, Manning has a rare and unique ability to capture the grotesque in a moving, thoughtful way. Many of the gruesome snapshots of reality convey a purposeful meaning, as in the emotional tribute to Boone’s deceased son, Israel, which provides a startlingly graphic yet real and passionate description of the way a person like Boone...
...such theme is the presence of legend in the film. While Viki is at the same time assisted by the legend of the Warrior Woman, the island’s first settler and a figure of courageous independence, she is also frustrated by her culture’s collective expectations of dedication to the land...
...been promoting The Contender (previews March 7, 9:30 p.m. E.T., and March 10, 10 p.m. E.T.; regular time, Sundays, 8 p.m. E.T.): as a reality series with high emotional stakes. Executive producer Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice) says Stallone, whose co-host is boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard, advised him to watch Rocky again before making the show. "It's not Rocky's story," Burnett says. "It's [Rocky's girlfriend] Adrian's story...