Word: lessing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pinter makes an excellent pre-Victorian patriarch, dropping proper ultimatums right and left). But the new Mansfield Park, Rozema-style, takes the satire to a new level, mocking an entire era and bringing to the surface its deficiencies and ridiculousness. The criticism of the Antiguan slave trade in particular, less prominent in the novel, is quite visually brought to life in the film. By attempting to bring Austen herself into the movie and by transforming Austen's (questionable) implications into blatant innuendos, the director manages to make Jane Austen--well, raucous...
...that raucous spirit that we see a series of modifications: The Crawfords, Austen's villains, are noticeably less distasteful and quite unabashedly sexual; in general, characters are more unguardedly flirtatious, witticisms a little sharper, plot changes less subtle; and crowning it all is the "sex scene". The infidelity discovered via implication in a letter in Austens novel becomes a visual, shocking debacle in the film, quite in character with the brash nature of the adaptation. Amazingly, the director has planned her story in a way that makes this acceptable by keeping with her more open, admittedly "extreme" tone throughout...
...same time though, being a small group has its negatives. Alexander says, "I think sometimes we're less high profile than we should be, but I know that people who see us love the concept and so it's nice to feel we have some effect." Certainly, the gumboot dancers have done well to carve out a niche for themselves. Nyatta says the group both "entertains the audiences that witness the performances" and also "provides an aspect of African culture and heritage that is inextricably tied up with the African artistic expression." And for anyone who is interested, tomorrow HASA...
...Kaminer maintained her belief that women are less defined by gender in their political beliefs than by class or ethnic group...
...There is more live music and less sampling on your second album Stereotype A than on Viva La Woman!, the first album. Is this the future of Cibo Matto's sound...