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...More crucially, it is the first of the computer-animated films to be turned into theater - which presents different challenges. The romantic sweep and handcrafted classicism of Disney's earlier films could in no way be translated literally to the stage - and that inspired directors like Julie Taymor (The Lion King) and Francesca Zambello (The Little Mermaid) to come up with unique, often inspired stage equivalents. Computer animation, however, adds a level of realistic detail - nuances of facial expression, a more subtle, offhand approach to comedy - that seems to demand a more literal approach...
...toward another fight. (Martin Scorsese virtually patented that shot in Raging Bull and Goodfellas.) The trope does pay off later in the film, when the camera trails the briefly retired Randy down the stairs to his new job, behind a deli counter. But Aronofsky's main contribution was to lion-tame a jolting performance out of a forgotten hero...
...seemed to repress: women and Trinidad, where he grew up. The abstemious Brahmin vegetarian who looked away from the movie screen whenever a kissing scene was shown, even after his marriage, is here revealed as a writer of wildly sensual letters whose mistress of 24 years called him "the Lion King" and drew sketches of his manhood in all its naked glory. That did not stop him from seeing her through three abortions and being, in his alarming words, "very violent with her for two days with my hand," but it does bring home how women could see something redeeming...
Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, the liberal lion who has represented Massachusetts for nearly a half century and was diagnosed with brain tumor in May, received an honorary degree from Harvard at a convocation ceremony in Sanders Theatre yesterday afternoon.Over 50 years after he graduated from the College with a degree in Government, the youngest member of the famous political family was honored for his lifetime commitment to public service.“I hope that in all the time since then I have lived up to the chance Harvard gave...
That wasn't quite the result Chávez got. The PSUV did win 17 of 22 state governorships, the lion's share of mayoral posts and 53% of the total vote, proving that Chávez and his Bolivarian Revolution are still the nation's most potent political force. But el comandante's celebration was blunted by the fact that the opposition won governor seats in three of the most populous states, including Zulia, the nation's oil powerhouse, and Carabobo, an important automobile producer. (Earlier last month, Chávez had threatened to send in tanks...