Word: lushes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...lush bonuses reflect stepped-up mergers advice as well as Wall Street's ability to make money in markets that go nowhere by playing both sides-betting on rising prices some of the time and falling prices at other times. Can you say hedge fund? Sure, the hefty pay filters through the economy, especially in New York. But the bonuses this year call to mind the title of Fred Schwed's famous book on how the Street works: Where Are the Customers' Yachts? Schwed asked the question in 1940. Maybe it's time to start asking again...
...critics have mostly sniffed at what they perceive as another laboriously lush Lloyd Webber score and clumsy lyrics from the usually clever Zippel. Agreed, agreed, and doesn't matter. What's impressive about this adaptation of the Wilkie Collins mystery novel is how it moves. I don't refer only to the patented Trevor Nunn turntable that, for about the 18th time since the director used it in Les Mis?rables, forces the actors to scamper around the stage like rats on a treadmill. I mean the moving scenery: all video projections by designer William Dudley. In your theater seat...
...with his AP classes but becomes more interested in hanging out with his ne'r-do-well pal and tweaking on crystal meth. While filling the story with atmospheric details like Hawaiian slang ("baku" for meth; "haole" for a non-native), Johnson's remarkably confident artwork drains the lush world of its color, leaving just the deep shadows. Night Fisher brings a chill to the tropics...
...grit. The trees that gave New Orleans such character--the centuries-old live oaks with their grand canopies and graceful lines--are toppled, exposing huge root balls 10 ft. or more in diameter. It's all the more surreal because the Garden District, which survived the flood, is lush and beautiful once again...
...successful at extending the narrative when he restrains himself to the intimacy of Austen’s domestic world. A tracking shot, in the style of Robert Altman, explore the rural, homespun details of the Bennett’s “socially inferior” home, while the lush ball sequences with exquisite costuming and choreography visually convey the complex relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy. Every little girl who grew up wanting to be Elizabeth Bennett can see her dream realized in Knightley’s performance. Every little boy who grew up to have a massive crush...