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...anti-Astaire. As Kelly himself said, in 1975: "Fred represents the aristocracy when he dances. And I represent the proletarian." As TIME?s Richard Schickel noted in his 1996 obit of Kelly: "Astaire put us in touch with our romantic ideals and with that perfection of manner the rest of us attain only in our more blissful daydreams. At his best, Kelly reminded us that, in reality, we are obliged to improvise our happiness with such rough materials as fall to hand." But don?t take Schickel?s word ? what do critics know? Listen to another director-choreographer, Bob Fosse...
...front of the line. The blonde took my application and ushered me towards the camera. I took a deep breath, found my chi, and smiled at the camera in as bewitching a manner as possible...
...Mass., San Diego, Chicago and Philadelphia--though, oddly, not to New York City. In the exhibition catalog Louis Faurer (Merrell; 208 pages; $65), Tucker notes that Faurer is one of the "missing links" between the Depression-era documentary photography of Walker Evans and the darker moods and more ragged manner of Robert Frank's great 1958 book The Americans. That's exactly right. Faurer, who grew up in Philadelphia, never attended college or art school. He simply started taking pictures during the Depression, the era of socially conscious "concerned photography." But by the time he moved to New York...
...Elsewhere, of course, there had been all manner of sporting upset: D'backs over Yanks, Pats over Rams, Tiger chased in the first round of match play. It got me thinking. Yes, yes, sure: Judged sports are, by their nature, subjective. But isn't it awful that a skater can't come from behind and surge to glory? That's the very quintessence of athletic achievement. The comeback. The pass or dunk or kick with .01 on the clock...
...back with my Squatter's amber by the time Sarah skated. It was a magnificent performance, what with a couple of triple-triples and all manner of elegance and charm. It was exciting. It was thrilling. It was altogether sensational...