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...world had better be careful. It is getting dangerously close to mainstream acceptance. Eminem's movie, 8 Mile, won raves from stuffy, middle-aged film critics and raced to the top of the box-office charts. Now Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam has barged its way onto Broadway. An evening of in-your-face street poetry by nine performers with noms de rap like Black Ice, Georgia Me and Poetri might seem to have an uphill battle in the land of Rodgers and Hammerstein. But the show, being marketed to urban audiences and sporting a relatively low $65 top ticket...
...first thing to notice about Def Poetry Jam is that the audience is engaged more directly and passionately (shouts of assent or murmurs of sympathy after each line that connects) than any other on Broadway. The second thing to notice, especially after the gangsta-posturing insult raps of 8 Mile, is how empowering, often funny and always life affirming the words...
Rapper Eminem now has a successful film, 8 Mile, to his credit [SHOW BUSINESS, Nov. 11]. He is an example of the evolving aspect of hip-hop. It is no longer just a music genre. It has become a way of life. It permeates all parts of North American culture: the way we speak, dress and act. In 10 to 20 years, artists like Eminem will be the norm in hip-hop. Urban or street-based music like jazz, blues and rock 'n' roll eventually changes the norm, and what is mainstream today was once considered street territory...
...encountered, a ragged eight-footer, ignored us as it lumbered squarely in our path while foraging for blueberries. Our guide fired his rifle into the air to no avail. After an hour's wait in cold drizzle, we crept past the munching behemoth, which glanced at us indifferently. A mile or so later, a mother with two cubs charged at us from the far side of a stream but lost interest as we scurried away. "Only if the marmots are out of season will they eat tourists," our guide joked. At least we think he was joking...
Nine time zones from Moscow but only a 5-hr. flight from Anchorage, Kamchatka has just begun to attract visitors. The 750-mile-long peninsula was off limits to most Russians, not to mention foreigners, during the cold war because it was the site of a nuclear-submarine base and military radar installations. Today nearly a third of the region is in protected nature reserves, including five parks designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO...