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...consciousness. The pace and tone of the more simplistic programs, on the other hand, is very unfamiliar, which makes them oddly fascinating. More effectively than a minimalist musical composition or a 16-hour theater piece featuring lots of chanting, they stretch your sense of time and change your mode of thinking. They also exercise an emotional attraction as they reassure the child within that the world is a stable, comprehensible place where he or she is valued. The grownup without knows better, of course, but that just makes the message more appealing...
...music works in much the same way. On 32 Flavors, she covers a song by punk-folk singer Ani DiFranco, lending it an upbeat, pop-oriented grace. On the title track, Davis coasts into a relaxed jazz-jam mode. And then on Turtle, her voice arches above the chorus, R.-and-B. diva-like, aching with emotion. Davis will no doubt draw comparisons to acts from various genres--you can hear Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman and even Stevie Wonder churning inside her songs. But like most true talents, she eludes direct matches. The gentle waves of her music beat against...
...hundred years is a long time and much can happen during that span. Harvard hockey is currently in a rebuilding mode compared to past glory. Had the anniversary occurred 10 years ago, this centennial season would have inspired grandeur but instead the present clouds the memories of the past...
Rather than trying to generate sympathy for his characters, he introduces an ugly mode of black humor that mocks the dead and dying to such a degree that the audience feels too much disgust to get riled up about HMO policies. The black humor itself isn't a bad idea; it is often a key and telling element of good satire. But Lumet has shot himself in the foot by making the humor too universal--if you show disdain for doctors, patients, bereaved family members, athiests, the strongly religious, HMOs and insurance companies, there isn't really anyone left...
...Overview," are equally beguiling. All modestly crafted by hand and about the same size, the nine pieces presented at the ICA include a loaf of bread, a disc jockey, an outdoor garden and tambiguous, the sculptures are at once crude in their formal execution and sophisticated in their narrative mode...