Word: mozart
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...opera has turned into the last act of Hamlet, with corpses littering the stage. After the deaths of several supporting meerkats, Flower--the show's matriarch and protagonist, a furry female Tony Soprano--died of a snakebite defending her pups. A few weeks later, Flower's long-suffering daughter Mozart--a fan favorite who was abandoned by her mother and lost several pups--was killed off camera by an unknown predator. Grief-stricken fans held online vigils, created Diana-style tributes, even suggested the deaths were faked. (Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance--they hit every stage.) Manor is a study...
Since meerkats can't speak for themselves, Manor is a kind of metaphysical Mad Libs, in which fans fill in the blanks with their own morals and worldviews. On Animal Planet's Web forums, they mourned, eulogized and fantasized. One imagined Flower welcoming Mozart in heaven, apologizing for her earthly neglect by serenading her daughter with Always on My Mind. On YouTube, they created dozens of video shrines, scored to power ballads. Some castigated the crew for not intervening. Some debated who was less "deserving" of dying. (Flower: survivor or slut?) Others argued that nature is beyond morality. But even...
...critics may bemoan the "fakeness" of some reality or nature shows. But as viewers, we depend on that manipulation to provide the order, sense and purpose that the universe fails to. "Behind the desert's great beauty," as narrator Sean Astin says just before the camera pans to Mozart's body, "lies a frightening indifference for life...
...have an iPod? If so, what's on it? -Meghan Wieckowski, BostonOh, yeah - 5,000 songs loaded straight away. I have anything from Mozart to Marley...
...class, which has 22 students and is, according to Livesey, “turning into a reading seminar despite itself,” went on an expedition to the Loeb Drama Center to watch “The Marriage of Figaro,” an opera composed by Mozart during the time period...