Word: namely
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Mime comes to Harvard only about one a year, but it enjoys ever-greater popularity nationally. Although Marcel Marceau may still be the only mime whose name is a household word, his style is no longer the only one visible on the American stage. The Mime, a performing artist on the margins of dramatic theater and abstract dance, can express himself through both forms, creating a wide range of distinct forms...
Kathy Rose's movie is an imaginary documentary of an animator at work. She strikes a bargain with her originally uncooperative characters: they will be in her movie if they are allowed to name it. They accuse her of heartless artistic license: "If you really want to make good cartoons you have to be in one first." When she walks away in frustration, the pencils join in the rebel cause and they all try to make their own movie, like the old "goofy groceries" of the 1930's and 40's who fight for love and glory that goes...
...crying out loud, the very name itself is misleading, if not an oxymoron. It's called "spring training," but by the time the vernal equinox is a reality, the regular season is only days away...
JOHN LYDON already has his special place in the rock and roll pantheon. As Johnny Rotten (a stage name he now disdains), he fronted the quintessential punk rock band, the now defunct Sex Pistols, and wrote most of the songs on what is arguably the greatest debut album ever, Never Mind the Bollocks. The obvious problem for an artist meeting such staggering early success is what to do next; Lydon's anxious quest for originality, for a break with his "public image," has resulted in Public Image Ltd., for the most part a hopelessly jejune effort that might leave...
Public Image Ltd. is also the name of Lydon's new band, composed of ex-Clash guitarist Keith Levine, bassist Jah Wobble, and drummer Jim Donut. Wobble only learned the bass last year; Donut is as leadfooted as most rock drummers. But Levine really understands his topped-up guitar--his ingenious and adventurous departures from twelve-bar rock and roll demonstrate that here--and his partnership with Lydon promised much more than what...