Word: newman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...THERE'S ONE CHARACTERISTIC that runs through Randy Newman's latest release, "Little Criminals," it's simplicity. In today's world, simplicity is usually a welcome addition to any venture, but in "Little Criminals" the marked lack of complexity quickly translates into boredom. Newman's latest effort, for the most part, doesn't have the necessary ingredients for the great block-buster cult album that his fans may be looking...
...first glance, the record jacket gives the impression that its contents are very sophisticated. Randy Newman is peering into the camera, from behind sunglasses, on a bridge over some (presumably) Los Angeles freeway. He looks like an artist, with his hair mussed up and his well-worn clothing. So far, so good. But it's that back of the jacket that's the real killer--it contains the words to all the songs on the record within. The words of one verse...
This week, Alexandra finishes her work in an ABC movie starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, filmed over the last month in Boston. Her daily routine has not been an easy one: up at 5 a.m., study till 6, on the set at 6:30. Filming during the next 12 hours till 6:30 p.m., with a quick break for lunch, a return to Lowell House by 7 for dinner, and then back to the books, capping the night off with three hours of piano practice...
That expresses well enough an oddity of the past two decades of moviemaking. Women, with a few notable exceptions, have been background music. The reason is not simply that Paul Newman and Robert Redford make a lovely pair, cuddly though they are. It is a matter of social realities and society's perceptions. A male actor can fly a plane, fight a war, shoot a badman, pull off a sting, impersonate a big cheese in business or politics. Men are presumed to be interesting. A female can play a wife, play a whore, get pregnant, lose her baby...
...will be at the Berklee Performance Center and The Stone Soup Society, in that order, on Saturday night. Hey, those zany Crusaders return to the greater Big Bean area on Sunday, when they take on the audience at the Berklee Performance Center at 8 p.m. Not to mention Randy Newman at 8 at Symphony Hall that very same night, not to mention--hey!...wait a second! Is anybody reading this? Class dismissed! Later...