Word: novelized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Despite much administrative disorganization among the staff, the H.R.D.C. has managed to pull off the second in a series of successful Loeb Ex shows. Catch-22, adapted from Joseph Heller's famous novel of the same name brings together commendable directing an uproariously funny cast and an innovative set design. The result: a nearly flawless production that leaves its audience in hysterics most of the time...
Although the novel Catch-22 was written decades ago, many of its sublime messages still ring true. Although a world war may not be going on, corruption in the military and the government runs so rampant today that audiences may find the story both funnier and sadder as a result. The irony in Heller's jokes becomes even more bitter, and the pain found in the show's few tragic scenes cuts even deeper. As an independent piece, the play Catch-22 is indeed humorous and intriguing. But as a commentary on the modern-day world, it becomes a scathingly...
...formula for the first, self-titled album, in which the dynamic accompaniment of the band made G. Love's purposefully languid vocal delivery and sloppy guitar work distinctively compelling, rather than simply ridiculous sounding. "You Shall See" has the live, acoustic instrumentation that made the first two albums so novel-- a sound that is sadly almost absent from this...
...weird," an insightful character remarks, upon encountering one of the many bizarre players in Tom Sharpe's new satirical comedy, The Midden. And peculiar the novel certainly is--often funny, at times tedious, but always weird...
Examples of a close association between sports and city abound--Broadway Joe Namath uses his big-city playboy image to this day; Mickey Mantle, the Oklahoma kid who made it big on America's biggest stage came straight out of a Horatio Alger novel; Hideki Irabu's introduction to New York was Derek Jeter giving him a tour of the Chinatown club scene; and let us not forget the New York Knicks, the lovable bullies of the NBA--the civic myth of New York lives a charmed life within its sports scene...