Word: paces
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Meanwhile rescue workers euphoric over finding a survivor in a collapsed freeway resumed work at a frustratingly cautious pace yesterday, and earthquake-shaken Northern Californians mapped strategy for today's commute through gridlock...
Even when the pace slows, Jenny Gibbs does a graceful job of playing Alice; her performance is full of energy and her girlish gestures are appropriate. If her accent is uneven, it is only out of consistency with the work--Alice admits in the first act that she is a native of both Oxford and Hackensack, which cannot help but to confuse Gibbs' speech pattern...
...pace quickens in the second act, which is saved by faster scenes and more entertaining song and dance. The White Knight (Tom Hale) does a rap to cheer Alice while the other actors dance. The final ensemble number, a "lobster dance" set to Beethoven, is funny and very original. The act drags only during a mainly unintelligible "Jabberwocky Battle," which leaves the audience guessing at its multi-lingual signifigance...
Before this week, baseball was chugging along at a rapid pace. Today, baseball is silent, along with the rest of the nation. For the first time since anyone could remember, no one cared about baseball...
Although these are some of the more outstanding cuts on Byrne's latest LP, the album should really be listened to as a whole. The fast pace of each song runs into the next, making for smooth transitions and the impossibility of turning off the stereo before the whole selection is over...