Word: parisianly
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...especially after World War II, when Europe was in ruins and civilization had been bested for a while by its discontents, that Brassai discovered the weird beauty of graffiti. Just as he had seen what was lovely in the louche spectacle of the Parisian cafes, he recognized what was indelible about graffiti, the bad penmanship of the group unconscious. In his photographs of the stick figures and screaming heads carved and scribbled on Paris walls, you find the most unruly human impulses--sex, anger, even exaltation--brought alive and made legible in odd corners...
...hopeful as they are insecure, in many ways a reflection of our very selves as we too struggle with the dawning of the second millennium. The audience can identify not only with Picasso and Einstein, but with many other quirky characters congregating at the Lapin Agile, that famous Parisian bar which Picasso and Einstein, so we are told, patronized faithfully in their youth...
...country that could invent the bidet obviously has a penchant for vaguely ludicrous cosmetics, and so it came to pass Friday that the Parisian subway system received the first application of a new perfume. The scent, named Madeleine (after one of the more notoriously fetid stops on the Metro) is to be splashed throughout the subway system over the next few weeks in order to combat the unwholesome odors that have permeated the city's underground since its creation...
Under the baton of BLO Music Director Stephen Lord, the Boston Lyric's in-house orchestra proved their worth as a tightly focused ensemble that rarely overpowered the singers. The orchestra consistently rose to whatever musical tasks Verdi's score demanded--be it charming and bubbly Parisian waltz music, subtle love aria music, or even the passionate, bombastic, coronary-inducing orchestral forces sometimes needed in the more histrionic scenes of high tragic opera...
...enhance the play's charm and the end result is both cosmetically and intellectually refreshing. Of course, Moliere's tale of the struggle between honesty and courtesy would be poignant in any age. Setting Moliere in the Roaring Twenties, though, works particularly well, since the excesses of 17th century Parisian society translate rather easily to the freewheeling atmosphere of the Jazz...