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This is high, and high-wire, melodrama. It's less soap opera than grand opera, where matters of love and death are played at a perfect fever pitch. And grand this Golden Flower...
...irreverent time for all.THE SHOW BEGINSBefore the show even started, the audience was worked up.Despite the “no food or drink” rule, alcoholic beverages in various containers seemed to be prevalent. After allowing some time for the crowd to work itself into a Bacchic fever pitch, the MCs of the event—Joshua M. Brener ’07 and Warland L. “Trey” Kollmer ’07—graced the stage.The first act of the night was by far the strangest. “Benjamin Sweet?...
...woodwinds. “The Hero’s Companion,” the third portion, highlighted the extraordinary ability of co-concertmaster J. Y. “Ariel” Jeong ’07 in show-stealing solos on the violin.Jeong’s perfect pitch was especially poignant as it persisted through “TheHero’s Battlefield,” a percussion-heavy section that reintroduced the trumpets.The trumpet work was especially adept at conveying the calamity of battle in a controlled manner. The last two movements, “The Hero?...
...potential payoff for Zambrano is great. Chamorro-Padilla says her yearly income totals about $60,000, which means the family might qualify for HFAI. The financial picture, however, will ultimately depend on whether Zambrano’s father, who is divorced from his mother, decides to pitch in. “We’re trying to contact him about that,” Zambrano says...
...reason, the real Winslet might have responded, is because that's what people like about her. She has all the allure of the leading lady but also the I'll-pitch-in enthusiasm of the wingwoman. "Kate's clearly somebody you'd just absolutely love to have a long lunch with," says Meyers. "A girl's girl. Beautiful but not intimidating to other women." It's not a coincidence that Jackie Earle Haley, a child star best remembered for 1979's Breaking Away, suddenly turned up--after years of obscurity--in two Winslet movies. Having worked with him on King...