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Star from the Bar Perseverance transformed country singer Mickey Gilley from small-time musician to big-time crowd pleaser...
Jaundiced views of the U.S. are a proven crowd pleaser in London. Michael Moore, the insurrectionist documentarian, got booed off the Oscar stage for criticizing Bush's foreign policy, but in London late last year, his one-man stage show--with bits like a nightly "Stump the Yank" quiz--was a smash hit. Even the American plays that are increasingly shoving aside Shakespeare and Stoppard on the West End (often with big-name U.S. stars in the cast) seem to be reveling in the worst of the U.S. In the current hit revival of David Mamet's Sexual Perversity...
...Bears took some early leads, but several superb comebacks clinched the match for the Crimson. At No. 1 singles, Lingman fought back after dropping the first set 6-1 and won the next two. In a crowd pleaser, Riddell, after injury, was forced to save over a dozen match points in the second set before winning his match at No. 4 in three sets...
...week after Yale had convincingly beaten Harvard, 8-1, in the semifinal of the national championship, the Howe Cup. Sophomore No. 2 Lindsey Wilkins called the Crimson loss simply a “dress rehearsal”—and the final performance was without doubt a crowd pleaser...
Monsoon Wedding is full of such scenes and is a true crowd pleaser. For all its larger-than-life excesses, it balances humor and humanity with a deft touch; it is irresistible...