Word: pleasingness
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Popping up all about are mentions of the southeast Europe Film Festival, which, if true to its name, promises an instructive, highly entertaining, highly disturbing collection of alienation flics. Bully, too, for the ArtsFirst Film festivals-- look for an Asian Film grouping and the usual crowd-pleasing student films (who...
A bright contrast to that soulful lullaby, the Rondo-Allegro showed the range of Russell's capabilities. From the orchestra's liveliness to Russell's pulsing shoulders, the body movements alone showed the enjoyment that the ensemble had in performing this. Fun-filled, not only did the orchestra have a...
Shivers creeping up the spines of the audience, they stood up in loud applause. Meanwhile, the orchestra, happy at pleasing the audience, sighed in relief at finishing this difficult piece by loosening collars, wiping foreheads and smiling at one another for accomplishing this feat. Had the originator of the quote...
Re "In Defense of Hooters and the St. Pauli Girl" (Column, March 13): What Noah Oppenheim fails to realize is that when a young woman is constantly presented with idealized images of beauty, she is being sent a message about the kinds of appearances that are pleasing to the male...
Electronica is Madonna's ideal realm. Her shallow pop seemed to float without foundation in her previous albums. Every time she tried to be "innovative" or "groundbreaking," it all turned into another exercise in pleasing the Top 40 crowd. The songs on Ray of Light are built around producer William...