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...train?”—Kapilow transforms Dr. Seuss’s classic tale. In addition to adding variety, the creative arrangement and interplay of ritardandos, accelerandos, crescendos, and diminuendos further the emotional component of “Green Eggs and Ham” and shape the plot dimension of the otherwise playful but repetitive rhyme.The biggest success of “Green Eggs and Hamadeus” is the appeal to a remarkably wide range of ages and its interactive, engaging presentation. The line between performers and audience is blurred from the beginning...
...audience members to come who normally wouldn’t, I go on AM call-in radio shows and offer four free tickets to people who seem to hate classical music the most. In Omaha, Nebraska, the winner was a woman who complained that classical music had no plot. I thought that was truly insightful—there are just notes going by, just random sounds. My job is to get people to follow the plot of the music and to understand the language that the plot is being spoken in. THC: What is it about the stereotypical classical music...
...Pulliam from “The Cosby Show”), is charged with prostitution. But unlike former Madea movies, “Madea Goes to Jail” fails to skillfully weave these two threads together. The movie opens with one of the few true links between the two plots: several Atlanta district attorneys meeting to review the case of Mabel Simmons—better known as Madea—who has just been charged with assaulting three cops. The lawyers will share scenes with Madea only twice thereafter; otherwise, their stories are completely unrelated, resulting in two distinct works...
Further, when viewers watch shows with a strong narrative plot, like 24, Lost, and ad-free HBO dramas such as Big Love and The Sopranos, commercials could dampen the experience. To test this, the researchers showed viewers two different Bollywood musicals. One featured a fast-paced dance sequence in which two male Indian actors pursued the lead female actress (high stimulus, strong plot). The other involved a more languid sequence without a compelling hook (low stimulus, weak plot). When viewers were watching the more dramatic clip, two commercial breaks - one for the Jewelry Factory, the other for the illustrious Michael...
...director, Lewis put on film some of the most complex comic constructions - The Ladies' Man's open, multi-story set, The Bellboy's plot-ignoring series of sight gags (with Jer as the unspeaking hotel employee) - since the early masterpieces of Buster Keaton. Where Lewis went wrong was in also trying to be Charlie Chaplin: laying on the ennobling sentiment, but with a trowel. What the movies lacked was an audience interlocutor; without a figure like Dean Martin, viewers could laugh at Jerry but not always root...