Word: poetic
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...raise questions of absolute love, power, need, and want. “Absurdistan”—filmed in the desert villages of Azerbaijan—is more than just the story of a town-wide sex strike; it’s an enchanting tale of romantic and poetic love. There is very little dialogue—all of which is delivered in German, adding to the otherness of the film’s overall impression—and most information is relayed through the voiced-over narrative confessions of Aya and her soulmate Temelko (Maximilian Mauff...
...Hall solo recital, a presentation of the Celebrity Series of Boston. His performance, which fused musical mastery with a hearty dose of his characteristic flair for the dramatic, proved all of the hype about him was well justified. Settling himself at the Steinway concert piano, Lang opened with a poetic rendition of Franz Schubert’s Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959. In the first movement, the interplay of soprano and tenor voices created a chorus of classical lines that conveyed a dialogue of teasing questions and indignant retorts. Raising a finger to his lips...
...unknown with courage and curiosity. At other times, the interface between childhood and adulthood is not destructive, as in “I Box Up All The Butterflies,” or monumental and adventurous, as in “Saddle Up,” but simply blurred for poetic effect. Lines like “I’ve got a little bag of marbles and a catapult wound around my fingers” show the narrator conflating the playthings of kids and grownups, reframing medieval warfare as simple schoolyard mischief. If the saccharine sweetness of The Boy Least...
...honor Darwin’s legacy without attracting the whiff of religious fanaticism? Point out simple inconsistencies in dinner-table debate. (Individuals don’t evolve, populations do.) Remind others that evolution is overwhelmingly uncontroversial among scientists. But, for crying out loud, don’t wax poetic about the genius of Charles Darwin or his noble purpose. You’d be doing your entire species a disservice...
...than one gloomy Kanye? Lots of them!! The video feeds Kanye’s narcissism as it allows him to digitally multiply himself. He comes close to finally living out the fantasy of making out with himself in a music video. Gone are the days when Kanye would wax poetic about the nature of religion, war, and love, and the days we wanted to awkwardly fist-pump to his infectious rhythms. Kanye strains himself for a decent rhyme scheme; the best that the lethargic “Heartbreak” can conjure is, “Bad enough that...