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...artist himself, are de rigueur to Tezuka. He has an almost Shakespearian desire to mix high drama with low comedy, though Shakespeare rarely had characters doing both. At one point during volume one a powerful general sends away his escorts when he wishes to bathe in a pond. Adopting a silly, girlish pose and sprouting long eyelashes he says, "I don't want you to see me naked. Pray, won't you go?" Some of the oddity may be attributable to the translation, which puts modern vernacular ("It ain't no trick dude!") in the context of ancient India...
Hailing from Spain, DJ Sammy has crossed the pond for Avalon’s Friday Avaland spectacle. As a DJ and music producer in Europe for over 15 years, he is best known in the United States as the producer of “Heaven” and “Boys of Summer.” 10 p.m., $20 cover, 19+. Avalon, 15 Lansdowne St., Boston...
...mysterious?and intercontinental?ways. In Japan, where baseball is considered only slightly less important than breathing, Osaka's famously hapless Hanshin Tigers (one Series title in 68 years) cruised to a pennant this year and will face the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in the Japan Series this week. Across the pond, the Boston Red Sox, who haven't won a title since the end of World War I, are alive in the post-season, just one step away from the World Series. There are other similarities: each team plays second fiddle to an imperial rival: the Tokyo Giants for the Tigers...
...late-summer escapism unfolds on the other side of the pond, as a recent divorcee (Diane Lane) flees to Italy, purchases a villa and finds a mysterious foreign love interest. Adapted for the screen by Audrey Well—who also produced and directed—from author Frances Mayes’ bestselling memoir, with a number of departures from the book. In the past, Wells has been responsible for such mixed fare as George of the Jungle, The Truth About Cats and Dogs and The Kid; here she strives to transcend the cliches of the typical romantic romp...
...music awards in each country only highlight the conceptual width of the Atlantic pond. America has the Grammys, whose endless categories and strong leanings towards Latin and country music are all but incomprehensible to the British. The real barometer of U.S. musical taste is MTV, home to the Coldplay standard. But with the exception of Coldplay, even MTV’s slick populism doesn’t do much to bridge the waters. The problem is simple: no one in Britain will take you too seriously if you give a prize to Justin Timberlake or Kid Rock. MTV retaliates...