Word: punning
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...leaving the underlying white paper behind. Chen Qikuan’s playful “Monkeys” depicts four monkeys and a parent in curving strokes of black ink. From afar, I mistook it for a Chinese character. Qikuan, who studied calligraphy as a child, forms his visual pun with an ordinary subject and traditional, pithy strokes. This extension of tradition pushes the bounds of modernism, and museums often grapple with categorizing the art. “What an exhibition like this does,” says Lentz, “is to really call into question the popular...
...spill out over audiences in the coming weeks...Benjamin K. Glaser ‘09RR: So, who do you play in “Urinetown?”BG: I play Bobby Strong, the dreamy-eyed rabble-rouser who leads the revolution against the Urine Good Company [Note the pun —ed.].RR: In the play, why are there restrictions on #1, but not #2?BG: There actually are restrictions on #2. That fact comes up in one of the songs. But urination: Much funnier than defecation.RR: Do you think other Broadway musicals would benefit from the inclusion...
...Overlaying a female torso with a world map made for a most intriguing cover image. My teenage son and adult husband were particularly taken with the latitudes around Nepal. Pun intended? An eye-opening story, in more ways than one. As a wife and mother, I appreciate the coverage. Melissa Noebes, Canton...
...master’s degree in dance at Ohio State University, started a repertoire of solo performances—which she has named “Portables”—when she was in graduate school. The title “Portables,” a pun on the artist’s surname, refers to the fact that these pieces can be performed by Porter wherever she goes. “I wanted them to be able to be performed in all different places. Theatres of course—but also people’s homes...
Overlaying a female torso with a world map made for a most intriguing cover image. My teenage son and adult husband were particularly taken with the latitudes around Nepal. Pun intended? An eye-opening story, in more ways than one. As a wife and mother, I appreciate the coverage. Melissa Noebes, CANTON...