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...Pulling into the stadium parking lot I was prepared for chaos—a sloppy pregame ritual that would live up to the school’s billing as “ZooMass...
...Paulus’ new approach to theater at the A.R.T.: experience. “I’m interested in how we can really get to the roots of when theater had power,” she writes in her publicity material, “when it was ritual.” The “ritual” that she’s trying to capitalize on here is the idea of nights out with friends, and though clubbing itself may be a relatively new concept, it actually shares similar foundations with the origins of American theater, which...
...individual has for their particular religion. Then you're walked around the lodge room, introduced to each of the main officers. You see the assembled brethren and the master of the lodge before you in his top hat. It's very traditional, early-1800s garb. And after the ritual - and this is true of all the Masonic degrees - the master recites a lecture on the group's history and symbols, memorized word for word. Those haven't changed in 200 years...
...book's introduction, you mention how you omitted certain details. The consensus seemed to be that the specific means Masons use to recognize each other - handshakes, the specific wording of parts of the ritual - should not be divulged. You don't want some fake Mason coming to your lodge and talking their way into your meetings...
...already flashed us his trademark Mickey Mouse watch ("I wear it to remind me to slow down and take life less seriously"), and we've gotten a taste of his freakish memory, his crippling claustrophobia and his rueful skepticism. We've been reminded of Brown's taste for ritual violence - there's a touch of Thomas Harris about his writing. We've even been introduced to a lonely, violent fanatic with weird skin. His name is Mal'akh instead of Silas, and instead of being an albino he's covered in tattoos, but same difference. (See the top 10 fiction...