Word: rome
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...proposed reforms from either party would change that. While Clinton and his kingmaker have reinvented the rules of Democratic fund raising, that achievement has also brought scandal to the presidency and left McAuliffe with hefty legal bills. "When it comes to political money, this is a period when Rome is burning and McAuliffe is the fiddler," says Fred Wertheimer of Democracy 21, a nonprofit group dedicated to tracking the influence of money on politics. Wertheimer is especially critical of McAuliffe for "connecting six-figure donors with elected officials in a position to do favors for them." But McAuliffe argues that...
...appetite for historical works in which stern Antiquity framed the goddess Pornography. By far the hottest example of the genre here is a fabulous piece of kitsch by Paul Jamin, Brennus and his Loot, 1893, showing a barbarian Gallic chieftain gloating over his spoils from the sack of Rome. They include five naked, rosy-nippled girls, writhing on the floor in postures of submission and despair; all-conquering Brennus surveys them with the Bertie Wooster grin of a boulevardier entering a whorehouse. This is archaeology with...
...Marc Antony produced audible gasps from the audience. Stevenson's choreography provides ample room for these two dancers, as well as the male members of the corps de ballet, to exhibit their considerable talent. The highlight of the ballet comes when the dancers celebrate the arrival of Cleopatra in Rome, and the male dancers achieve a balance of athleticism and lyricism that is truly remarkable...
...presentation. Boyd's showstopper in this production is a golden barge. The barge, complete with oarsmen, morphs into a magnificent, multi-colored throne invoking Ra, the Egyptian God of the Sun. Boyd chose to enhance the dichotomy between the Egypt of Cleopatra-light, airy and feminine-and the Rome of Caesar, which is cold, stoic and masculine. The music, composed by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov and arranged by John Lanchberry, echoes these themes as well...
...gladiator revue is such a hit in the provinces that it is soon playing Rome. There, Maximus takes two wary allies: Senator Gracchus (Derek Jacobi), who needs help in restoring the republic; and Lucilla (Connie Nielsen), Commodus' sister, who loved Maximus. But it won't be easy outfoxing Commodus. His Heinous Highness loves an unfair fight...