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...over, no matter one’s age, gender, cynicism, and overall faith in the existence of magic. In a world full of not only civil strife but also “Giselles,” “Manons,” and “Romeo and Juliets,” “The Nutcracker” reveals that ballet can still bring one to a state of complete bliss and oblivion; that innocence can be found and not only interminably lost.There...
...Washington is where cigar-lovers looking to enjoy a smooth Cohiba or Romeo y Julieta - without skirting the law - can look for hope. President-elect Barack Obama has indicated a willingness to discuss with Raul Castro the repeal of bans on Cuban-American travel and remittances-gestures that could ultimately lead to scrapping the trade embargo. For aficionados, that would be a welcome tonic for the grim times ahead. As Evelyn Waugh said, "The most futile and disastrous day seems well spent when it is reviewed through the blue, fragrant smoke of a Havana cigar...
...with Bagosora's conviction, human rights campaigners are in a forgiving mood. As far as it can be said about anyone, Bagosora was evil. In his book Shake Hands With The Devil, Romeo Dallaire, the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission when the Rwandan genocide began, described meeting Bagosora after the worst of the killing ended. "With menace in every line of his face, he promised that if he ever saw me again he would kill me," wrote Dallaire, who would later testify for the prosecution in Bagosora's case. The fact that such a man will spend the rest...
...whites as well as a climactic raid on Darwin by the Japanese.Clearly, “Australia” is an ambitious movie, and it soars and stirs when operating on a grand scale. Luhrmann, whose past credits include “Moulin Rouge” and “Romeo + Juliet,” delivers beautiful, jaw-dropping imagery that seems to spill forth from the screen. A stampede of a thousand cattle rushing towards the edge of a cliff, a desert transformed into a paradise, a city torn apart by bombing—all are vibrant, powerful images crackling...
...Garber informs us in the introduction, George W. Bush). Each chapter (and, in turn, each play examined) concentrates on a specific issue of modernity. For “The Tempest,” it is “the Conundrum of Man;” for “Romeo and Juliet,” “The Untimeliness of Youth;” for “Coriolanus,” “The Estrangement of Self;” and so forth. With each focus, Garber effectively channels her interpretations of the modern contexts for these...