Word: sassing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Treemonisha's old-fashioned charm and innocence without embarrassment. Says Schuller, an expert on ragtime and jazz: "There are certain kinds of primitive art works that must be preserved as they originally were. Treemonisha is one of them. It just won't work if you try to sass it up or modernize it for Broadway." This is easier said than done, especially in scoring the work; only Joplin's piano edition has survived. Schuller's orchestration radiates not just the ring of authenticity but the growl and wail as well...
...base runners sass the Duke relentlessly, and so does his apoplectic catcher, "Beanie" Maligima (Lou Crincuolo). The manager (Mitchell Jason) tries to psych the Duke back to his earlier form, but to no avail. A home run ball zooms over his head like a tracer bullet and murders him on the spot...
...banal generalities ("That November day in 1963 was a turning point ...") or trivial particulars ("Edmund Muskie and I were arguing about abortion . . ."). Indeed, Laughing is only incidentally an anatomy of power in the nation's capital. Howar's story is much older: how a girl with looks, sass and plenty of hustle cultivates powerful people and becomes the next best thing to powerful -famous...
HERE ARE LADIES. How Irish writers sass and celebrate Irish women, with a graciously high-styled solo performance by Siobhan McKenna...