Word: scene
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...childhood; and an ancient Portuguese woman (Isabel de Castro) meets the French-born son (Jean-Yves Gautier) of her long-lost brother. The old woman is wary of her Francophone nephew--she keeps asking, "Why doesn't he speak our speech?"--until the nephew convinces her, in a heartbreaking scene, that blood is thicker than language...
...tradition, like Blues Traveler, Phish and the Dave Matthews Band, have been unable to fill completely. Says John Connor, a 27-year-old fan from Chicago who has seen 28 Dead shows: "Dave Matthews has a lot of talent, but he's still a rookie on the hippie countercultural scene." Deadheads have been eager to see the Other Ones, but in a melancholy sort of way. Says Paul Wozniak, a 35-year-old fan who has seen the Dead perform more than 300 times and attended a recent show by the Other Ones: "They can measure up musically...
...many flaws of the production still remain at large. For example, in the afore-mentioned bar scene of the song "Gaston," a difficult dance involving steins and the praising of beer is performed. One would think that, for all the child-directed points of this musical, that the scene would not include so much...well, beer. In addition, though the stein dance is obviously intricate and difficult, it pales in comparison to the other tricks of the musical, and becomes disappointingly boring. Also, the menagerie that is "Be Our Guest" is done in true all-out Disney fashion--the plates...
...soft spots. As much as one could criticize the romantic ballroom scene, I simply can't do it. Although expectedly cheezy, the slow waltz into adoration that Belle and the Beast have is enough to melt even the harshest heart. By the time the Beast--who previously climbed walls rather than stairs and who took almost a full minute to suppress his pride enough to ask "please"--tells Belle, "You're not my prisoner. You haven't been for a long time," one becomes ready to forgive and forget about the rest of the musical in exchange for that...
...more minor yet disturbing point about the novel is the scattering of scatological jokes and references to Coco the dog's bowel movements. In one revolting scene, Coco suffers heat stroke and Reilly must administer a cold-water enema to the dog not once but three times. We are given the details in their full glory, not only about the enemas but of Coco's explosive bowel movements as well. Consider Reilly's deep thoughts about how he must cure Coco's home-sickness: "There are worse things, I suppose, than having to give a dog an ice water enema...