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Take the Egyptian god Osiris. He married his sister Isis, was made King of Mankind, and then became the target of his brother Set??€™s jealousy. Set dismembered Osiris and scattered the pieces of his body all over Egypt. Isis was distraught and sought to save her husband, so she scoured the country to find the pieces of her husband’s body. She found each part and bound them together, creating the first mummy, and bringing Osiris back to life to rule as the King of the Dead...
Call Max Roach Mr. Cutting Edge. In the 1940s and 50s, Roach catalyzed the drum set??€™s redefinition with his sophisticated rhythmic approach. His Freedom Now Suite of 1960—a work banned by the Republic of South Africa—reflected his political concerns. In the 1970s Roach founded the M’BOOM Percussion Ensemble. Over the years, he has worked with actor Bill Cosby, poet Maya Angelou and playwright Sam Shepard, among others...
...Stray children’s predicament is never overtly articulated. All that we know is that their parents are long dead or disappeared, and that Presley and Haley have since languished in their house as intellectual and emotional preteens. Did they kill their parents? Red blotches around the set??€™s living room hint at some bloody work done in the past. Yet the mystery is a red herring. The play, by British scribe Philip Ridley, is more interested in exploring the ins and outs of the characters’ skewed psyches, notably as depicted in the clash that...