Word: showboater
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...critic who can't resist a good show or the damnably hummable tunes of a Rodgers or a Lloyd Webber, a really professionally staged musical is often a source of lively, if somewhat guilty, entertainment. So it is with the lavish production of the Kern-Hammerstein classic "Showboat" currently playing at the Wang Center through August...
Amid its shortcomings, the script of "Showboat" does have its moments. A particularly witty scene--in fact, the funniest in the entire show--presents a satirical parody of "showboat" theater, the kind of absurd melodrama that makes the framing drama look great in comparison, and reaches its pinnacle of hilarity with Cap'n Andy's spirited one-man enactment of the denouement and the wonderful punchline: "Curtain! No refunds." And the irresistible swing of "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" will have you humming or whistling it before you exit the theater. No wonder that song, along with...
...Republicans tried to bring [scandals] up and it failed politically," said Clinton-Gore campaign spokesperson Douglas Hattaway Tuesday. "Millions of dollars were spent on showboat hearings that accomplished nothing...
Others argue that cameras are not the problem, they are the solution. "The camera is the antidote to the media circus," contends Steven Brill, founder of Court TV. Besides, he adds, lawyers "showboat, even without cameras." Journalists fear that the twin decisions to bar cameras from the Smith and Klaas trials set a dangerous precedent. "The O.J. thing is an aberration," says Wade Ricks, a CNN field producer. "Trials can be handled in a thoughtful manner so that they instruct, enlighten and entertain." And Jane Kirtley of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press maintains that had the public...
...love. Last month a male and a female crew member videotaped themselves having sex in a ship's compartment. The man was caught after he showed the tape to other sailors. "We have taken the focus away from being a potent fighting ship and made the Ike a showboat," grumbled a lieutenant. "We succeeded in this deployment, but would we succeed in combat...