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...professional troublemaker by nature and a haberdasher, boutique owner and rock-'n'-roll manager by trade, Malcolm lived life more as a "glorious accident" (a term he used to describe Sid Vicious) than as a strategic campaign. While McLaren was portrayed in the film Sid and Nancy as a cunning calculator who cons the media into giving the Sex Pistols publicity, Malcolm was more bewildered by the monster he created and more naive than he was ever credited for--except when it came to realizing how much money there was to be made. Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten...
...cleverest and most enjoyable aspect of the company’s performance, though, is the carefully maintained attention to the many styles, genres, and works that Britten gleefully ventriloquizes. Flirtation between Sid (James B. Danner ’12) and Nancy (Katie K. Schick ’10) swings into a harsh sort of jazz, sung with appropriate swagger and well-coordinated stage direction that emphasizes the awkwardness of the moment for Albert. Imitation folk songs are sung in a child’s squeal. Mock-Italian quintet singing is delivered with appropriate exuberance. Herring hiccups repeatedly...
...graduate students during post-production. Just as she hoped, even the unmarried, childless, 20-something males in her classes still appreciated the humor and honesty of the film. Thurman dismisses the idea that only women would seek out the film. “When you watch ‘Sid and Nancy,’ is that movie just for druggies?” she asks. “I mean, I watch films about men. Sometimes they’re boring, but when someone does something well, I want to see it, not because...
...drama and satire. In M*A*S*H, he managed to humanize soldiers even as he illustrated the absurdity of war. His knack for imbuing punch lines with social commentary earned him Emmy and Tony awards as well as the accolades of legends like Bob Hope, Mel Brooks and Sid Caesar. Gelbart began his career at 16 after his father, a Hollywood barber, bragged to entertainer Danny Thomas about his son's gift for gags. After reading one batch of jokes, Thomas hired the precocious teen, who years later would say laughter was in his genes. Even after a false...
...Republican, Republicans usually pick the Republican. It's the same phenomenon that could doom party-switching Senator Arlen Specter in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary; partisans don't often reward bipartisanship. "Crist has focused on the Arlen Specter wing of the Republican Party," says Palm Beach County GOP chairman Sid Dinerstein. "Rubio could be the future of a real Republican Party...