Word: singer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...confronted an unforgettable monster, whose political and economic immorality was of a piece with his sexual perversion. Dramatically he was an antagonist who functioned as a powerfully clarifying force, resolving, vivifying all the movie's ambiguities. There is just no one like him here, though Ruben Blades, the singer who is turning into a delicately ironic actor, might have fulfilled the role if his gangster character had been more fully developed. Unfortunately, like everyone else in this huge, wasted effort, he is merely glimpsed wandering in a labyrinth that never draws us into its enigmas and finally stupefies both curiosity...
What distinguishes Herlihy's words from those of so many other defiant pop stars is the music that backs it up. At first listen, O-Positive sounds like an REM clone--a fact which Herlihy attributes to the similarity between his voice and the voice of REM's lead singer. But O-Positive is more than just another post-pop band with whiny and slightly off-key lead vocals...
...Busch Gardens park in Williamsburg, Va.: "This is the first taste of the performer's real world. College shows run two or three weekends. Where else, as a young person, can you do a long run like this?" Michael Myers, 22, a Texas Tech marketing graduate turned singer-songwriter, likes Opryland because "you're out there in the full light of day, playing to no tellin' who. They come from all over, and you have to relate right away...
...never taught in a classroom: how to dance without tripping over a microphone cord, how to improvise when a prop disappears or scenery just won't move, how to entice an audience distracted by weather or a crying child or a plateful of food. Says Steven Fox, 24, a singer and pianist at Pennsylvania's Hersheypark: "Our show takes place in a restaurant. We call it performing at McDonald's. For every person who came to see us, another wanted spare ribs...
...entry fee, some spectators are just looking for a place to sit down, especially if the wait for a roller coaster is long, the day is hot and the theater is indoors and air-conditioned. As a result, their tastes may be unsophisticated. Says David Felty, 25, an Opryland singer who will appear on Star Search, a syndicated TV series featuring aspiring performers: "The audiences like songs they already know. Also, many of them don't appreciate how hard we work to please them because they are used to just turning on the TV, not seeing entertainment live." Third...