Word: sleight
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...that instead of a dead old man in the van, the Park family has a little girl (Ko A-sung) missing in the belly of the beast. Then director Bong Joon-ho sets one more plate spinning, with easy-to-spot political metaphors for U.S. influence in Korea and sleight-of-hand in Iraq. If this madly entertaining movie has a fault, it's that it's too ingenious for the genre it ostensibly inhabits...
...story by Steven Millhauser, is the perfect title for any movie that wants you to consider the first principle of cinema: take nothing you see for granted. Same goes for the film's title character, Eisenheim (Edward Norton), who astonishes Vienna theatergoers of a century ago with his subtle sleight of hand. In an instant, this sorcerer can make an orange tree sprout from a seed. He can stick a saber on a floor that strong men are unable to dislodge. Perhaps he can bring the dead back to life. You are welcome to conclude that Eisenheim possesses darker powers...
...After such deft sleight of hand, it's not surprising to learn that the director's preferred medium is magic. New Zealand?born Nawalowalo, 43, played basketball for her country before joining a mime troupe that took her to Europe in the late '80s. For seven years she worked with English illusionist Richard McDougall, melding mime, masks and magic. But a 1994 trip back to Fiji with her ailing father proved to be a turning point. Being exposed to the female rituals of village life made the director "want to go deeper into my own culture," she says. By decade...
...Calderwood Courtyard Saptaswara: World FusionHarvard Yard Stage Choral Works A CappellaHolden Chapel Celtic Music ShowcaseLoker Commons Japanese Tea Ceremony DemonstrationsTearoom. East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department, 5 Bryant St.Dance FestivalLowell Lecture Hall A Violin/Viola EventMemorial Church New Music from Harvard Undergraduate ComposersPaine Hall Music for PercussionSanders Theatre Harvard Magic: Sleight of VeritasScience Center D3:00 PM Joga CapoeiraScience Center Kids’ Show! Agassiz Theatre Tropical Woodwind Quintet MusicAdolphus Busch Hall Films by Oliver HorovitzCarpenter Center Debussy Piano PerformanceFogg Art Museum Calderwood Courtyard Portraits in Modern JazzHarvard Yard Stage ‘Cliffe NotesHolden Chapel Tabla JugalbandhiLoker Commons Dance FestivalLowell...
...sample quip that sometimes opens his show. “My girlfriend—she doesn’t go to Harvard. But she’s a lot like Harvard. She’s expensive, well-endowed, and tough to get into.”Fans of sleight of hand will be able to catch Greenbaum’s act at ComedyFest. They can also watch him at The Comedy Studio, a performance space on the third floor of the Hong Kong restaurant in Harvard Square.SCORPION BOWLS AND STAND-UPBut while Greenbaum takes advantage of The Comedy Studio...