Word: slummed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Such reasoning has particular appeal in the Gaza Strip, where Hamas was born and remains strongest: there 780,000 Palestinians live on a cramped, barren swath of sand where jobs are few and living conditions harsh. Says "Omar," the 30-year-old product of a Gaza slum and now a Hamas activist: "I am a man with no home, no land, and so I have no identity. Islam gives me that identity...
...consistently good, it is the stunning performances of Alexis Toomer, Emily Hsu and Rachel Skiffer as the doowapping narrators Crystal, Ronnette and Chiffon that make Little Shop such a success. In their dynamic "Skid Row" number in the first act the trio perfectly evokes the ambience of the downtown slum where Little Shop takes place. "Downtown, that's your home address, downtown, where your life's a mess, down on skid row..." they sing while leading a group of bums in a dance number straight out of the Apollo...
Ironically enough, the family member most blessed with these qualities is Diana, the outsider now determined to follow her own path. Last month she opened a drug-rehab center in Brixton, a London slum that was the scene of grim riots in 1981. In a sense she was updating her grandmother-in-law's forays into blitz-ravaged areas. Despite the best efforts of the staff, not all the planned events came off, and the visit looked to come up short. Diana read the situation at once, and asked to hear more from the lusty gospel choir that had sung...
Director Sarah Stewart has done a masterful job with the complex action of Sweeney Todd. The crowd scenes are well staged and the general atmosphere of a London slum is so well evoked that the scene changes seem to be part of the action. Certain scenes, such as the contest between Pirelli and Todd, manage to transcend the tiny stage of the Loeb Ex. One of the best moments in Sweeney Todd is the "A Little Priest" number at the end of the first act. Travis and Mullins' rendition of it is one of the finest moments in Harvard theater...
Sartorius (Robert J. Bouffier) is the widower in question, and he has built his house on the profits of being a slum landlord and renting out crumbling tenement flats to the poor. As his name suggests, his social position is entirely exteriorized: it is in his clothes, his house, his manners, but he is still conscious of his working class origins. This makes it even more striking that he should say: "When people are very poor, you cannot help them, however much you may sympathize with them...