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Defining the parameters of this new normal is not something that can be done with pinpoint precision. I started paying attention to the news (and subscribing to Time) during another period of economic turmoil, the late 1970s, and soon became convinced that I would never know a world in which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fun-Free Recovery | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

She introduced herself to the world with something she called her HIV prayer. "Hello, HIV, you trespasser," Thembi would say. "You are in my body. You have to obey the rules. You have to respect me, and if you don't hurt me, I won't hurt you. You mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thembi Ngubane | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

Almost all of the 2,550 seats have been sold for the day's matinee. The ensuing spectacle of song and dance looks like it was put together by Las Vegas choreographers and drill instructors from Pyongyang. It's a mix of high kitsch, discipline and idealism, driving home a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Takarazuka: Putting On the Glitz In Japanese Theater | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

Lest you think that there is something very cute and Japanese about the productions, it should be noted that Takarazuka derives most of its inspiration from foreign sources - vaudeville, Radio City Music Hall and Hollywood musicals. In their stylization, codified roles, transvestite stars, rigid themes (which in Takarazuka's case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Takarazuka: Putting On the Glitz In Japanese Theater | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

Okada says he intends to steer Takarazuka toward more Asian stories, especially Chinese and Korean ones. "Not Christian, but Buddhist. Maybe even John Woo," he says. The mind strains to contemplate a Takarazuka production of something like Woo's historical epic Red Cliff. But you'd be amazed at what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Takarazuka: Putting On the Glitz In Japanese Theater | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

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