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...cleared its last pop culture hurdle?an Academy Award for best song. Three 6 Mafia became the first rap act to win on Oscar night, for Hustle & Flow?s It?s Hard Out Here for a Pimp. They also introduced the Academy to the latest high-end accessory?diamond-encrusted teeth. How about a set in next year?s swag...
...musical director Bill Conti seemed to be indicating the vexation of a minority in the room when he brought up the orchestra volume before Haggis could say his piece. (This year, the orchestra played softly through each of the spoken thank-you speeches, making the winners? comments sound like song cues in an old musical.) But Haggis had been on stage earlier, as a Screenplay winner. Besides, his victory was unique, at least to lovers of Oscar trivia. He became the first person to have written two consecutive Best Pictures (after last year?s Million Dollar Baby). Haggis was also...
...there was an explosive surprise, it came with the awarding of Best Song to a rap anthem in praise of a flesh peddler. Old-timers may look at the Best Song category and see a dreadful devolution over the decades, from the Gershwin and Kern winners of the 1930s to ?It?s Hard Out Here for a Pimp? this year. But, hell, the competition comprised of a woozy liturgical ballad from Crash and an uptempo number from the bottom of the Dolly Parton song trunk. And the winners, three exponents of Memphis hiphop, expressed more astonished delight than anyone except...
...Dolly Parton was the night?s minimalist. The kitschy country legend belted out her best song bid, Transamerica?s Travelin? Thru, without the aid of the slow-motion dancers, smoke machines and elaborate sets that turned listenable tunes from Crash and Hustle & Flow into cringe-worthy performance...
While one might expect the Bach Society Orchestra (BachSoc) to stick to its namesake composer or to fall into the tendency to play only Mozart during this celebratory year, its varied song selection made for a refreshing concert this past Saturday in Paine Hall. One was, as always, left with admiration for the achievements of the entirely student-run chamber orchestra, currently led by Music Director Daniel W. Chetel ’06 and concertmaster Alex Y. Shiozaki...