Word: sound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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LITTLE Shop of Horrors is a delightful musical about a huge man-eating plant, a pitifully lovestruck, nerdy botanist and a slightly trashy but lovable dumb blonde. Sound interesting...
...plant's vocals come through the speaker system, other cast members' vocals come from the stage and the band's music comes from the pit. Somewhere, the rhythm is out of sync. Fortunately, the off rhythms never diverge far enough to destroy any of the numbers. Generally, the sound effects and the music add effectively to the emotional impact of the script...
...want to see development in the Square done in a controlled, sensitive and environmentally sound fashion...
...perfect 3 a.m. listening music," Michael observes, and he is right, if what's wanted is a night of unsettled dreams. The sound of the Junkies is a direct and salubrious reaction to the mainstream softening of country music. "What you hear on the radio is pretty sappy," he says. "It's pop with a Southern accent." Margo Timmins, 27, sings slow and deliberate. The other Cowboy Junkies play the same way. After a while, they can sound as if they're working a gig at the funeral for the sweetheart of the rodeo. This is a band grounded...
...process: modern sound-bite campaigning never let the challenger get his "message" -- too complicated and cerebral for television -- across to the viewers. But since the viewers are also "the people," that leads...