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...however, the Threepenny Opera can be entertaining and the Lowell House Musical Society underlines every entertaining aspect, still careful to preserve the work's artistry and social philosophy. For while Brecht could toy with the concept of opera, he would not yield on his ideas. His firmness and intensity spark both text and lyrics. He permits his audience to laugh, heartily and often, then growls at them harshly, "Honest folk may act like sinners, unless they've had their customary dinners." Whatever one thinks of Brecht's grievances of thirty years ago, he makes them compelling and troubling. Marc Blitzstein...
...person-to-person level we shall always beat them, because at that level we have something to give that they cannot match. We have the fundamental proposition of our Revolution to give: that man is the child of Nature's God; that he carries within him a spark that links him with the universe and differentiates him from the animals ... By practicing person-to-person democracy we can teach the world to see in every individual that individual spark which gives to the principles of freedom a godlike validity...
...evening. Clare Scott sings a song called "Mogambo Rag"--musically, lyric--and performance wise a perfect revue number. Miss Scott's abilities have been extolled before, and she has only gained in charm and attractivness since her appearance in School for Scandal. To my mind she was the spark which the whole show needed, and every sketch she appeared in was better for it. Had anyone else done "Mogambo Rag" it might have seemed disgusting; from Miss Scott it was droll and decent...
...halls "to that of some of their elders-and so-called betters-who are seen more often in church . . . Teenagers have their faults. Some drink too much. Some don't love their parents as they should . . . But all this could be put right by a teacher with a spark . . . If it were the best way to reach everyone . . . then I think Christ would even appear on television...
...down Japan sketching. He turned his sketches into a flood of prints showing the nation's famed views, stopping places, bridges, rivers and fairs in all kinds of weather. Bales of Hiroshige's prints found their way to Europe, did as much as anything to spark modern painting. Manet, Degas, Lautrec and Van Gogh all learned from Ukiyo-e art. But after Hiroshige's death in 1858, the art itself descended permanently to a postcard level...