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...that they know the beginning and end of the story but not the middle. Max was born in France and fought the Germans as a member of the French Resistance in World War II. It is clear from the beginning that the exotic, erotic, folkloric world of Kashmir will spell disaster. It is his abuse of power 24 years earlier that leaves him lying in a bloody heap on the stairs of India’s apartment building. Max’s relationship with Boonyi is a non-too-subtle allegory of the clash between Eastern and Western values...
...Believe in Anything” doesn’t stir you, you might be dead. The first few bars of the song, which were truly well-positioned last in the set, descended on the crowd like the mythical Circe’s spell, transforming tired and overheated twentysomethings into a roiling swinish mass oinking-along for their mother’s teat (in this case, keyboardist Spencer Krug’s vocals). If only the middle of the concert had maintained the energy from the opening or closing numbers. Technical issues were part of the problem, but the band?...
...Harvard and Princeton men’s soccer teams both stepped onto the field Saturday hoping to end their identical winless Octobers. Surely, someone expected to break that spell. Not so, as the Crimson and the Tigers notched a 1-1 tie and remain without a “W” on their scorecards for October as a result of Saturday’s game. Looking to be a little more consistent and confident after five straight losses, Harvard (4-6-2, 0-3-1 Ivy) opened the game with solid defense. But with the day?...
...years during which she completed The Age of Maturity, Claudel struggled ever harder to find a style distinct from Rodin's. Working under the spell of Art Nouveau and Japanese prints, she produced some fascinating small exercises like The Wave, in which a near abstract surf of marble/onyx rises above three capering nudes. But the Detroit show is frank in acknowledging the timidity, repetition and sheer mediocrity of some of her late work. Yet even when she was turning out retrograde sculptural commissions for the Countess de Maigret, who served for a time as her patron, she could not help...
...final, final draft" as negotiations appear to be continuing in the hope of securing Sunni support - some form of the charter is set to go before the Iraqi people for an Oct. 15 referendum. It was pushed through over Sunni Arab objections to "federalism," which they say will spell the dismemberment of Iraq. A process that was to showcase Iraq's unity and bring disgruntled Sunnis into the political process has instead deepened divisions and stoked distrust...