Word: spoken
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...weave a story from them.” The cast consists of only five, unnamed characters—a young couple, an older couple, and a mysterious observer—who convene for one night at a penthouse cocktail party. There’s little dialogue. Single words, spoken by the observer, motivate the transitions from song to song. Fortunately, every actor in the cast is or has been a member of a Harvard a capella group, so they’re up to the vocal challenge. Lathram is joined by fellow HRDC veterans Christine K.L. Bendorf...
...Thriller you currently own or downloaded three months ago when the singer died. Also on the first disc are two versions of the title track. Disc 2 offers - wait for it - "previously unreleased" versions of those same hits as well as what Sony has described as a "touching spoken-word poem from Michael Jackson entitled 'Planet Earth' that has never been heard before." Consider yourself warned. (See a post-Michael guide to the Jackson family...
...exploration of coping with tragedy in favor of a generic boy-meets-girl setup. Much more interesting than this tired romance is the story of a man who helps others deal with loss while staunchly refusing to even begin dealing with his own. Burke hasn’t even spoken to his in-laws since their daughter’s death. Watching Burke help the struggling Walter (John Carroll Lynch), a contractor whose young son died at his construction site, is particularly moving because of the fine balance Walter strikes between tough-guy pig-headedness and desperate vulnerability. Given...
...audience member asked Kagan what it was like to battle with Justice Antonin Scalia, referring to a tense moment during an argument before the Court on Wednesday. “Well, uh, he was wrong,” she said in the rather forced tone of a once free-spoken academic. —Staff writer Elias J. Groll can be reached at egroll@fas.harvard.edu...
Finally, no more need to remember the "sboy boy qua" (or what have you) sequence. Easily spoken directions are a big plus...