Word: staccatos
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...beginning of the play has a staccato feel, as every song is broken up by bits of dialogue and every scene ends with a clunky set change. As the evening progresses, however, the set changes become less frequent and the action more compelling...
...generation most likely to inherit the kind of powerhouse roles associated with Close and [Jane] Fonda in their 30s and 40s." Those qualities, it turns out, transfer easily onto the stage, making Stiles blaze with hate and pain. She and Eckhart chew into Mamet's fiendishly difficult staccato half-lines with evident relish. Their slow-burning antagonism ignites in the devastating finale. As Stiles gives full vent to her talent for malice, you too feel compelled to scream at Eckhart...
...hauntingly prophetic speech, the last oration he would ever give, King proclaimed in staccato phrases that he had “been to the mountaintop” and that he had “seen the promised land...
...with everyday sounds--and his production skills are first-rate. With frenetic beats below and threatening ambient noises, like sirens and whizzing bullets, hovering on top, I Luv U and Sittin' Here effectively re-create midnight in London's housing projects. When Dizzee lets loose with some of his staccato chirps, the musical tension only increases. His tongue is definitely twisted, but at least his ears are in great shape. --By Josh Tyrangiel
...complex compositions, and the smooth delivery from lead singer Tim Fletcher weaves in and out of the guitar lines, evoking something like dark, rainy nights on a highway—or perhaps just early 1986. “Lola Stars and Stripes” features guitar squalls and staccato bleats that reveal the Stills’ influences and their subscription to the current New York school of well-dressed hipsters. “Lola, no, we’re never going to make it through,” moans Fletcher over hopeful and shimmering atmospherics. Too bad the lyric...