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...gurgling stream cascades through lavish tropical undergrowth. Orchids twine among ferns; palm fronds weave a dense canopy. But those palms bend a trifle too symmetrically, and there is something mechanical about the way a monarch butterfly flutters its wings. In fact, "it's all an illusion," says Linda Lewis, creator of this ersatz jungle. She is in about as specialized a business as exists: creating artificial environments, including the synthetic palms at the Mirage in Las Vegas. It is a business, however, that has taken off worldwide in the past decade or so. As more and more states and localities...
Physically, the production is minimalist but effective. The stage itself strongly resembles a "Structure" advertisement, but captures the essence of what is considered today as ancient Greece. A constant stream of sparkling confetti falling from one spotlight is distracting at first, but could be interpreted as representing the watchful eyes of the gods. The special effects are nothing short of amazing--the gods' wrath, especially the destruction of Pentheus's house, is truly frightening, and appropriately loud. An excellent lighting scheme also works to create a variety of moods, from raptured to tense to apocalyptic...
...look past all of the potential p.c. faux pas and can interpret Keillor to be wistful rather than patronizing, the novel's heart truly comes through. "The stream of insults that life directs at you cannot be vanquished by skill or cunning," John comments. "You can't fight your way clear. You can't outsmart life. The only answer is to be loved so that nothing else matters so much." Such honest, simple wisdom can rarely be argued with. Keillor may preach and he may be politically biased, but the man is still talented, hilarious, and a damn good story...
...know that there is a species of turtles called Kemp's ridley, which are born on a nesting beach in Mexico (only a few survive) and then swim madly out to sea, where they are carried by the Gulf Stream all the way up to Long Island, N.Y. (it takes three to five years), where they feed for a year on the defenseless spider crab as a training exercise before they take off again and swim down to the Chesapeake Bay area in Maryland, where they eat the much tougher blue claw crab for which the Long Island boot camp...
Estrogen--the hormone linked to breast cancer--increases in the blood stream with a higher amount of body...