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...think it would be easy to put a frail, 65-year-old quadriplegic under house arrest. But it's never been harder to quell the activists of Hamas. When armed police from Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority moved in to surround the Gaza City home of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, founder and spiritual leader of the movement whose name means zeal, calls rang from the loudspeakers of local mosques, "Go and rescue Sheik Yassin!" The security men were greeted with a hail of stones and occasional gunfire from several thousand defiant Hamas loyalists determined to show Arafat, just like Israel...
...production’s greatest innovations are in staging and utilization of its space. Performed in the Fogg courtyard, the production has to work with an odd space not designed for traditional performance. The director manages not only to conquer the difficulties of the space, but to use the surroundings to the show’s advantage. When a chorus of demon-like figures accompany the sorceress, they appear through the windows and Roman-style arches on the second and third floors. At times, the actors virtually surround the audience, with singing coming from behind the audience and thunder cracking...
...story so close to Kwan's heart, you can almost hear his pulse pounding in surround sound. Based on a gay Chinese novel posted anonymously on the Web, Lan Yu was slated to be filmed in Beijing but authorities balked, forcing the filmmaker to shoot it clandestinely. The movie's flaw, ironically, is Kwan's closeness to the subject. An openly gay man, he's so consumed by the love story that Handong's marriage and even the 10-year chronology are handled like clumsy distractions. Ultimately, as a viewer, you can hear the heart pounding...
...place where people come and hang out. And hang out they do, whether it is for the Wednesday Movie Nights at the “Quincy Grille Theatre” or the occasional live performances ranging from poetry to freestylers. With the addition of a new surround-sound speaker system, dimming lights and burger-joint-style booths, the Quincy foyer has never looked so good. “Seeing the tables filled, even if they don’t have any food, makes me happy,” says Elrich, who is also the Grille’s owner...
Since the signing of the Oslo accords in 1993, Israel has enjoyed periods of considerable economic prosperity. Foreign investment increased, startups mushroomed, roads were built and repaved and surround-sound theaters popped up everywhere. Growth rates and standard of living figures began approaching those in western Europe. A long break in large-scale suicide attacks beginning in the middle of 1996 allowed many Israelis to believe that they were safe going to the gym after work, visiting Internet cafes and reading about other people’s problems in the newspapers...