Word: talented
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most provocative contention in Greenblatt's article is his conclusion: "Perhaps the studios underestimated how much Americans love talent: even if the film had depicted Shakespeare writing his sonnet to a fair young man, audiences may have delighted in his overwhelming success...
...Sadly, Greenblatt is mistaken. First, the movie was called "Shakespeare in Love," not "Shakespeare at Work." Greenblatt has a bit too much faith in the American public if he actually thinks that Shakespeare's peerless talent drew hoards of theatergoers rather than the movie's tragic plot...
...second, in a country where the Senate majority leader juxtaposes homosexuality with alcoholism and kleptomania and anti-gay hate crime plague our towns and cities, this open-minded optimism hardly reflects reality. Talent or no talent, a story about Shakespeare's life would not have been as successful if he was portrayed as a homosexual...
...handful of U.S. record executives who are betting big that a pack of new Latin music stars can cross over and tap the vast English-speaking market. "I have no crystal ball, but my gut tells me that Latin music can be the next big reservoir of talent for mainstream superstars," says Sony Music chief Tommy Mottola, whose company is spending millions hiring market-savvy producers like Puff Daddy and David Foster to help Latin pop join country and hip-hop in the American mainstream...
...DUSTY SPRINGFIELD in 1963 on the BBC TV show Top of the Pops, when I was promoting It's My Party. Her talent was obvious the moment she opened her mouth--a sound so unique that she could take someone else's song and make it her own. She sang live with the band and sounded totally awesome. I lip-synched and felt somewhat foolish...