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...concerts are not political. If the orchestra has a purpose in the Middle East peace process, it is to act as a metaphor for the possible. The young musicians live surrounded by walls and boundaries. Their political views are profoundly different--but they nonetheless come together in a common theme...
...denying that our fascination with every detail of their lives is what grants them their celebrity status. What is perhaps most unique about the book the intense hatred that Leitch, who runs the popular sports blog Deadspin.com, holds for all things ESPN. A not-so-subtle anti-big-media theme can be found throughout “God Save the Fan,” but Leitch’s soapbox is hardly compelling. His argues that ESPN has ties to the NFL, NBA, and other major sports associations and so has little incentive to publish sports news that reflects poorly...
...unfortunately go unmentioned. Reeves also has a tendency overstretch his intellectual analysis of his subject. For example, Reeves says that Snoop Dogg’s obscenely misogynistic “Ain’t No Fun” “offers its acidic views towards women as a theme for merriment and building male camaraderie” when the song’s lyrics talk simply about running train. Moreover, his writing isn’t always straightforward and can at times be disorienting. Reeves sometimes wanders in and out of subject matter; a paragraph that starts off talking...
...group of people excited about something at the same time, you can never know what will happen. It’s been such a good season so far. It’s really exciting to come to the same idea from so many different angles. The Mainstage has a theme of cannibalism this season. Personally, I’m excited about “Blasted.” It’s going to be crazy.After this production is over, Hirschberg is going to try not to fail her classes. She sees her summer break as the last time...
...clip from his “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill),” a subtle reminder that Wyclef’s “Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant” album is just so good. “Fast Car” has a video game theme and serves partially as an extended ad for the Sony Playstation. Wyclef is a driver in a game played by a little kid, and the graphics are punctuated by floating cartoons and scenes of a woman crossing the street with her young daughter—ostensibly characters the kid should...