Word: themes
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...strains of the score of My Fair Lady, guests - over 400 of them - floated down the garden stairs into a pristine white tent edged in crisp black. The structure could have been a harbinger of Lauren's Spring 2008 show which opened with a graphic black-and-white theme - a Lauren favorite. The designer touched on many of his favorite motifs in this sprawling show, including crisp menswear tailoring, sportif silhouettes (in this case jockeys) and bright primary colors...
...Charlie Rose jockeyed for camera time behind a box-hedge where entertainment reporter Jill Rappaport had set up some lights. There were very few details left unattended to, from the perfectly cooked pink lamb chop main course to the black-edged white linen dinner napkins that matched the runway theme. And little details tell the tale. Because beyond all of his branding and focus, it's nailing the little things that has gotten Ralph Lauren, 40 years after he started, to the top of the heap...
...Lady. They turned prime-time TV into a giant indie art-house theater, and regular American channel surfers by the millions became its denizens. The story of a teen girl's death--and the pie-eating, deadpan-soliloquy-spouting FBI agent investigating it--carried on the theme from Lynch movies like Blue Velvet of sordid secrets and ancient horrors hidden behind a façade of wholesome Americana, proving that TV could equal or surpass film in its storytelling ambitions. Twin Peaks may have had the shelf life of a freshly poured cup of coffee, but it was damn fine nonetheless...
...adaptation of a masterpiece will draw criticism from those who believe great art should never be tampered with, such as one character in the play who scolds a painter for copying Picassos. But some elements of the Almodóvar original have been enhanced by the adaptation. The theme of fertility - of pregnancies and menopausal women - resonates in the dramatic space of the theater, which as the curtain rises is pregnant with possibility, but by the end is filled with emptiness, as the seats are vacated and the actors slip off-stage. It is also a joy to watch...
...amusement parks, too, you can now buy your way out of line. This summer I haplessly watched kids use a $52 Gold Flash Pass to jump the lines at Six Flags New England, and similar systems are in use in most major American theme parks, from Universal Orlando to Walt Disney World, where the haves get to watch the have-mores breeze past on their way to their seats, as if Space Mountain were Spago...