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...most notorious men's prisons, using lifers as cast and crew. It was a success - tickets sold well, critics loved it, and nobody escaped. Since then, the company has collaborated with a different prison every year on musicals like Assassins, Guys and Dolls and West Side Story. The crime theme is no coincidence. "The shows have to be relevant to the inmates," says Michael Moody, Chicago's director. "There has to be something in them that they can play on and show off with. And, the shows are a bit naughty, too." The productions earned Kani an award from...
...well Tony has done for himself in his ruthless unexamined life-and whether or how he might pay for it-is shaping up to be the theme of what creator David Chase says will be its last season. (HBO will run 12 episodes this spring; then the show returns for a promised final 8 in January.) Previous seasons have introduced new characters and rivals to the mix?Richie Aprile, Ralph Cifaretto, Tony Blundetto-but the four episodes of season 6 screened for critics focus tight on the existing circle of characters. (Though they do, in a twist...
...Harvard, “conservatism” is Burkean; the unifying theme is apathy or even resistance to change. This conservative consensus is a product of students who are too busy, cynical, or self-satisfied to battle the status quo. George Bryant—a fixture around Harvard Yard for his daily distribution of Revolutionary Communist Party flyers—said of his discussions with students, “They are a pretty skeptical bunch about these changes. People do want to make a difference, but their expectations have been lowered in comparison to my generation because they have grown...
...harder to exemplify irony when you don’t have a mansion left to you for no reason, but these girls do admirably under the circumstances. Often they wear ironically short mini-skirts and cable-knit sweaters in a pastel color. Or, if there’s a theme party, they all ironically wear a bra and a man’s oxford—no matter what the theme is! Ah! How lovely!All of this is done while ironically swigging beer and looking for a husband. Now that’s true ironic multitasking.THREE TIPS FOR FINAL...
...appropriately disco-ish bit on “Disco Club,” and throughout “They Don’t Want Music”—a tribute to adding jazzy musicality to beats. The song might be the Black Eyed Peas’ theme song. They didn’t invent any of the things they do, but they do them well, making musically inventive songs that still fall squarely into the dance-pop category...