Word: tone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...band made an abrupt transition in tempo and mood as Redman began a long cadenza to preface the ballad, "What's New?" Here his very slow, almost imperceptible vibrato and airy, floating tone were vividly apparent. He played several motifs in different octaves, never once hinting that he might be performing at the extreme registers of his instrument. After the drums made a discreet entrance, and the delicate melody had been presented, McBride picked up a bow and displayed a facet of his amazing versatility as he coaxed a lush, sustained solo from his instrument...
...context of the visual images and, indeed, for the message of the poem itself. With lines like "faces red as steak" and "gliding over each other like ice-skaters over the ice," the piece deserves a more upbeat rendition, reflective of the complexities of young love, than the priestly tone it receives...
Although "Sex Without Love" tries hard not to be moralistic about teenage sex, the entire effort, in its tone, pace and solemnity, reminds the audience of a "Life...what a beautiful choice" commercial. Missing is the dubious examination of loss of innocence--in its joy and its amorality--which the poem itself would more aptly convey...
Fans of Martin's own particular brand of humor in his T.V. and movie roles will feel right at home here, since the tone and style of humor in Picasso match that of Martin's film roles. As a comic playwright, Martin uses many, if not most of the tricks in the book, including characters' conversing with the audience and openly referring to the play they're in, and ample use of smoke and explosions...
...Colapinto's performance leaves the realm of the comprehensible and becomes downright baffling is the second mode in which his Macbeth operates: the petulant. In delivering his lines, Colapinto seems to shift abruptly from shouts of anguish to the persona of a cynical, self-centered adolescent. Speaking in a tone of mingled peevishness and self-pity, he proceeds to recite Macbeth's lines as though he's whining at Fate for giving him such a hard time...