Word: triumphant
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...style, though filled with unmistakable Mozartian phrases. The Minuet juxtaposes an energetic main section with a flowing, graceful Trio. But especially impressive is the Finale, which the orchestra pulled off with the faultless precision and excellent dynamic range that is required for the movement. It has a grand, triumphant style that seems to signify a victory that even the audience can share...
...look at Agave--she loses everything and is destroyed by her so-called 'victory.' At one point in the production, Dionysos smiles and says he loves all humanity except Pentheus, yet an entire city is ruined because some people didn't believe in him. In short, the gods are triumphant, and the people--even the fiendishly independent Bacchae--have to pay the ultimate price...
...piece's numerous virtuosic passages. Technically, Chang's playing was flawless. Chang proved herself completely flexible in the Strauss piece, jumping with remarkable clarity from her growling low register to her blossoming upper one. The last movement of the sonata was particularly memorable. Chang pushed the last movement's triumphant theme forward almost stubbornly. With expert poise, Chang bluffed the audience with the faux ending--some audience members prepared to clap. Unlike most faux endings, this one was truly surprising...
What hurt most was the triumphant crime-stopper look on the heavy-set woman's face, her moral hauteur as she jabbed her finger at me and raised her voice so that she could be heard by passersby 50 ft. away. She wasn't just collecting on a debt, she was testifying before a Senate committee. She was Acting. This hurt me. Especially as I remembered having behaved that way myself. And it struck me that Gasgate was my penance for the Solidarity Forever affair...
...hear too many platitudes: "It's everybody's story. An American story." The mournful piping and fiddle playing from Burns' previous films have returned--but why? Lewis' life ended sadly, but what does such plaintive music have to do with this daring, ultimately triumphant mission? As the narrator, Hal Holbrook strikes the same note of puny nostalgia. Even the scenery, while wonderful to look at, is often shot too delicately. Where's the sense of adventure, the wildness, the smell of buffalo grease? This is a story we want Jack London to tell us, but we get M. Scott Peck...