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...Young Black Man, sung by the Vietnamese lawyer (the dynamic Welly Yang), has an almost rap-like ferocity that contrasts poignantly with a touching number like Consuelo's Dream, sung by the Salvadoran immigrant (Sophia Salguero). Adams has long shown a fondness for pop music (Nixon had a fox-trot), and here his fascination with the wellsprings of American musical expression has resulted in a series of strikingly hummable melodies. Says the composer: "I never realized how hard it is to write a good song...
...Fine," the viewer thinks, "Another day in the life of multi-cultural America. Gee, we sure are diverse." But Cultures and Contexts is not a tired attempt to trot out all that is 'multi-cultural' from the dank basements of Mother Harvard, it is a thoughtful, if somewhat cramped, exploration of the problems that arise when adopting this diversity. "Many art museums now rush to embrace contextualization without recognizing or acknowledging that definitions of contexts themselves can be called into question," Burgard notes in the excellent gallery guide accompanying the exhibition...
...this describes the American economy today, according to the consensus of a panel of five leading economists whom TIME assembled last week to assess the outlook through 1995. Their key finding: after nearly four years of growth that began at a crawl but has settled into a comfortable trot, the prospects for the U.S. economy are now among the brightest since World War II. The country is "in the midst of a long, durable and sustainable expansion" that could prove to be "one of the longest and healthiest upturns in the modern era," said Allen Sinai, chief global economist...
What is surprising is not that McBain pulls this off but that he does it without breaking a sweat. As always in his novels, sharp, clear sentences trot briskly one after another, tailing up into effective paragraphs and chapters as if there were nothing to it. As always, the funny stuff is funny and the scary parts scary. The puzzle is even puzzling: What did Florida lawyer Matthew Hope stumble over while trying to negotiate the sale of a fairgrounds to a local circus that got him shot? A few of Hope's friends try to find...
...last piece on the disc is the widelyknown "Tahiti Trot," based on the popular Vincent Youman tune "Tea for Two." As the story goes, Shostakvich orchestrated the theme in 40 minutes after a challenge by a friend. Chintz turns into schmaltz at this point; the listener is treated to a seemingly endless (actually only three-minute-33-second) passing of the mindless theme from section to section. The best advice here is to listen for the melding of one texture into the next. Shostakovich manages to keep within the same balance of bass and treble parts, though he sometimes bursts...