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...title, Widowers' Houses, is a vicious twist on Mark 12:38: "Beware of the scribes...which devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers...
Sondheim's score, though lean, cleverly adapts American styles, adding a frighteningly ironic twist though lyrics which portray anything but traditional American sentiments...
...intones over thumpy house beats on most of the album, which should keep DJ's mixing and remixing for months. In the title track Dita asks, "If I take you from behind/Push myself into your mind/When you least expect it/Will you try and reject it." The naughty little form/context twist is that at standard club volume, the fat bass line under this song does physically invade your body. Other audio tricks abound. "Bye Bye Baby," for instance, whips Madonna's voice into a studio-distorted baby doll. The album also features a foray "Deeper and Deeper" into discoland, as well...
...capable of turning out a dead-on TV or movie parody, like his takeoff on Cape Fear, with a grownup Eddie Munster as the De Niro-esque psycho. But he rarely settles for the frisson of a good impersonation; his sketches usually give the satiric knife an extra twist or two. In "Amish Studs," the leering host coaxes double entendres out of every innocent comment from chaperoned contestants ("I was impressed with his incredible plowing ability"). In "Legends of Springsteen," a New Jersey rock fan recalls the time when the Boss made a surprise appearance at a bar, played...
CLUH Co-Director Jol A. Silversmith '94 said that in order to be fair to both sides, it is unacceptable to "twist the tables" and create a situation of "guilty until proven innocent" by requiring proof of consent...