Word: verbalizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Irma Vep was originally written, directed acted and produced by Charles Ludlam and his troupe, The Ridiculous Theatre Company. It follows in the tradition of their other satires, featuring quick changes physical comedy, verbal games, and a bit of cross dressing...
...leaving police work for another job. "You put up dry wall, and you got a sense of accomplishment.") Though the hand-held camera and jump cuts seem like affectations, the show hums along smoothly and is refreshingly light on violence. Detectives who grill suspects in Homicide do it with verbal cunning, not strong-arm bullying. (Belzer to one: "If you're gonna lie to me, lie to me with respect! Don't you ever again lie to me like I'm Montel Williams. I'm not Montel Williams...
...MUSICIANS AT THEIR BEST USE THEIR ART TO create a hyperspace of rhythm and verbal bravado, where anarchy reigns at times and society's downtrodden rise up. Savvy listeners understand that rap is simply dramatic musical theater, not a call to violence. Unfortunately, after rapper Ice Cube's concert in Seattle, hundreds of fans ignored the difference. During the concert the fire- breathing Cube whipped up the audience with raps describing racism, police violence and gunplay. As the show ended and the crowd of 1,400 streamed into the street, isolated fistfighting erupted into a general melee. At least five...
This collection makes an almost self-conscious effort to show off the dichotomy between cynicism and flippancy that characterizes The Smiths. While the first album concentrates on the brittle verbal mockery of songs like "Shoplifters of the World Unite" and "Some Girls are Bigger than Others," the second album evokes far more of The Smiths' more morose side, with "bruises bigger than dinner plates," "young bones" and sado-masochistic love...
...good. Then I clambered up the steps of Widener. The library proved a much greater challenge. True, finding a book in the stacks requires no verbal communication. But the check-out process often does, especially when your book--stiff yellowed pages and a ragged binding--has no barcode...