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...ruling urban legends: the "true" and "inspiring" story of a passionate teacher and the rowdy inner-city kids who succumb to the pedagogue's tough love and succeed despite overwhelming odds. In this case, they are a Harlem violin ensemble achieving a Carnegie Hall concert that saves their program from budget cuts. What saves this movie from hopeless sentimentality is Meryl Streep's subtle performance as the teacher, hinting at all kinds of neuroses sublimated in her gnarly relations with the kids...
...Meryl Streep, Angela Bassett, and Gloria Estefan (yup, the singer) star in Wes Craven's newest film, based on the documentary Small Wonders--the account of Roberta Guaspari, a single mother who moves to East Harlem to teach the violin to underprivileged children. Even though the film moves a bit slowly at the beginning where Roberta's personal life is the dominant plot-line, Meryl Streep is (as always) refreshing in her portrayal of Guaspari and compensates for the slow start. Streep's characterization of the man-dependent and recently divorced Navy wife is humorous and real...
...When I interviewed you in college, you said, "Writing a column doesn't mean I can write a novel. That's like saying I won the gold medal for diving, so I think I'll play violin for the orchestra." Justify...
Rebecca Durkee's mom taught her exclusively at home from structured lesson plans--no evolution, thank you. Studying to be a chef, Rebecca had to learn how to do "self-motivated work," while Katie Harwood recalls "learning what we wanted, mostly arty things." Tad Heuer took violin and art classes at public school to supplement home-taught history and literature studies that included visits to Civil War battlefields and 19th century authors' homes...
...Carter creates music that is wonderfully listenable, probingly intelligent and, at times, breathtakingly daring. On one track, Papa Was a Rollin' Stone, she cheekily combines classic soul and traditional jazz, with Cassandra Wilson supplying the vocals. It's the high point of a CD filled with peaks: voice and violin, darting and duetting, taking the listener into the future of jazz...