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...slipper, two kisses, three balls, and four brave princes later, these good females were rescued from bad fruit and several very wicked witches. In spite of the well-justified feminist disgust for these pathetic Disney damsels (has anyone really listened to Snow White’s pre-pubescent vocal tones?), I can’t help feeling nostalgic for a time when a man saved his woman. Before bad boy meant good catch, and before nice guy meant lame date. Before being a good girlfriend entailed editing a badly written thesis. Before bad behavior drew female attention. Before they said...
...opening, as if Disney felt like taking self-effacing shots at the Mouse, ala the Dream Works monopoly. The tragedy of “Little” is that Disney was so close. The amazing cast, including Joan Cusack and Steve Zahn, is actually qualified to do solid vocal work, not just be a cool celebrity cameo (I’m looking at you, Katie Couric in “Shark Tale”). But they can’t turn bad lines into good ones. Braff conquers with his delivery and lucks out on having some choice lines with...
...Storm” saw a drab, misguided instrumental jam, which brought down the crowd’s energy; the jam, though, was made less boring by the backdrop screen turned into a starry sky with swirling white lights. An out-of-key one-off vocal performance of “Hold Yr Terror Close” from drummer Taylor-Fukami was out of place in the high-energy set. Though Taylor-Fukami’s singing was disappointing, so too was her drumming in the rest of the set, which remained stiff and noticeably imprecise when she played along...
...with “Spread Your Wings,” a song that is more fitting for a Lifetime movie of the week. With cliché lyrics like “Spread your wings before they fall apart,” Williams doesn’t have the vocal capacity to pull off the ballad. The formula works, however, in “Advertising Space,” which finds Williams musing on modern existential dilemmas and Marlon Brando’s death, to a jazzy tone. “Space” in particular seems like it could have...
...back had a number of up-and-down moments. In goal, Hahn made a number of key saves—including one from his knees that he deflected up into the crossbar in the first half to keep the score at 0-0—and was extremely vocal as he directed the defense. He also made six saves on the day. Other highlights from the freshman class include Perl’s cross late in the second half that nearly led to the tying goal. After a play in the Holy Cross penalty box, the ball was cleared...