Word: waxed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Your cover photograph demeans marriage by showing a bride and groom bound to each other, an obvious parody of ``tying the knot.'' The use of rope around two nonthinking wax figurines waiting for meltdown is diabolical. If I were contemplating marriage or were newly married, gazing at your cover for too long would give me cold feet...
...play where crows wax philosophical on a swing (garbed in beautiful masks by Lara Ho) and there's no worse fate than "hauling grease from the grease pits," we are given up to the fantastical premise that while this world's continuity is tenuous at best, word and image are nevertheless inexorably linked. The ways in which Levine and his crew convey and actualize metaphor on stage are striking and, perhaps most importantly, watchable in the extreme...
...part of tying together the whole ball of wax--Christmas, birthday, and the event," he says. "It's nice to come to the Square in Christmas time. It reminds me of Paris...
...Ruggiero Ricci are two who never crossed this chasm successfully, and only time will tell with the upcoming generation. Joshua Bell and Julian Rachlin struggle to get recognition, Sarah Chang remains largely untested outside of choreographable showpiece repertoire, and how much longer Helene Grimaud and Evgeny Kissin shall wax incandescent remains to be seen. I will be the first to laud Midori for her accomplishments in the virtuoso repertoire, especially with Paganini, but I find the mystical element "X" which differentiates between proficiency and artistry missing in just about everything else she has put on disc...
...reader begins to wonder whether somewhere between writing Republican Party Reptile and this latest effort the author suffered a stroke. Left intact are O'Rourke's accustomed descriptive flair and facility for throwaway lines -- " 'dying like flies' is not a simile you'd use in Somalia. The flies wax prosperous and lead full lives." Gone, however, is any faculty for building an argument...