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...love ballads, becomes an affecting, shape-shifting reflection of the show?s emotional movement, from the joy of love-at-first-sight to the rueful foreshadowing of love lost. Even the seemingly simple lyrics of ?A Wonderful Guy? glide from ironic detachment to full-throated romanticism with deceptive wit and charm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Pacific is Back on Broadway...Finally | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

...show is an unsettling weave of smart-ass wit and surreal situations from the age of terror. A joke involving communion and oral sex shares a platform with the calculation that al-Qaeda would have to blow up 580 planes a year to compete with the tobacco industry for casualties. This month, an audio version of the show, which has shocked Christian conservatives and delighted fans from Edinburgh to Lahore, was launched on iTunes. E-audiences might miss the comedian's crown of thorns and Gitmo-orange jumpsuit, but that's not dire, as the show, he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedy of Terrors | 3/26/2008 | See Source »

...fear of being judged can serve nobler purposes. It sharpens the wit. It forces active engagement with the text. It prevents sloppy thinking. It builds character...

Author: By Charlie E. Riggs | Title: Margin of Error | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

Cadence Weapon’s got something tosay, and he wants you to listen up. On hissecond album, “Afterparty Babies,” Canadianproducer, DJ, and rapper CadenceWeapon (a.k.a. Rollie Pemberton) demonstrateshis talent for layering multiple beatsand lyrics with wit and self-assurance.For those who prefer lyrically sophisticatedrap music to high-end production,“Afterparty Babies” is a must. Reminiscentof the mash-ups of GirlTalk, the deliveryof Minneapolis rap artist POS, and thesocial commentary of an above-averagebackpacker, the album has a unique tonalpalette. He is both self-deprecating andcritical: in his introduction...

Author: By Katherine L. Miller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cadence Weapon | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...Bank Job” is the latest movie from British action-film mainstay Jason Statham, whose cockney wit and sexy bald head have been a continuous draw at the box office. Viewers traditionally find Statham in gritty yet humorous London crime capers like “Snatch” and “Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.” But putting “The Bank Job” on the same level as those rowdy action-comedy hybrids would be a mistake. The film is a disappointment that fails to bring together its various crime movie...

Author: By Alec E Jones, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Bank Job | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

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