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...Dissolve,” finds the band remembering how to be mindless without being mind-numbing, which is more than can be said for the likes of “Liquid In, Liquid Out” and the title track, the latter of which boasts a pretty irritating wordless-cheering section in lieu of a chorus.So the Thermals find themselves on the long road through self-parody. It’s difficult, at first, to listen to a band squander the potential of a record like “Machine” on such a middling follow-up. But then...
...fatigued, she never betrays it. An eager, insistent clot of people pushes toward her, and somehow she manages to greet each well-wisher with a fractional recalibration of body language that suggests a wordless surge of elated surprise on her part: Oh, it's you! You're the one I've been most hoping to see, and how wonderful that we share that secret knowledge! To achieve this effect, Winslet must appear, at every minute, to be not only the most interesting person in the room but also the most interested. This is not easy, and she does it very...
...lia’s Oratorio” is itself the brainchild of Thierrée’s mother, Victoria Thierrée Chaplin, who is widely considered to be responsible for the rebirth of the modern circus. In what may be a family tradition, the play is largely wordless, except for Martinez repeatedly calling Aurélia’s name. This, combined with the plaintive male tones of the phone message that precedes the show, vaguely suggests an unexplored romantic storyline. The “Oratorio” would benefit from choosing one of two directions?...
Acclaimed for his illustrated books The Lost Thing (2000) and The Red Tree (2001), the Australian artist, illustrator and writer Shaun Tan took an enormous leap in recognition two years ago with the publication of The Arrival, his miraculous, wordless graphic novel, executed entirely in sepia-tinted drawings of breathtaking beauty and originality. It went on to bag a clutch of prestigious awards and became a New York Times best-selling children's book...
...those two most perfect melons!” Roxanna blushed and cast down her gaze modestly. She had no idea what he was talking about. But as she gazed up at him through her eyelashes, the rays of the sun streaming behind her so Frederick blinked at the radiance. Wordlessly, she reached out her arms. “O, my America!” Frederick gasped, his voice soft with longing. “My New-Found-Land!” Roxanna guided him toward her. Frederick hesitated. She was so pure, so good. But Roxanna’s hands...