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Page & Stage: Allison's Manifesto
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Monday, December 11, 2006. Like any critic, all I have to offer you, lonely but no less valued reader, is my opinion. And I promise to do so with honesty, humor and a truckload of personal baggage. Happy reading . Jace Anselem Bartet the Only. You've been an utterly cromulent classmate and I hope you have a nice life. December 11, 2006 at 9:42:00 PM PST. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Blogs from our classmates. Movies and Television Blog. Stocking Stuffers- Upcoming Book Releases. Book Review: Every...
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Page & Stage: Performance Review: "The Ghastly Dreadfuls"
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Monday, December 4, 2006. Performance Review: "The Ghastly Dreadfuls". 8220;The Ghastly Dreadfuls’ Compendium of Graveyard Tales and Other Curiosities,” A puppet show at the Center for Puppetry Arts, Oct. 11–29, 2006. 8220;The Ghastly Dreadfuls,” this year’s wickedly funny and entertaining Halloween puppet show at The Center for Puppetry Arts, is a bite-sized Almond Joy treat for adults. The acrobatics the puppets performed during this original first sketch were dazzling. The philandering trapeze art...
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Page & Stage: Book Review: "The Children's Hospital"
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Tuesday, December 5, 2006. Book Review: "The Children's Hospital". The Children's Hospital." A novel by Chis Adrian. McSweeney's 2006. $24. 615 pages. More than at any other point in my life, it seems that people have been fighting and dying over some of the contents of their various major religious texts. This potentially makes using any of these texts as a source for literary inspiration a tricky proposition:. Will the author be branded evangelical and pushed to the fringe of niche publications? Within...
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Page & Stage: Two Performance Reviews: "Enough"
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Saturday, December 9, 2006. Two Performance Reviews: "Enough". A trapeze show at Chase Street Warehouse, Nov. 3-5, 2006. Since 1950, we Americans have used up more resources than everyone who ever lived on earth before then.". What does it take to force America to come to terms with its own habits? That is the question asked by Canopy Studio's "Enough! Its program quoted above. Come to think of it, it's not so much that this question is asked directly; it's more imagined. This is but one example of the m...
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Page & Stage: Two Reviews of "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail"
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Tuesday, December 5, 2006. Two Reviews of "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail". The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail," A one act play at Athens Academy, Nov. 2-4, 2006. Lawrence and Lee’s "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" brought out the best in Athens Academy. Beyond its colorful title based on a night writer Henry David Thoreau really did spend in jail, this play has substance, and it’s up to Athens Academy’s kids to bring this substance to life. The other obvious stand-out was Amy Bruckner, playing Thoreau...
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Page & Stage: Book Review: "On the Way to the Wedding"
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Monday, December 4, 2006. Book Review: "On the Way to the Wedding". On the Way to the Wedding." A romance novel by Julia Quinn. Avon 2006. $7.99. 384 pages. Julia Quinn’s “On the Way to the Wedding” makes you forget the trifles of your life and leads you into Quinn’s romantic world. Quinn’s writing has earned a reputation for warmth and humor, and her dialogue is considered among the best in the industry. She has been profiled in TIME Magazine. Reviewed by: Jui-Chen Liao. This is interesting. A book ...
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Page & Stage: Book Review: "Water for Elephants"
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Monday, December 4, 2006. Book Review: "Water for Elephants". Water for Elephants." A novel by Sarah Gruen. Algonquin 2006. $23.95. 355 pages. Gruen’s use of the present tense gives a sense of immediacy to an already action-packed narrative. Gruen skillfully interweaves the story of the young, idealistic Jacob, and that of the elderly Jacob who is betrayed by the weakness and fallibility of his body. The passages depicting Jacob’s frustrating, stifled existence in the nursing home are poignant ...8220;Al...
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Page & Stage: Performance Review: "Giselle"
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Saturday, December 9, 2006. Giselle," A ballet at the Fox Theatre, Oct. 26-29, 2006. Close your eyes and imagine the soft pitter-patter of feet, beautiful leaps and twirls, gentle music and brilliant costumes made to represent a past time. Got it? Well, you are either special or exactly like me. I couldn’t see that whole picture in my mind until I saw it with my own two eyes at “Giselle,” a ballet performed at the Fox Theatre. Soft and hard hand and feet motions helped the dancers express their emotions&...
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Page & Stage: Book Review: "Everyone Worth Knowing"
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Tuesday, December 5, 2006. Book Review: "Everyone Worth Knowing". Everyone Worth Knowing." A chick-lit novel by Lauren Weisberger. Simon and Schuster 2005. $23.95. 367 pages. The author of the chic, clever and best-selling novel “The Devil Wears Prada” tries her hand at romantic chick lit. It’s a good idea in theory, but in “Everyone Worth Knowing” author Lauren Weisberger loses the naughty witticisms and trades them for overdone clichés and stereotypes romance novels are notorious for. Of course, Bette ...
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Page & Stage: Anna's Manifesto
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Sunday, December 10, 2006. I once read in an Ernest Hemingway biography that he said he believed critics are like soldiers who walk into the streets after a battle and shoot the wounded. I disagree. The role of the critic is to be a truthful assessor or works of art. The number of movies, books, CDs, concerts, etc. that are available for public consumption is overwhelming. People rely on critics to provide reasoned, well-researched analyses of the strengths and weaknesses of new works. For the financier-...
