Word: acrobatic
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...were a young star today, instead of in the 1960s, she wouldn't have had so much trouble shedding that squeaky-clean, permafresh, NutraSweet public image she got from Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. The paparazzi would have already spotted her at 16 snogging a comely Danish acrobat who appeared with her in a stage production of Aladdin, and that would've been that. Instead, we've had to wait for her to tell us about it herself in a frank and fascinating memoir called Home (Hyperion; 339 pages...
...open and a bullet wound clear through his midriff. But the novel is overly centered around him and preoccupied with proving to us just how cool he is: yes, he is a smooth talker; yes, he has sex appeal; yes, he is well-read; yes, he is a great acrobat; yes, he is a marvelous violinist and pianist—how long does this list have to be before you switch off and nothing comes as a surprise any longer? It is somewhat difficult to empathize with a character who is portrayed as a demi-god and acts like...
...watch him growing up but not a lot. Even Buster Keaton, who people say I am reminiscent of, I really never saw at all. I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one. Chaplin was an incredible acrobat and a real circus performer. I am not. I am actually quite physically challenged. [Laughs...
...story is as familiar to the French as her catalog of hits. And like any good tale, it's often told with much poetic license. The standard version goes something like this: born on a Paris sidewalk, Piaf was raised in her grandmother's brothel in Normandy before her acrobat father took her back to her birthplace. After cabaret owner Louis Leplée discovered her singing in the street, Piaf was soon topping the bill in the city's most exalted venues and conquering America. Oh, and don't forget the miracle that cured her childhood blindness and rumors...
...that's only half the point, for the show relies as much on what is heard - the Martins' reworking of Beatles standards - as what is shown. Love is the most lavish expression of Cirque founder and boss Guy Lalibert?'s latest obsession: to merge the ballet-acrobat-theatrical Cirque style to modern music. He wants Delirium, with its Barnum & Bailey disco format, to fill nightclubs and arenas in large cities. Cirque is planning another Vegas show for 2008: a bio-evocation of Elvis...