Word: bourgeoise
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The course of pregnancy runs no smoother than the course of true love, and Apatow's obstetrical observations - yes, natural childbirth devotees may well call for painkillers when labor becomes more intense than advertised - are shrewd and edgy. And Alison's hormonally induced moodiness, as well as Ben's slouching...
Yet it was clear from the first note of the Encores! Follies that the best revivals bring a new clarity to old shows. Director-choreographer Casey Nickolaw, whose recent Broadway work (Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone) has been spot-on silly, somehow summoned a perfect reading of the antique text, and...
Amid the chaos of mass urbanization in the late 19th century, teens were already notoriously drawn to trouble. The street gangs that carved up New York City back then were fueled by crime, but many members joined primarily for the sake of the fringe benefits - access to the forbidden pleasures...
The stories we read when we were growing up have a profound effect on the way we view the world. I grew up on my mother’s old Louisa May Alcott novels, resulting in a slanted worldview in which, for example, cousin marriage is permissible. (One choice Alcott...
But many residents of these neighborhoods question the motives behind such ventures. "These projects are entirely for the bobos," says Michel Langlois, the Montmartre butcher, referring to bourgeois-bohemians - a distinctive breed of middle-class Parisians who, in recent years, have moved to traditionally poorer areas of the city to...