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...main action is spoken, with interpolated musical tableaux called masques. The masques, which rarely advance the plot, are the instances where the show is at its most stylized, impressionistic, and ceremonial. There are pagan sacrifices, pastoral masses, and one spectacular encounter between the evil sorcerer Oswald, Cupid, and the tutelary spirit of the frost.The set design, which consists of sliding panels that close and open up, approximating an authentic baroque set, allows the production to move between the world of spoken dialogue and the rarified realm of the masques.The cast and crew speculate that the masques’ focus...
...there choco-fatigue? About 70% of the women polled in one survey wish the custom of doling out giri-choco to their male bosses and colleagues would just end. Moreover, according to one poll, 58% felt that Cupid brought the blues, not because of a lack of dates but because of all the preparation involved. That would include, for example, standing in line for half an hour in the freezing cold to get their hands on that $55 box of four chocolate bonbons. Morinaga, a leading chocolate maker, has research showing that an increasing number of women in their...
...perpetuates any sexist agenda. And as much as I would love to say that Valentine’s Day spoils the rest of the month, we’re talking about February: impossibly dark, inexplicably short, and really freaking cold. Let’s face it: God, not cupid, ruined February for me. So really, cheers to V-Day. I have absolutely nothing against...
...Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation” was enough to make me spill coffee all over myself with glee. And they’ve even made it child-friendly by replacing the adult version’s homicidal, gun-toting bear with a cuddly, cupid-like archer of a panda. Combining small children’s great love of grammar with their fondness for punctuation-based punch lines? Genius...
...cantatas are based on modified and dramatized updates of old tales of Greek and Roman mythology. The stories of Orpheus, Hercules, Cupid and Apollo serve as the basis for the Society’s original theatrical component...