Word: hallelujah
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...been in this country for centuries. It's not that blacks, when given the rare and fleeting chance, had proved themselves incompetent performers. They lit up the screen - only to be consigned to oblivion. I smile in recollection of the pretty passion that Nina Mae McKinney poured into "Hallelujah," the agitated grace Fredi Washington invested in "Imitation of Life," the power and subtlety of Paul Robeson in "The Emperor Jones." And I curse the absence of all the other sharp or magnificent characters these artists and countless others might have embodied, if only the door had been opened, if only...
...McKinney was just 16 when she was cast as Chick, a calculating floozy, in King Vidor's 1929 "Hallelujah." With baby fat maturing into a soft voluptuousness, she radiates an uncut sexuality rarely seen in black or white actresses then, or for decades thereafter. Her volcanic rendition of Irving Berlin's "Swanee Shuffle" (using exactly the leg and hip moves that would make Elvis Presley a star) quickly lures Zekiel, a naive sharecropper, into her arms and, just as quickly, into a loaded dice game run by her no-good lover. Chick then gets religion and makes a stab...
...introducing himself, Rufus informs his audience that he is going to teach them how to receive the gospel choir that is about to emerge. He instructs his flock on when to cry out, “Glory!” and when they should opt for “Hallelujah!” But, just as the congregation is just beginning to get warmed up, poor Rufus seems to lose his train of thought. He never allows them the opportunity to fully demonstrate their skills. Instead, would-be parishioners are teased with minimal audience participation, which is soon abandoned...
...shadow of the Apollo is this source of gospel infused media. This friendly shop of dutiful staffers will help find CDs, cassettes, or videos of traditional devotion or hip-hop hallelujah...
...show off his work, Kyriakakis plays a recording of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. Then, via digital filtering, he drills down to specific instruments, as if microphones had been placed next to them. A digitized timpani track is stunningly realistic and intimate. Jazz legend Herbie Hancock dropped by recently to play with Kyriakakis' toys. He recorded a tune called Butterfly, in which flute notes dart about - left, right, up, down - like the insect's flight. "Stereo is too confining for my music," Hancock said. "It needs more space...