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...Buffett, they all added their own carbonations to the flat brew of country music: Prine his Appalachian hillbilly twang, Goodman his Chicago blues, Walker just all-out Texas boozing. What they did was blow out the earnest country cliches with fond parodies ("You Don't Have to Call Me Darlin', Darlin', But You Never Even Call Me By My Name"), rocking mockers ("Up Against The Wall, Redneck Mother"), chomping satires ("My Whole World Lies Waiting Behind Door Number Three"), love-into-lust songs ("Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw"), and bitter-enders much bleaker than the usual tears...
...bend, engine screaming at 6,800 r.p.m. and rear wheels adrift, the smoking blue racing machine slides perilously close to the curve, then barrels into a straightaway. "C'mon now," the driver growls through gritted teeth. "Punch that pedal! Now feather the gas! Hug that curve like your darlin...
...country musician, one of a new breed that began with John Prine's innovations in country lyrics and produced such songs as "The City of New Orleans" (which Arlo Guthrie made famous) and the great country self-parody "I Don't Mind If You Don't Call me 'Darling,' Darlin, But You Don't Even Call Me By My Name." The genius of these new country singers and songwriters is in their largely successful avoidance of the banality of previous country lyrics, and their musical incorporation of not only rock and roll, but '40s and '50s pop tunes as well...
...others of its genre, the show stands or falls largely on the basis of its music. Leonard Bernstein's score is characterized by its eclecticism; complementing the melancholy strains of "Ohio" and the lyricism of "It's Love" are the Latin American rhythms of "Conga," the Irish jig "My Darlin' Eileen" and the jazzy "Swing." While Wonderful Town is no West Side Story, its finest tunes, like "Ohio" and It's Love," are definitely hummable...
Cadiff's production is enlivened by Gary S. Gluck's striking art deco sets and generally fine choreography. Especially well done are large chorus numbers like "My Darlin' Eileen"--which features the rich harmonizing of a strong male chorus, ably performing Irish jig steps--and "Swing," a '30s number in which black-skirted and leotarded dancers slink their way across the stage...