Word: evening
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...that entertain and enlighten. Only she could craft pop songs out of a failed 17th-century Polish messianic cult, psychotherapy or the anti-Vietnam activities of former priest Daniel Berrigan. Her radio-ready single, "What do you Love More than Love" skews off center with its focus on Buddhism. Even Dar recognizes the unlikely nature of her topics, joking between songs...
...stories that were as intelligent and entertaining as the songs themselves. Where else would a Dar fan find out that in her original vision for "The Christians and the Pagans" (yes, the title says it all), the chorus was to be sung by a giant hall of naked feminists? Even when things didn't run perfectly, Dar let the energy of the night lead her through. When her guitar broke as she started a slower song, she exclaimed "Zeus sent down a lightning bolt-I guess that does it for slow songs tonight...
...even when she was alone on stage, Dar wasn't performing solo. The audience (most of whom knew her entire catalog by heart) sang along, dancing in their seats. Their excitement only grew when Dar announced near the end of the show that it was being recorded for a live album...
...bits and humor often dominate their quotidian affairs. In his personal life, Tim surrounds himself with comics, constantly finds a witty response for comments and makes his identity revolve around the persona of a comic. He never seems to be off; comedy surrounds his life in all its facets, even to the brink of annoyance and inappropriateness. Kyle explains that "comics lead a somewhat boring life offstage, because of, in some cases, their social dysfunction, which is why they probably ended up in stand-up comedy in the first place. Their way to deal is often to make jokes...
...since Boxing Helena), The Sixth Day is another Arnold clone (my brother carped, "I saw that last year"; "Nooo. That was End of Days," I answered). Unbreakable has its charms, but it also relies on the same pacing, colors, stars (Willis and a Haley Joel look-alike), and even kitchen (!) as The Sixth Sense. Bounce showcases a been-there-done-that Benneth love affair, Charlie's Angels is a pastiche of allusions, and floundering somewhere in this mix is a Blair Witch sequel which is only seen when other movies at the multiplex are sold...