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...Ritchie home. Presumptuous? Maybe. But a casual glance at the lyric sheet for American Life, Madonna's bipolar 10th album, proves that at the very least, the world's most famous yoga-practicing B-movie Cabalist is going through a rough patch. If you don't believe her words, listen to her voice. American Life is the first Madonna record that suffers from a complete lack of exuberance. It's not bad, but like a Prince album without lust or an Eminem song without rage, it takes some getting used...
Theme cruises--which combine the usual oceangoing amenities with an opportunity to indulge in a hobby, listen to lectures, interact with experts, meet travelers with similar interests or just rub shoulders with celebrities or sports heroes--are one of the few growth markets in the hard-hit travel industry, expanding about 20% a year. "We're seeing an increased demand in specialty trips from baby boomers," says Andrew Poulton, director of strategic marketing for Radisson Seven Seas Cruises. "They want more out of a cruise than just eating...
...much personal time. For anyone who is at all serious about reading or writing, traveling aboard a cargo ship such as the Ingrid Oldendorff is a dreamlike interlude of heavenly peace on earth. I suppose it would be the same for people who want to paint or embroider or listen to the works of Frank Zappa: you sleep when you want to, and when you wake up there's really nothing you have to do, which is the state of mind most conducive to doing what you want. The telephone in our cabin was a purely ornamental object...
When he's shooting a film, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, 62, doesn't listen to his actors, critics or the government, nor does he pander to his audience. He does, however, listen to the wind. While shooting his latest film, Shadow Kill, the story of an anguished hangman in 1940s India, Adoor was struck by the thumping sound of nighttime gusts playing on the leaves of a palmyra tree near his set in a rural Kerala village. "It sounded exactly like a heartbeat," he says. It was the rhythm he hadn't been aware he was seeking - a steady drumming...
...whole production is held together by the glue of the cast and their honest and straight-forward portrayals. The characters are able to tell their stories convincingly, and with a vulnerability and immediacy that makes us listen. Jojo S. Karlin ’05, as the leader of the storytellers, commands yet does well to avoid sentimentality, as do the rest of her castmates. Lipez merits mention as well for her unapologetic chracterization that captivates the audience from the start...