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...Suggestion Diabolique,” a piece more deserving of the title “Overstatement Diabolique.” Beginning with a low bass rumble, it quickly erupted into fiery, insistent repetitions of the titular motif. Prokofiev reemerged later on the program with Nora I. Bartosik’s ’08 spirited performance of his “Toccata,” opus 11. Unfortunately, the mediocrity of the piano itself detracted from all the performances—and Bartosik’s was no exception. Despite her clarity and a good sense of timing, Bartosik still...
...brow” entertainment. Our case study: trashy romance novels and the women who love them. Considering that the section met at 10 a.m., class participation was off the charts: everyone had a literate and informed opinion as to what disastrous effects Nora Roberts and Danielle Steele were wreaking upon modern society. But when the TF asked what the “purely hypothetical” reader might gain from such a novel, the 15-person section abruptly fell silent. Ten audible ticks of the second-hand later, one of the bolder sophomores admitted, “Well, they?...
This Debonair, martini-swilling socialite wasn't "the thin man." (That guy was a victim in the original Dashiell Hammett novel.) But Nick was the cool socialite, solving homicides as if they were Times crosswords. Nick and his wife Nora (and their terrier Asta) were a dream family to a Depression audience in need of blithe fantasy. In six movies from 1934 to '47 (out on DVD next month), William Powell was a kind of F.D.R. of crime fiction and Myrna Loy was the suavest, most gracious wife ever...
...visualization of Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Set in 2019, the film doesn't allow Deckard the brains or heroism of the traditional detective, but it does let him fall in love with a beautiful female robot (Sean Young). Neo-Nick, meet android Nora. --By Richard Corliss
Much the same could be said of Nora Ephron's movie. It has a good premise: down-on-his-luck movie actor Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell) agrees to do a remake of the old TV show (1964-72) but casts an unknown to play Samantha so he, playing her husband Darrin, can dominate the program. The role goes to Isabel Bigelow (Kidman), who really is a witch, although she's trying to break the habit. But you can't make a laff riot out of what is essentially a straight man's role, and Jack bombs. Even the family...