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...newly commissioned ballets offer sober evidence that it may take even more patience to build a repertory than to school a major dancer. The company, led by Gregory and Cynthia Harvey, dance the socks off Interludes, a bland effort set to Brahms' Serenade in A Major, Opus 16 by San Francisco Choreographer John McFall, 36. Lynne Taylor-Corbett, whose Great Galloping Gottschalk was a hit last year, has a moody new piece, Estuary; once again the performances, by Van Hamel and Patrick Bissell, burnish a dull concept. Van Hamel, a dancer of wit and grace, has an even murkier...
...Wars movie ever made, and it is definitely going to be the most successful," says Director Steven Spielberg, who as one of Lucas' closest friends is admittedly biased. "The first movie was the introduction; Empire was the second-act conflict. But they were mere canapes for this third-act opus. This is the definitive Star Wars...
...readers who are members of such groups. But before you permanently ban Bloom County from your pages, I suggest that you read its November 14, 1982 Sunday installment, in which assorted characters begin to complain about the things they find offensive and finally conclude, "My gosh...LIFE is offensive!!" (Opus the Penguin then notes that they are suffering from "offensensitivity") You might also take a look at the latest issue of Daedalus in which Stanley Fish and Wayne C. Booth debate with considerably subtletythe question of how one decided whether a humorist is being ironic or merely offensive-as exemplified...
...used as a way to relax and be entertained, but I think Americans are insulted by the level of their TV." Characteristically, Anderson is equally leery of the cultural upholstery on British television ("It's creepy and dangerous"). But before she can begin work on her new opus, she will have to buy a television set, something she has so far resisted. "When I'm in front of a TV," says the multimedia artist par excellence, "I can't stop watching it. Anything with that much power is amazing...
...will perform the Prokofiev Piano Concerto opus 10 in D-Flat Major with the HRO in March...