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...façade of humor—and is utterly unwilling to try to improve his situation. For example, on their trip, Jack and Miles hang out with a waitress named Maya (Virginia Madsen) who’s smart and warm and gorgeous and…into Miles? The plain, bitter, mopey Miles? Give me a break. And how does Miles react to Maya’s interest in him? By feeling more sorry for himself, a characterization flub which might be funny in a Woody Allen movie, but Miles isn’t bitterly sarcastic enough for this...
...version of The Rocky Horror Show. Leave your water pistols and rice at home, the producers want to keep the historical Eliot Hall in good condition. Call (617) 524-3200 for more info. Tickets $21. 8 p.m. Running Oct. 29 through Nov. 13. Eliot Hall, 7A Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain...
...songs into Frank Black’s covers. Where it isn’t always evident, unfortunately, is in the vocals, often coming across as either weak or too ornamental given the song material, and at times (“Where is My Mind?”) just plain silly. Particularly excessive is the disc’s final, whopping, fifteen-minute version of “Planet of Sound,” which expands the whirlwind-punch of the two-minute original into a lumbering hurricane (the phrase “fucking around” is repeated over forty...
...team. Few were surprised that rioting erupted around Fenway Park after the Red Sox won the American League Championship Series to send them to their first World Series since 1986. Indeed, when the Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals, even greater pandemonium will occur. But it is just plain stupid to take out your excitement by turning over cars, pulling the sign off McDonald’s or setting fires. This kind of destructive misbehavior led to 16 injuries on Wednesday and, tragically, one death...
...most powerful man in Iraq. If they did, they would encounter a thin, bearded figure with little interest in the trappings of office. Grand Ayatullah Ali Husaini Sistani, the revered leader of the nation's 15 million Shi'ites, receives visitors, powerful and meek alike, in a plain, bare room in his modest home down a dusty alley in the holy city of Najaf. He sits on the floor with his back to the wall, dressed always in the same simple robe and turban. (An intimate says he hasn't refreshed his wardrobe in 10 years.) He is modest...