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...clogging abilities, skillfully jumping in the air, clicking her heels together, and spreading the light-heartedness of the act, even in her heavy shoes. The Casterbridge Children, the youngest group involved, were also impressive. They held their own with the adults while harmonizing perfectly and performing old-fashioned comedic skits about animals.In addition to the acting, the fashions of the characters also made quite a statement throughout the show. Bonnets, capes, shawls, top hats, and vests were abundantly on display; all actors were impeccably clad in plain, plaid, and floral patterns.The production’s truly carefree live music...
...those who still remain - OMGLOSTSEASONFIVESTARTSTONIGHT!!! And this skit, put together by comedy troupe Animosity Pierre, cleverly conveys how easily and quickly one can become obsessed with the mysteries, non sequiturs and cliff-hangers of life on the island...
...number of familiar notes and includes oodles of inside jokes. The cell-phone ring is "You Are Everybody," by Charlie's rock band Drive Shaft. The office phone is answered with a Dharma Initiative-esque "Namaste!" And if we accept that fans can sometimes be the best critics, the skit takes the mickey out of two of the show's most overused transitions - the whooshing sound that indicates an imminent jump in time (either a flashback or a flash-forward) and the absurdly overused cliff-hanger cue. "If you say something cliff-hangery on the show, all the shrill, like...
...those crazy Hollywood liberals-show 'em an opportunity to school the nation on civic duty, and they never fail to jump. While this tendency can sometimes lean towards the sanctimonious, not so this farcical Funny or Die skit, in which composer Marc Shaiman wrangled a glittering cast of comedians to weigh in on the controversial California ballot initiative passed last month...
...seems to dip in the middle, with slower, more melodic and atmospheric songs, like “The Train” and “Shine Again,” but then the mood is broken by the tenth track, “Pea Knuckle,” a skit featuring a crass British drug dealer. In most tracks, however, there are surprising moments when the instrumental sections evoke multiple genres of music at once, or when the interplay of background sounds (e.g. a hooting owl) and the sing-song rap become so completely enmeshed within a beat that...