tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post7223091287147448180..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Separated at Birth?Steve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-71332100533415132982012-08-17T11:55:05.222-07:002012-08-17T11:55:05.222-07:002:20 - the chicken dance
I'm looking at this a...2:20 - the chicken dance<br />I'm looking at this and thinking this is *somebody's* grand artistic vision... and everyone else is facepalming.<br />Then again, I just saw Les Mis in San Francisco yesterday -- fantastic stage sets and good use of video. Javert's suicide is a trip to watch.Max Inclinedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451456260334157577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-72459864778352261712012-08-14T15:10:42.710-07:002012-08-14T15:10:42.710-07:00No, you're not the only one who got a big Walk...No, you're not the only one who got a big Walk Like an Egyptian vibe off of that decidedly...odd opera number. It would be interesting to see the whole thing in a long shot, without the closeups.<br /><br />I was totally distracted by the three guys in the back, who seemed to be discussing the quality of the high from whatever was in those pipes.Jesshttp://cynoanarchist.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-72787704549456599132012-08-14T08:55:26.518-07:002012-08-14T08:55:26.518-07:00We thought he must have gone to drum majorette sch...We thought he must have gone to drum majorette school. But I suspect more milieu than intent-- ie <i>not</i> with any satirical motive...<br /><br />Do remember the German intellectuals who met John Davila in a bar-- Berlin?-- and denied that twanging ex- bronc- riding rancher could be a cowboy because (A) he had a Hispanic surname (B) he called mustangs "dogmeat" and (3) he referred to his former wife as "half Navajo and half Mormon". According to John, they were full of a weird mix of Karl May notions and post- Marxism-- you can't IMAGINE European intellectuals' fantasies of The West.<br /><br />And don't ignore a conscious assimilation of the Bangles' first video-- I defy you to look at them in succession and deny it (;-))Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-15662342362490114492012-08-14T08:32:59.917-07:002012-08-14T08:32:59.917-07:00M. says, "It's meant to be campy . . . is...M. says, "It's meant to be campy . . . isn't it?"<br /><br />I am not so sure. The "drummer" sure is.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-66996319562828157142012-08-13T14:18:07.219-07:002012-08-13T14:18:07.219-07:00Ceci n'est pas une pipe?
Actually, according ...Ceci n'est pas une pipe?<br /><br />Actually, according to the libretto (I have a complete recording of Les Indes Galantes, believe it or not) we're looking at the "Danse du Grand Calumet de la Paix, exécutée par les Sauvages." However I prefer the finale of Act II (Les Incas de Perou), which has the ultimate hoisting on one's own petard: perish in your own volcano, Huascar! Peculiarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849337750990440147noreply@blogger.com