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Television Review: “Trans in Trumpland” – Does it Get Better?

March 8, 2021
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If I’m being too harsh on Trans in Trumpland it’s because we cannot afford to fall back into the liberal complacency of the Obama years.

Shelter in Place Attractions: March 7 through 23 — What Will Light Your Home Fires

March 7, 2021
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In the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Opera Album Review: Saint-Saëns’s Opera about a Little Silver Bell Works Its Magic

March 7, 2021
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The world-premiere recording of a first rate production of a brilliant, fantastical opera, unstaged and unheard since 1914.

Film Review: “F.T.A.” — An Anti-War Gem, Rediscovered

March 6, 2021
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Exuding a guerilla theater, agitprop vibe (with touches here and there of vaudeville and live sketch comedy), F.T.A. is a thrilling expression of pacifism and accountability directed at the military.

Classical Album Review: Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Alban Berg

March 5, 2021
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The San Francisco Symphony is a model of complexity: tonally warm but texturally clear; rhythmically on edge but never abrasive in character; beautifully blended throughout.

Television Review: “Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell” — Avoiding the Ugly Side of the Tale

March 5, 2021
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Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell does a solid job of introducing someone new to Biggie’s work and establishing his enormous influence on hip hop.

Jazz Special Feature: Chick Corea (1941-2021) — Memories and Impressions

March 5, 2021
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Fuse critics pay homage to Chick Corea performances and recordings that they found memorable.

Book Review: “Mike Nichols: A Life” — Portrait of a Protean Artist

March 4, 2021
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This nearly 600-page text is a closely detailed, comprehensive portrait by a biographer riveted, as many of us are, by his charismatic subject.

Film Review: Being and Time in “Truth or Consequences”

March 4, 2021
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This is a thoughtful, surprisingly moving, and extremely ambitious film, one that employs an innovative style and some unconventional pacing to explore an unusually complex philosophical and emotional landscape.

Literary Remembrance: Lawrence Ferlinghetti — The Modest Beat

March 3, 2021
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Ferlinghetti was a truly Whitman-like figure who really had been through it all, traveled the world, and fought for what he believed in. I have yet to hear anyone say an unkind word said about him.

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