Month: October 2013

Film Review: “Mother of George” — Depressingly Predictable

October 7, 2013
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Mother of George has garnered a rarer-than-rare 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating from critics. Sorry to be the cynical spoiler.

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Fuse Interview: Ian Frazier on the Comic Genius of Ring Lardner

October 6, 2013
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Ring Lardner wrote the funniest stand-alone sentence using the fewest words with which that feat can be done: “‘Shut up,’ he explained.”

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Album Review: Oneohtrix Point Never’s “R Plus Seven” — Music That Draws You In

October 6, 2013
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With this LP, Daniel Lopatin has crafted an immaculate aural landscape that one can (and will want to) lose oneself in for hours.

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Book Review: “The Stray Bullet” — William S. Burroughs Discovers His Ugly Spirit in Mexico

October 4, 2013
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Between the heroin, booze, and all else that Mexico had to offer, there was little to no time for William S. Burroughs to appreciate the culture of his adopted home.

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Jazz Review: Sleek, Post-Modern Kneebody Delivers The New at Cafe 939

October 4, 2013
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Kneebody threw jazz into the stylistic blender and it popped out as something you probably haven’t heard before. The future sounds good.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week (Updated)

October 4, 2013
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, dance, and film that’s coming up this week.

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Music Feature: Celebrity Series’ Street Pianos Make for Sunny Days

October 4, 2013
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Mother Nature likes pianos.

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Theater Review: “The Jungle Book” — A Satisfying Entertainment

October 2, 2013
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Mary Zimmerman’s Jungle Book may not have the same kind of compelling narrative and emotional depth as her Bernstein/Voltaire tour de force, but there’s plenty of magic in this Disney/Kipling mash-up.

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Film Review: “Who Takes Away the Sins: Witnesses to Clergy Abuse” — Anatomy of a Cover-Up

October 1, 2013
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It’s heartening to see a major Catholic institution like Boston College get behind a documentary that, without mercy, attacks the Boston Diocese for its sinful coverup of priest abuse of children.

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Theater Feature: Israeli Stage Presents a Deliciously Amusing “Oh God”

October 1, 2013
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Oh God meets all of Guy Ben-Aharon’s criteria for Israeli Stage.

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