domingo, junio 22, 2008
Well Shaken (Pink) Martini
lunes, junio 16, 2008
PS.- ¡Cené búfalo!
viernes, junio 13, 2008
Sale el Sol
Me había resistido a asistir a un espectáculo de Cirque du Soleil bajo el tonto argumento de que un circo basado en acrobacias y contorsiones no tenía mucho qué ofrecerme.Así que acá nos ofrecieron boletos a precio preferencial para el estreno del nuevo es
So I’m asked to write this in English as I am now at the Computer Lab at ELI @ UBC... Talking or writting in Spanish is forbidden here!
As I was saying, some years ago I refused to attend a Cirque du Soleil show because I thought that a circus with no animals and bases only in acrobatic acts was going to be really boring. Was I mistaken!!
Yesterday’s night, as long as the show went on, I maliciously thought: “OK, this is wonderful, but they have no magicians performing…” After a minute of thinking this I said to myself: “Boy, this is magic!” And, believe me, it is.
I read in today’s newspaper a note about yesterday’s show by Graeme McRanor that starts: “Even when static, their sinewy bodies, sculpted from years of training and precise movements, have poetic lines. But when they move --when gravity quits, the audience gasps and they spin, twist, flip and fly through the air-- well, it’s just magic”.
I also read in the critic by Michael White: “On the surface, 'Corteo' looks like the simplest and most understated of Cirque du Soleil’s many spectacular shows. But a closer look reveals a production that works very hard to look effortless”.
I was mesmerized. Couldn’t believe that a show like this one would be based on something so simple, and at the same time so complex as humankind is. It is circus back to its roots: no animals, no masks, no fireworks, no covering… but music, songs, acting, lights, makeup… and 61 artists performing jaw-dropping acts of magic for more than two hours.
martes, junio 10, 2008
Viva la vida!
lunes, junio 09, 2008
Dos en cartelera
Sex & the City
Típica chick flick: muchos vestidos (quizá demasiados), muchos zapatos (quizá demasiados) y mucho maquillaje (quizá demasiado). Si no les gusta la serie o no la han visto, o si no son mujeres entrando a la edad adulta… no la vean!! Yo fui arrastrado (es un decir) por dos colegas que seguían la serie y entran en ese rango de edad… y no les gustó mucho que digamos. Saquen sus conclusiones. (Si pueden y quieren lean la crítica de Anthony Lane en The New Yorker. No tiene desperdicio.)
No te metas con Zohan
Es una película ni demasiado boba como para no verla ni lo suficientemente inteligente como para recomendarla ampliamente. Es divertida, sin embargo. Tiene varios gags que funcionan bien… pero no mucho más. Vayan si están en el mood simplón de domingo lluvioso con libro perdido (que fue mi caso ayer)…