Friday, January 23, 2009

Evidence Romantic Poetry

Instead, there are usually smirks, sneers, pouts, leers and thin-lipped, tough-as-nails displays of contempt for anyone who would dare mess with her. The evidence of Romantic Poetry, the marmalade-sticky musical that opened on Tuesday night at Manhattan Theater Club, suggests that the estimable John Patrick Shanley has fallen prey to such a condition. Gordon Ramsay spent 12 hours slaving over a hot clay oven followed by a film crew at The Brilliant restaurant in Western Road last Thursday, in preparation for his upcoming Channel 4 Cookalong shows, which start this Friday. Fridays Target Center concert with country veteran Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson part of their 2 Voices, 2 Worlds tour came off as a little bit hokey and way too forced. Yayo will be the next member from G-Unit to put out an album next year (after 50s Before I Self Destruct on December 9). Its not a remake of a Hollywood standard such as The Truth About Charlie, Demmes riff on Charade, or The Manchurian Candidate, and although Demmes Oscar-winning work on The Silence of the Lamb did wonders for his industry cachet.

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