Last Chance: Loud Crashes, Dignified Stereotypes and a Touch of Wagner
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Julian Rosefeldtâs solo show in Chelsea, his first in the United States, is an extravaganza of glossy production values, technical expertise, easy-to-read symbols and battling soundtracks.
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Beware films with protagonists depicted as vastly more sensitive than their fellow characters. The result may be a crock like âCashback.â
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A medium breaks the bonds of time and expectation to find its inner razzle-dazzle.
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A few group shows have jumped the gun with a splash of stylish fizz, a knotty theme, a soak in strangeness, something special to catch the eye at seasonâs end.
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Opera is revolutionary. It thrills the elite and masses alike, bops to Indian drums and grooves to glass-shattering Wagnerian arias in a mosh pit filled with British rockers.
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âJerry Springer: The Operaâ  uncovers something grand within the small, squalid lives it portrays.
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Why is racism considered bad in the real world -- but part of the fun in virtual worlds? By Clive Thompson.
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Hero splashes love and death in ravishing colors
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Sometimes the songs are all wrong. Like, you're shopping for genitalia in Second Life when your earbuds remind you that it's just "Too Little Too Late." The solution: Pack your iPod with tunes that complement the things you do all day long.
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Western knockoffs and Islamic bling: Debunking some popular stereotypes of life in Iran.
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Arts & entertainment: Rockers lay down your guitars and indie types look away now: bouncy, colourful pop is back at the Brits
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âGreat World of Soundâ observes a sadder, tawdrier side of the self-deluding dream of fame.
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There is not always agreement between the piano and the voice in Schubertâs song cycle âDie SchÃ¶ne MÃ¼llerin.â
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A blaring ambulance siren and a mellow-toned cello: They hardly make perfect harmony.
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Also: Searching passengers' faces for subtle cues to terror. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Debased, infantile and reckless in the extreme, this compendium of body bravado and malfunction makes for some of the most fearless, liberated and cathartic comedy in modern movies.
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"Legong: Dance of the Virgins" is a delirious blend of sentimental fiction and ethnological fact. Also, Orson Welles's "It's All True" and "Spider-Man 2."