It is not known which the millionth word will be, but those on the brink of entering the language as finalists for the one millionth English-language word include “zombie banks”, or those banks that would be defunct without government intervention; the pejorative “noob”, referring to a newcomer to a given task or community, as in “She’s a complete noob to guerrilla gardening”; and “quendy-trendy”, meaning hip or up-to-date.
Tag: 06.07.09
Frank Gehry Did Himself A Favor Walking Away From This Project
“With each setback, Gehry’s master plan for the site, which at one point consisted of 17 buildings, was stripped back until the dynamic unity of his design collapsed. Last year, the Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff practically begged Gehry to walk away so that Ratner could not use his brand name as a fig leaf to build something hideous.”
Portrait Of A New ABT Principal Dancer
Veronika Part, “with creamy skin, high cheekbones and flashing dark eyes, possesses an Old World glamour reminiscent of Ava Gardner. She isn’t a wispy sort of ballerina, but a womanly one. Tall and naturally suited to adagio roles that highlight slow développé extensions and a luscious upper body, Ms. Part can also leap like a gazelle.”
How Do Critics Decide What To Review?
“I wish I could say there’s a formula all newspapers and all critics follow in making such decisions, but it’s an arbitrary process: Theaters whose work will be seen by lots of people tend to have an advantage. Companies with a track record of accomplishment, ambition and excellence tend to have critics in the seats on opening night. At the Pioneer Press, theaters on the east side of the Mississippi might enjoy a slight edge over their west-of-the-river fellows. And then there are a host of intangibles.”
Does Broadway Have A Brit Problem?
“That British actors, dancers, singers and directors, not to mention all those involved in design, are used to taking home a hefty trove of Tonys each year is hardly news. But not since the days when Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera first landed on the Great White Way has a Broadway season been so dominated by British imports. It is a state of affairs that some deplore.”
Bah! What’s all This Business About Meeting The Reader?
“There is now an inexhaustible public appetite for meeting writers, in tents and church halls. When you stop to think about it, this is quite strange. But there it is. The public wants to spend time in proximity with poets and historians, novelists and biographers. Then get them to sign books.”