| 单词 | greatness |
| 例句 | “I’m trying to understand why you’re so committed to acting like someone you’re not, considering you just told that little girl in there that greatness means being true to yourself.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And girls, well, they practically lined up outside of Cabot and Benton’s room, waiting their turns to be touched by greatness. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “I want to see the greatness of Allah,” the chief said, with respect. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z These are among those matters that, from their novel organization, give reputation and greatness to a new prince. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Freedom and justice for all, the greatness of America, but a man living in a country sending satellites into space could still land up a heap in a doorway. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “You miss being in the presence of our greatness.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z It was the greatness, but it did not make bull-fighting wonderful to him any more. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He, Petty Officer Haldon Lac, was having a moment of greatness, and he wanted everything to be perfect. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Dissatisfaction is the first step on the road to greatness.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “The Count would like to know the secrets behind our cows’ greatness, is that not correct, sir?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, he saw that the Italian military forces, particularly those he would have to use, were controlled by those who had reason to fear the Pope’s greatness. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “You call it ‘greatness,’ what you have been doing, do you?” asked Dumbledore delicately. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z There are those who think that in this role Anaxagoras contributed significantly to the greatness of Athens. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was greatness fully realized, and he knew it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the youngest kids sense his greatness, sense how amazing he must’ve been when he was young. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Fern: “Black oceans separate us tortured cries songs of black greatness Still echo in my canal.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Perfect attendance is the first step to greatness is one of Baba’s favorite cheesy lines. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He drops knowledge just as he's slapping down a set of cards or a domino onto a table, and his homies can’t do anything but bow down to his greatness and keep their mouths shut. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z If you read and consider it carefully, you will discover in it my most heartfelt desire that you may attain the greatness that Fortune and all your own qualities promise you. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, the more one considers it, the more obvious it seems: association with a truly distinguished household is a prerequisite of 'greatness'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Genealogists are worked to death winnowing the debris of ancestry for grains of greatness. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We may say, therefore, that it is the yardstick of artistic greatness or importance. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Own your greatness, son. False humility doesn’t become a gentleman.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Outside peoples already concede our material greatness and that we are well nigh supreme in manufactures and commerce,” he wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z For some few weeks, I continued my studies as before, Dr. Trefusis guiding me without remark through stories of slaves who had achieved greatness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He never achieved greatness in the history books. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Thus, we often see princes given horses, arms, and vestments of gold cloth, precious stones, and similar ornaments suited to their greatness. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He said all my greatness is going to come out of that small space, and that what I do in that circle will affect how far I go outside of it. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z When these are well founded and have greatness in them, they make a man revered and admirable; and in Italy there is no lack of material for introducing every form there. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z And in fact, in Persia, they would say King Fereydun shined with the light of greatness and wisdom, and people would have to cover their eyes when they saw him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z By 1904 he was married, had a newborn son, and was laboring in the patent office—hardly the path to greatness. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I have no wish, let me make clear, to retract any of my ideas on 'dignity' and its crucial link with 'greatness'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Boy, you better recognize greatness when you hear it. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z If only he had had some greatness of mind as well, at least enough to lead him along the ways of reason, he would have been the perfect hero. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Oliver Wendell Holmes once observed that “a great man represents a strategic point in the campaign of history, and part of his greatness consists of his being there.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z My plan was to show him my greatness and fill him with the desire to be our dad until at least I turned eight. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He made it seem like I’d be emulating the greatness of the Mahabharata scribe if I finished it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Outside a pub, several drunken storm troopers sit in soot-covered uniforms, singing about the greatness of Germany. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z And I’d say, “Yes, the salute is a Persian symbol for shielding your eyes from the light of greatness when a boss comes in the room.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The Brandenburg Gate, a monument to the city's former greatness, still stood in the middle of the city, in the midst of a no-man's-land between East and West. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I truly believe that his name has magic even now; the best kind of magic because it comes from true greatness. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Paul Ellis told his son that there was a secret society of Southern men who would rise up someday and restore Dixie to her former greatness. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z What a shame that proud, fine, black woman never lived where the true greatness of the black race was appreciated! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not content with mere greatness for his horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Europe has a tradition of greatness, on the other hand. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z And the Cavendish itself was about to embark on a long period of greatness. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And all of the moments in between disappointment and greatness. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z From these qualities, a prince must guard himself as if from a reef, and he must strive to make everyone recognize in his actions greatness, spirit, dignity, and strength. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.’ The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z There will always be, I realize, those who would claim that any attempt to analyse greatness as I have been doing is quite futile. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She was destined for greatness, and no one—or rather, no boy—was going to stop that from happening. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Samuel said that Tom was quavering over greatness, trying to decide whether he could take the cold responsibility. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Go to the Ufizzi in Florence, the Louvre in Paris, and you are so crushed with the numbers, once the might of greatness, that you go away distressed, with a feeling like constipation. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Why do you look out? Do you wish to see the greatness of our army? We are the fighting Uruk-hai.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He could feel his moment of greatness slipping through his fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Mornings, he would stand midthigh in the surf and feel he understood its power, that he understood greatness — that he was neither fooled by its easy majesty nor afraid of its violence. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It is with such men as it is with the English landscape seen at its best as I did this morning: when one encounters them, one simply knows one is in the presence of greatness. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He was a man trying to create greatness, and the phonies were too ignorant to recognize anything beyond their own limitations. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He also promises to restore greatness to Germany, and he calls upon the German people to join in. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z This was not a moment of greatness at all, he realized. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When you think about it, the king could stand on the jewel-encrusted carpet—the kaleidoscopic radiance of human greatness—and yet, if he stuck his head out a window, it’d still be raining. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z "Nonsense! Hitler wants peace! A strong Germany. Wait and see. He will restore our greatness!" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “Think of Our Lady, the mother of beautiful love, greatness, and holy hope.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z This little weirdness will be a small hiccup on our road to greatness, to epic coupledom. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I remember when I had ideas about eternal greatness, when I wanted to be Leonardo da Vinci. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Zeitoun thinks of the simple greatness of the canoe, of the advantages of moving quietly, of listening carefully. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He continues, Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord, A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropped, Like grass is a metaphor for God’s greatness or something. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Convinced he was destined for greatness, Charles always chose the easiest path possible, which brought failure at almost everything he did. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Thus, many people judge that a wise prince must cunningly foster some hostile action, whenever he has the opportunity, so that in repressing it his greatness will emerge all the more. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I pray that the Negro will not miss his chance to rise to greatness, to build from the strength gained through his past suffering and, above all, to rise beyond vengeance. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As recalled by one of his contemporaries, Isbel was “content with the reflected greatness which shone on the blade of his razor and now settled on him.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Development of the institutions designed to make the city heir to Athenian intellectual greatness, the Museum and Great Library, was already well under way under the first Ptolemy. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z After three years there, feeling he was going nowhere, he took a post at McGill University in Montreal, and there he began his long and steady rise to greatness. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z When the sisters say the prayer of the Virgin, I am the mother of beautiful love, and of fear, and of greatness, and of holy hope, I picture Mother Ermentrude. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I’m fine, Mom. Trust me. It’s like Shakespeare said: ‘Be not afraid of greatness. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Our town is destined for greatness, and the real estate in it is destined for greatness too. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Nobility of spirit”...“intellectual contribution”...“greatness of heart”... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Oh, Caroline. Caroline’s different. Everything’s always been for Caroline. Caroline the delicate, the gifted, the beautiful. Of course, we must all sacrifice our lives to give her greatness to the world!” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It is as though the land knows of its own beauty, of its own greatness, and feels no need to shout it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But a moment later he had forgotten his shyness, for Menelaus began to speak of Odysseus—of his greatness and his long sorrows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “The poster you set up for Ben sounds wonderful, by the way. I feel like I’m in the presence of romantic greatness.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Little in his early life suggested the greatness to come. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z At. first, intoxicated by the glory of his return, by his remarkable victories, he had peeped into the abyss of greatness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z For friendships acquired by a price and not by greatness and nobility of spirit are purchased but are not owned, and at the proper time cannot be spent. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “Lizzy, I bear you no ill-will for being justified in your advice to me last May, which, considering the event, shows some greatness of mind.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Timshel—and you said—” “I said that word carried a man’s greatness if he wanted to take advantage of it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Just as her sister Inge and brother Hans did, she believed that Hitler would help Germany achieve greatness, fortune, and prosperity. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I was angry that he had recovered so quickly and felt let down that he didn’t appreciate the greatness of my achievement. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if I had made the dive across the pool stairs and qualified for greatness, he still would have left the next day. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “They say a new painting appears right before a story of greatness is about to be told.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z This is a form of greatness worthy of your imitation. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And from Chariots of Fire : Let each of you discover where your chance for greatness lies. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His moment of greatness was escaping into the green foam. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It remained the City I remembered, so confident of its greatness that it can afford to be kind. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I was falling into meditation on my guardian’s greatness, when Wemmick remarked:— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z For when the Orsini realized, only too late, that the greatness of the Duke and of the Church spelled their ruin, they called a meeting at Magione in the territory of Perugia. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z We were supposed to be reaching an understanding here about the elephant-grass fan belt illustrating God’s vast greatness; nobody wanted to be called on. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s nothing against Trey or Mrs. Murray, but when you have an older brother who did great before you, if you don’t at least match his greatness, people have something to say. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He was destined for greatness, he was sure of it, like world championships and unbelievable riches. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z For he found he did not care about his power, his strength, or his greatness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Yes, I really think you might be wise to' go away this moment Indeed, I think you might to put your back into it And so, a long farewell to all my greatness.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “It involves a study of...forces which bring greatness to the social group.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He has that much dog greatness in him. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I’m just going to tell you now his greatest greatness! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The cars drive the losers and winners out of the stadium while we applaud their collective greatness, and then we’re all sent back into school before final bell. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z There is no point in my holding back, not when I made a declaration that I was going to shame Cardan with my greatness. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Fern: “Black oceans separate us tortured cries songs of black greatness Still echo in my canal.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The time spent theorizing and debating over the fact that God himself had stifled the greatness of human potential. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z War Admiral, like Man o’ War, awaited a horse who would take the true measure of his greatness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And, yeah, my grandmother was smart and kind and had traveled to about 100 different Indian reservations, but that had nothing to do with her greatness. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z My most brazen venture into grappling with greatness came in 2011, with my Top 10 Composers project, a two-week series of articles I wrote for The New York Times. The Case for Greatness in Classical Music 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z "Don't sleep on this young, inventive, British MC, he's destined for greatness" – Entertainment Focus. New band of the day ? No 799: Ghostpoet 2010-06-02T14:50:00Z Rockefeller’s Standard Oil capitalised on the rise of petroleum and the internal-combustion engine, a combination that powered a century of American greatness. Crocodile of the Yangzi 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z “It’s all about being better for each other — no one achieves greatness in isolation.” 7 ways parents can teach girls to build one another up, instead of tearing one another down 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z “No one in this room derived from luck. We are a powerful force field that derived from greatness,” said “Captain Marvel” actress Lashana Lynch at Thursday afternoon’s Essence Black Women in Hollywood event. Essence event affirms the power of black women in Hollywood 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Not because musicians are worse now, or aren’t skilled, or inspired, or serious, but because “greatness” is not an objective measurement. The Score: A Pitch for New Music 2011-05-11T22:38:37Z The greatness of Serena Williams, on the other hand, depends partly on a desire to avenge her few losses. The Particular Drama of Simona Halep 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z I'll defy anyone not to see a spark of true comedy greatness in this clip of a man getting his trousers caught while climbing over a seat in the middle of a classical concerts. Why Loriot gets lost in translation 2011-08-25T14:45:25Z In theory, it contained all the elements that might replicate the latter’s greatness. Sorry episodes: the most disappointing TV shows of 2018 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z There is no “essential greatness” because there is no “essential culture.” Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z But I would rather speak of Anne Sexton’s bigness as a person than of her greatness as a poet. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z By this time, they had challenged themselves to “get back” to their roots, strip away the high-gloss production of LPs like "Revolver" and "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band," and find new levels of greatness. In 1969 the fifth Beatle was heroin: John Lennon's addiction took its toll on the band 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z One is a governing system, the other is hokey branding designed to create the illusion of fairness and greatness. Fox News was in a "purple haze" on election night until Trump's wild claims gave them clarity 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z There’s a lot of greatness, a lot of greatness in this country.” Rick Santorum suspends campaign 2012-04-10T18:14:00Z You say Mozart's greatness was not innate but due to his drive. David Shenk's bright idea: Genius isn't in the genes 2010-05-01T23:08:00Z Take, for example, the war in Iraq, which Mr. Robin argues was less about oil than the neoconservative longing for a project of national greatness more noble than simply making money. Corey Robin?s ?Reactionary Mind? Stirs Internet Debate 2012-01-18T23:05:28Z The virile is not simply what is manly; it is more: an ideal of power and virtue, self-assurance and maturity, certitude and domination . . . . courage and “greatness” accompanied by strength and vigor. When Men Wanted to Be Virile 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Very few bands survive the test of time, and therein lies the word greatness. Kiss: monsters of rock 2012-07-12T19:30:00Z Sarris never failed to persuade—often of the film’s greatness, always of his own powers of analysis and rapture. Remembering Andrew Sarris: A Great American Film Critic 2012-06-21T12:39:03Z As part of Burgundy, Chablis employs a hierarchical system in which every bottle is ranked according to its potential for distinctiveness and greatness. Among Chardonnays, Chablis Is Not Better, Just Different 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Yet, now I feel that I was wrong: it is precisely in that collision that Spielberg’s greatness lives. What Steven Spielberg's science fiction tells us about America 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The Edinburgh award is held to confer instant greatness on whoever wins it. Will Adamsdale: the guru of nonsense 2011-01-05T22:01:01Z She wrote a different friend: “Behind every great man is a woman dedicated to his greatness whilst behind every great woman is a man dedicated to bringing her down.” A Warm Biography of the Fantastical, Feminist Angela Carter 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z But then again, is the idea of greatness even relevant anymore? Art Review: Before the Rebellion, Playful Pop Art Novelty 2010-10-14T21:54:00Z It’s possible to hold these reservations in mind and still recognize a kind of greatness in the amplitude of Alexievich’s project. Russian Women Speak Up About the Front Lines and the Home Front 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z And yet, that is where the reputation of “Chain Saw” obscures some of its greatness. In ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre,’ Sympathy for the Devil 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z The implication is that while gore can be fun, fear is where greatness lies. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2 Finale: Fade to Black 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z HE: For all my sins – and I assure you, the only thing that has ever held me back from God-like greatness is my humility – I am the Harlan Ellison, the only one. Q&A: Harlan Ellison 2013-06-14T15:00:16Z This stand casts her as an infant Jeanne d’Arc, predestined for saintly and bespectacled greatness. Game, set and spats… a grand slam of tennis movies 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z And yet the show's prankish confidence says, "Keep watching, greatness might be right around the corner" -- and sure enough, sometimes it is. "Glee's" utterly charming season finale 2011-05-25T08:26:00Z Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised. Frank Ocean: 'I told y'all my album would be the best!' 2012-12-13T23:59:02Z The source of his greatness would still lie in genes in that case. David Shenk's bright idea: Genius isn't in the genes 2010-05-01T23:08:00Z Others cite her as a rare example of female greatness. Jane Austen Has Alt-Right Fans? Heavens to Darcy! 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z The book’s ending leaves mortals trembling on the precipice of post-human greatness. Review | In Neal Stephenson’s ‘Fall,’ there is life after death 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z This, along with the modesty of its physical production — its humble rooms, quiet moments, ordinary lives — can obscure Mr. Linklater’s ambitions and the greatness of his achievement. Movie Review: Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ Is a Model of Cinematic Realism 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z It’s an open-field blabfest about what constitutes greatness, and it doesn’t end with a trophy, a speech or any kind of resolution. There is no song of the summer 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z If a case needs to be made periodically for Pinter's greatness, ACT has a fine start on making one. Theater review: 2 excellent one-acts open ACT Pinter Festival 2012-07-30T22:51:02Z Dad would cringe, however, this is extremely important, as you cannot rush greatness. Let me teach you the secrets to making a God-level grilled cheese 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z And that was probably the revelation: the greatness of that story and what it means to all of us, because you believe it. Dancing Juliet: The power, stillness and pain of one of ballet’s greatest heroines 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z There’s always considerable danger in proclaiming the greatness of a work that presents as modestly as this one does. “Boyhood”: Richard Linklater’s 12-year family masterpiece 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z And, of course, my generation is a grand example of what it is to get caught in a commodified culture and think that it's all about success rather than greatness. Cornel West: Is America ‘even capable of treating the masses of Black people with decency and dignity’? 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z “This is an excellent moment to think about why we attach the term ‘greatness’ to Russian, but not Ukrainian, culture,” she said. When Ukrainian Music Wasn’t Under Threat, It Thrived 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z As dozens join her, the scene becomes an unapologetic celebration of the all-American thirst for greatness and hope. Haters Shall Be Lovers In La La Land 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z But you can’t help but be inspired by all of the greatness that came before you. Robin Thicke on ‘Blurred Lines’ and Learning From His Mistakes 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Merriweather’s legendary summer of ’73 lineup was so ridiculously overstuffed with greatness that a flier announcing its schedule has recently become a meme. From Jimi and Janis to assorted festivals, 50 years at Merriweather Post 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z A central problem with the choreographer Sarah Michelson is that the admirer who surrounds her with the greatest claims for Sarah Michelson’s greatness is Sarah Michelson herself. Dance Review: Sarah Michelson’s ‘4,’ at the Whitney, Continues a Series 2014-01-26T22:09:19Z More important for the future greatness of the Beatles was the past work of Martin. George The Fifth 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The greatness of images isn’t in the coherence of their narrative logic, or the nuance of their dramatic implications, but in their excess—not in what they mean but in what they are. The Best Movies of 2015 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Herein lies the band’s secret; there is no greatness- without a great drummer. ‘Ultimate drummer’: Stars react to Charlie Watts’ death 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Then again, on the flip side, greatness can be fun. Perspective | Here’s the problem with ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (and every musical biopic ever made) 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z For the greatest conductors—masters like Bernstein, Tennstedt, Monteux, Levine—technique is a bridge to greatness, to the special place where perfection of spirit and execution combine, not just an end in itself. Lorin Maazel: The Man Who Knew Too Much 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z And why judge the greatness of music on the shape of its container, anyway? Perspective | What if there were only one Grammy? 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Like other stories of musical tutelage, “Keep On Keepin’ On” is ultimately an examination of the pursuit of greatness. ‘Keep On Keepin’ On,’ a Film on the Jazz Great Clark Terry 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Sondheim's greatness is uncontestable, but it's his theatrical imagination that we cherish, more than his musical invention. Prom 19: Sondheim at 80 2010-08-01T20:31:00Z That’s not an accusation, but an apt description of a reality-based narrative that grounds its story of American greatness in a pastoral, if sometimes complicated, vision of suburban life and traditional marriage. At the Telluride Film Festival, the Past Isn’t Safe at All 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z The case for denying Grieg greatness is easy. The Case for Greatness in Classical Music 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z You find fewer people these days regarding things that are popular with weary suspicion, or bothering to ask how one text could plausibly authorize such different versions of American greatness. In “The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda,” Ishmael Reed Revives an Old Debate 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z How do we respond when greatness and awfulness coexist, or when talent is used as an alibi for gross misbehavior? ‘Her Smell’ Review: The Road to Rock ’n’ Roll Transcendence Goes Through the Gutter 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z As Hopper, Sr., Hawke is the demanding father who, in trying to usher his son to physical greatness, ends up paralyzing him emotionally. Ethan Hawke and Paul Giamatti on Baseball and Parenthood 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Kavanaugh, a favorite son groomed for greatness and unaccustomed to indignity, cares. Brett Kavanaugh’s Washington: A smaller, colder world for a justice under a cloud 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Along with their companions, each is on a mission to find their true greatness, whether intentional or accidental. The "Willow" legend continues, only now the quest is open to all who would take it, including girls 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Watch enough of them, and they start to congeal into a singularity of American greatness. "Where’s My Roy Cohn?" review: A stale portrait of Donald Trump’s hero — Sundance 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z “Somehow a person’s greatness is called forth from someone else inspiring them to dig deeply into themselves,” Ms. Lane said. Diane Lane to Honor Elizabeth Swados With a Grant for Arts Educators 1456-12-26T05:00:00Z Perhaps she hoped to forever erase what she saw as Sutherland’s unflattering farewell to all of Churchill’s greatness. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z It ran in the newspaper, but without my name. Thus on the cusp of literary greatness, I encountered my first literary failure. Keith Gessen, Nathaniel Rich: I’m sorry I trashed your novels 2013-03-04T01:00:00Z Everything I’ve done hasn’t been great, but I was always striving for greatness. Chris Rock Tried to Warn Us 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Part of Gil's greatness is his ability to write anthems that touch on universal themes. Gil Scott-Heron: poet, campaigner and America's rough healer 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z Sometimes the truest measure of greatness lies in the everyday: not a grand stage but a simple one. CD Reissues: Van Morrison, Sarah Vaughn and More 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Sergei Prokofiev’s opera “The Fiery Angel” is a prime example of the pitfalls of aspiring to greatness: It buckles under the weight of its own tremendous aspirations. Review | Forget greatness, enjoy the music: NSO revels in lyrical excess 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z But is this 14 Oscar nominations’ worth of greatness? Love ‘La La Land’? Hate It? So Do We. 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z He was involved in drawing up the music channel's "Brand New" list of 10 artists destined for greatness overseen by Anna Karatziva, head of talent and music at MTV UK. LA sisters Haim lead hopes of pop revival in 2013 2013-01-04T14:26:25Z Today we bow in the presence of greatness. City Light’s copper heist is pure-grade comedy gold 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z “Kirtan” is still an entrancing listen, an intimate glimpse of an artist whose greatness has only just been acknowledged in this world. Perspective | Alice Coltrane is finally heralded as a jazz great. A new reissue doesn’t do her justice. 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z But in an era when we fawn over pop celebs with such thoughtless breathlessness, a gig this masterful invites our dizzy brains to think hard about greatness. Is Prince the best person who has ever done this whole music thing? 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Convinced that Frank is a genius and that he and the band are on the verge of greatness, the newcomer tirelessly tweets and blogs sentiments like "I can't wait to dive into the creative maelstrom." 'Frank' an offbeat dive through the looking glass of creativity 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Read “The Jungle Books,” the exquisite and ghostly “ ‘They’ ” and “Wireless” and a dozen other stories to discover for yourself their imaginative greatness. In defense of Rudyard Kipling and ‘The Jungle Books’ 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z To Lotto, he is destined for greatness, and his wife is a saint. Lauren Groff's 'Fates and Furies' turns the struggles of marriage into art 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z And, telling my son that he, you know, signing his papers for him to rap and him telling me that he wanted to go off to college, there's no rush to greatness. A minute with: Martin Lawrence talking "Big Mommas" 2011-02-16T11:28:37Z With Christian Bale as his tortured superhero starting from 2005's "Batman Begins," Nolan has explored the complicated and conflicting motivations of man as well as the possibility of greatness and redemption within society. Review: Batman series ends as epic letdown 2012-07-16T18:40:09Z The greatness of this segment is how it takes a fairly trivial bit of workplace politics and tips it into melodrama, with suspenseful percussive music and increasingly quick cuts as Henry progressively begins to unravel. David Hyde Pierce was the best surprise of “Wet Hot American Summer” 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z There is crazy greatness in “Young Mungo,” along with corny lapses and moments with the expository flatness of a TV voice-over. ‘Young Mungo’ Explores Love and Violence in Emotional Technicolor 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z I’m standing next to a guy who used to be in the greatest band in the world, the Beatles, so I know what greatness really is. “I’m not ready for the dirt nap yet”: How Toto outlasted the haters, took back their career and won over a new generation 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Social media has allowed unknown greatness to surface, but has also created a lot of icons better left unknown. | Talented Men 2013-09-14T01:00:02Z Dolly is adored because, for all but the most churlish among us, she shines a light that says that our greatness lies within our hurt and pain and delight and our wisdom and our kindness. Dolly Parton, American icon: Why everything's coming up Dolly now 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z “Beethoven” was less a byword for greatness than an alias of God. Perspective | The best way to honor Beethoven’s 250th? Listen to every note he ever wrote. 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z "Boardwalk Empire" is a transporting and engrossing series with passages of greatness, but it lacks faith in itself, and it's simultaneously too much and not enough. The plot-crazy spectacle of "Boardwalk Empire" 2011-09-26T01:26:00Z Like: “I went to that school and now I could be, like, a computer programmer for the rest of my life and I’m really happy to do so because I touched greatness.” An oral history of Fame: 'We were dancing on cars in the epicentre of porn and filth!' 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The scoreboards of prestige offer a handsome mirage of certitude, but our ongoing discussion about greatness remains unruly, public, perpetual and paramount. No charts, no Grammys, no Hall of Fame: Why pop greatness requires talk and time 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z But if anything, her notoriety obscured the greatness of her prose: Her event-filled life often overshadowed the accomplishments of her best-selling fiction. The Essential Colette 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z They reveal a Nixon who was always reaching after his idea of "greatness", something that never bothered the supremely self-confident Reagan. All the presidents' libraries 2010-10-26T10:00:00Z His tempo is blistering, his theme is his greatness, his cadence is predictable, and the track goes on for far too long. Song of the Summer: “Bawitdaba,” by Kid Rock 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Dexter remains a good show, though it fluffed its chance at greatness years ago. Dexter season eight preview: is it the right time to kill the show? 2013-07-05T11:37:00Z To me, aiming for greatness in a day might mean you work 20% harder, but you make that day worth it 10 times over. 12 Questions With Patty Jenkins, Director of Wonder Woman 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Part of this tradition’s greatness is that exists somewhat outside art history. Art Review: Bill Traylor Finally Gets a Spotlight in New York 2013-07-04T23:46:01Z Vampire’s Kiss is the movie you recommend if Cage’s greatness is ever called into question. I watched Nicolas Cage movies for 14 hours straight, and I'm sold 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Under the guidance of executive producer Greg Daniels, who shepherded the American version of “The Office” into greatness, Jenkins expediently establishes “People of Earth” as a true ensemble comedy. Don’t get weird, OK? Let new comedy “People of Earth” take you to a better place 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The greatness of the reformed Stooges' live performances notwithstanding, the Iggy Pop of 2012 – beloved, successful, rich – is clearly not capable of summoning up the cocktail of desperation and nihilism that fuelled Raw Power. Iggy and the Stooges: Ready to Die – review 2013-04-25T14:29:01Z He offered security, pride, imported goods, travel abroad and a false sense of Russian greatness. Review: ‘The Invention of Russia’ Examines the Post-Soviet Path 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z The show seems nearly perfect in art, installation and irrefutability of greatness. At the Met, a Riveting Testament to Those Once Neglected 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z There’s no mistaking the reference to “the evil man’s tirades” in the album’s finale, where Hood sings “in the end we’re just standing watching greatness fade into darkness.” Southern band takes on Trump as impeachment vote nears 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Therein lies a path, only just begun, to greatness. Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov creates a sensation in his L.A. recital debut at Disney Hall 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z It’s a surprisingly sophisticated world view from a young rock hedonist; its complexity is part of its greatness. Trump and Celebrity Approval: You Can’t Always Get What You Want 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Do you believe, as the play suggests, that greatness requires trouble, disturbance, change? Jeff Daniels on theater vs. film and the man who never forgave him for making "Dumb & Dumber" 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z The greatness of Dinosaur Jr.’s music, for me, has always been in the way melodic catchiness is married with sludgy noise—each enhances the other and saves the other from its excesses. Seaport SludgeFeast: Dinosaur Jr. at 4Knots 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Even before Trump arose with his talk of renewed greatness, Tea Partyers were trafficking in nostalgia and selling it as “constitutional conservatism.” What Do This Season’s Political Books Tell Us About the Election? 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z But in all of this greatness, there's one unlikely but irrefutable star: fuzzy, downright standoffish kiwis. Why Nadiya Hussain's kiwi and feta salad is genius 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z If you’re of a certain age, you were probably assigned Crane’s “Red Badge of Courage” in high school — partly in recognition of its genuine greatness and partly on the mistaken assumption that it’s antiwar. Opposites Attract: Paul Auster Meets Stephen Crane 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Sometimes you encounter intimations of future greatness from fledgling filmmakers, and occasionally there are movies that are already great. Critic?s Notebook: New Directors/New Films at the Film Society of Lincoln Center 2012-03-20T22:30:26Z Earth Wind and Fire When? 1969-1983, 1987-present Claim to greatness: the biggest funk band of all time It seems almost perverse to suggest that Earth Wind and Fire haven't been given their dues. Pop's undersung heroes: artists with big influence but small reputation 2010-07-15T21:00:00Z You might almost say that greatness shows itself precisely in the discrepancy between the performance and the material. Film: Midwinter Ritual: When Good Actor Meets Bad Movie 2011-02-19T03:43:01Z Yet his greatness and razor-sharp tongue have cost him quite a lot. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Love Means Zero’ and ‘Rick and Morty’ 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z But whereas no one really doubts the greatness of Wagner or Verdi, and Chopin seems universally beloved, things are not so straightforward with Liszt. Looking at Franz Liszt on His Bicentenary 2011-10-22T04:00:08Z This was his first real premiere in years and I think he felt this giant monster of greatness hovering over him, and that he couldn’t meet it. ‘Like He Was Going to Live Forever’: Making Jerome Robbins’s Last Ballet 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Virgil recalls that the young pitcher was “adored equally in this hapless village for his brush with greatness and for never achieving it.” Review | Leif Enger’s fans have waited 10 years for ‘Virgil Wander.’ Was it worth it? 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z A great book, like a great man, “is a strategic point in the campaign of history, and part of its greatness consists in being there.” Review: ‘The Death and Life of Great American Cities,’ by Jane Jacobs 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The windows are reminders, he said, “of the greatness of this city,” hence Saks’s decision to focus deliberately on New York-specific scenarios. Holiday Windows Aren’t Over. Neither, They Say, Is New York. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z We take credit for the improbable greatness, the objective superiority of our sweet Dungeness crab and lush local oysters, made sweeter and lusher by our frigid waters. Seattle vs. New England in the supper bowl: how our food cultures compare 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z As an answer to that question, a singalong of songs celebrating the inherent greatness of America — mixed with some history lessons! — sounds insufficient. Tim McGraw sings. Jon Meacham talks. This is not your regular book tour. 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z His jubilation over his own greatness is so relentless it becomes amusing. Review | Should celebrities narrate their audiobooks? Will Smith and Mel Brooks make the case for yes. 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Bellow himself once tried to describe the greatness of Michael Jordan. Literary giants at play 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z Nureyev is one of the handful of dancers who've become household names, globally recognised as benchmarks of greatness. Which ballet dancers do you wish you'd seen? 2013-06-26T14:00:00Z And a show I once described as “too good to be good” grows into the titanic dimensions of greatness. In Revelatory Revivals, Women Sing Through the Pain 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z This is a short film, and yes, when Uzzle isn’t speaking of specifics, he does fall back on platitudes about the greatness of photography — but he’s still very much worth knowing. ‘F11 and Be There’ Review: Burk Uzzle, a Photographer Worth Knowing 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z A ruthless calculation to be nothing less than great, powered by a conviction that greatness can exist and be redeeming. Richard Ford Reviews Bruce Springsteen’s Memoir 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Still, all of that greatness that we were asked to witness was almost exclusively the greatness of the past. Grammys: Taylor Swift wins the big one, but Kendrick Lamar steals the show 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z The eloquence with which an older art object illuminates experience today is a measure of its greatness. The new LACMA: Plans call for radical change to how we see the permanent collection 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z And live three-dimensional performance is where, sometimes at least, their true greatness strikes home. It Was a Happy Month, Mostly, for Modernists 2011-04-01T21:14:26Z I turned to her, as so many writers have, the way a painter might turn to Picasso: to see what true greatness looks like and to gauge the distance between it and me. Toni Morrison, Remembered By Writers 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Burns’ film “ Muhammad Ali ” explores the life of the boxer who floated and stung his way into greatness. Q&A: Ali gets the Ken Burns treatment in 4-part PBS film 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The light scattering of paintings, sculptures and works on paper placed in the gaps between the environments offer a tasting menu of Ms. Kusama’s greatness. Into the Land of Polka Dots and Mirrors, With Yayoi Kusama 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z In his obvious greatness, in the hard truths he dealt, Naipaul attracted and repelled. V.S. Naipaul, a Writer of Many Contradictions and Obvious Greatness 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z The abbreviated “El Niño,” however, showcases just a slice of the work’s greatness. John Adams and David Lang: Masters of the Modern Holiday Oratorio 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z Still, she was not prepared for Patches’ girth and greatness. She adopted a 40-pound cat, and now they’re on a weight loss journey together 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z It was really pretty powerful and it was a reminder of his greatness. Telling Muhammad Ali's story in full: "What really struck me the most was how much humility he had" 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z When we listen with our bodies, what better way to measure a song’s greatness than by how many muscle groups it activates? Perspective | How to listen alone in a lockdown 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z “I’m not going to get greatness unless I have to go at it with fear and uncertainty.’ Jerry Lewis, Mercurial Comedian and Filmmaker, Dies at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Both studios said they were happy with the openings, which exceeded modest expectations, even if the movies are not destined for box office greatness. Clooney outdraws "Machete" at holiday box office 2010-09-06T16:45:00Z He was born into, if not quite greatness, then the heavy expectation that he would achieve it. In Two Minds: A Biography of Jonathan Miller by Kate Bassett – review 2012-12-12T08:00:01Z We can argue about the sweep of his career, but there’s no debating the greatness that he brought to it. Remembering James Caan and His Potent Mix of Swagger and Delicacy 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Don’t let the smiling head of garlic in a chef’s hat painted on the side of the truck scare you—there is greatness here. Shauna Lyon: Lebanese Fare at Au Za’atar, Balade, and Toum, in the East Village 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z The greatness in "All My Puny Sorrows" comes from Toews' ability to make the reader want to think about that too. A' life-affirming romp through death in 'All My Puny Sorrows' 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z But the longed-for return to Pixar greatness seems as far away as ever. Monsters University – review 2013-07-11T20:45:00Z Fischer’s idiosyncrasy—his literally singular mixture of traits—also entails his greatness. Bobby Fischer, “Pawn Sacrifice,” and Movies About Geniuses 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z In the 19th century, they helped erect nationality as a barrier to greatness. Review: Douglas W. Shadle’s ‘Orchestrating the Nation’ 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z In fact some achieve greatness while also being cack-handed and cacophonous. Readers recommend: discordant songs 2011-02-04T00:01:01Z "We can each reflect, I do believe, the greatness he inspired in all of us," said Winfrey. '12 Years a Slave' wins big at NAACP Image Awards 2014-02-23T16:30:36Z Joan Sutherland's husband says the late soprano never recognized her own greatness despite receiving wide public acclaim and being compared to the legendary Maria Callas. Husband: Joan Sutherland never knew own greatness 2010-10-18T18:46:00Z “I’m less hung up on greatness than I used to be. And maybe correspondingly, I’m a less severe judge than I used to be.” In ‘Serious Noticing,’ James Wood Closely Reads Chekhov and Others — Including Himself 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z When the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard pronounced the miniature to be "one of the refuges of greatness", clearly it was our own dinky era that he was anticipating. Big on littleness 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z But that ambition is also his main obstacle to greatness. Sam Smith aims to please at a sold-out Greek Theatre 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Saul makes a great point of how smart and principled Pryor could be about racial nuances, which is part of why his reputation for greatness has only grown. ‘Becoming Richard Pryor,’ Scott Saul’s Biography 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z It was “Fiorello!” that tied for best musical with “The Sound of Music,” a timely reminder in this awards season that true greatness is seldom accurately measured in plaques and statues. Theater Review: ‘Fiorello!’ an Encores! Musical at City Center 2013-01-31T22:37:27Z Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive Notionally, one of the most loved of genres, persistently finds that it is somehow ineligible for greatness. The greatest films of all time: Comedy 2010-10-18T11:00:00Z He doesn’t pretend that Shostakovich’s greatness may not be so much in defiance but in the vagaries of survival, psychic as well as physical. Salonen's 'Pollux' supplies some grunge for L.A. Phil tour 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Logging on to AOL was the first thing I did when I got home from school, blasting Bikini Kill while debating the greatness of obscure indie bands across a maze of message boards and chatrooms. My “Ghost World” years: Confessions of a teenage AOL catfisher 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z And not just expense, his life: Like the husbands in every “A Star Is Born,” Jack kills himself so that his wife can continue to embrace her greatness, which here means her authentic self. In ‘A Star Is Born,’ Equality Is Deadly 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z As it is it's on Moshi Moshi, early home of Drums and Friendly Fires and current place to stay for Kindness and Summer Camp, so you should proclaim its greatness anyway. New band of the day ? No 808: Teeth 2010-06-15T15:44:00Z Their greatness, it seems, is largely a product of how many unknowns congeal around them, as well as the intensity, specificity and profundity of those unknowns. Perspective | The black hole image is beautiful and profound. It’s also very blurry. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z That the Musco worked as well as it did Saturday and sounded as compelling as it did only enhances the probability of this theater's potential for greatness. Musco Center's sound decision pays dividends in hall's debut 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z It takes away not an ounce of Bellow’s greatness to point this out. Review: Revisiting Saul Bellow’s Words, on Society, Chicago and Other Writers 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Not every gifted athlete displays greatness off the playing field. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z You can dislike Allen as a person and think what you want about him, but you cannot deny the greatness of his work as a filmmaker. Is Woody Allen a Great Filmmaker? Discuss 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z If a musician’s greatness is measured by the breadth of his influence — and how else should we gauge it? Happy 70th Birthday, Jimi Hendrix: Photos of an Incendiary Talent 2012-11-27T19:00:48Z Kazimir Malevich’s overly Cubist “Samovar” of 1912 doesn’t quite do justice to his greatness at this point. The Russian Avant-Garde Rising in ‘A Revolutionary Impulse’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s a shame that we’re unable to sit with certain revelations because there is such greatness here. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 7: Of Love and Sacrifice 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z However, James does deserve a fair amount of flack, because, despite his greatness, his approach to the game can be frustrating. Why LeBron James Is Failing in the Finals 2011-06-10T11:00:00Z I’m pretty sure I enjoyed Prometheus more than the average critic, but even so it felt like a far cry from the greatness of Alien. Harrison Ford To Star In 'Blade Runner 2' 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Mostly it was because I took his greatness for granted. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Season 4 Finale 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z And for what it’s worth I don’t believe Mia or Dylan, and even if I did, it wouldn’t change my feelings about the greatness of Mr. Allen’s body of work. My Woody Allen Problem 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z When institutions convinced of their own greatness work together, what usually happens is that the truth is buried and the innocent suffer. Review: In ‘Spotlight,’ The Boston Globe Digs Up the Catholic Church’s Dirt 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z "Avengers: Age of Ultron" may fall short of greatness, but it is definitely very, very good. MCU: The Franchise of the 2010s 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z “They don’t change the fact that greatness is the right word.” Books of The Times: ?Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark? and ?Lucking Out? - Review 2011-10-26T22:07:52Z And I note that for all its greatness, “Twin Peaks” struggles now to get more than a few hundred thousand viewers to watch each week. Perspective | While you were watching summer’s biggest TV show, you missed summer’s best TV show 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z It would also be an affirmation that, when it comes down to splitting hairs, great awards ceremonies should be about celebration of greatness in toto, not simply as a zero-sum game. Salon's totally (possibly) infallible Oscar predictions: Who will win? And who should win? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z There are other measures of excellence of course — emotional subtlety, psychological acuity, wit — but this kind of unwavering, fanatical commitment is surely a sign of greatness. Film: Midwinter Ritual: When Good Actor Meets Bad Movie 2011-02-19T03:43:01Z The greatness of its 61 drawings tends to be exceeded only by a stylistic diversity that may be unparalleled in the history of art and seems implicitly post-Modern. Art Review: Lines That Kept Moving and Knew No Boundaries 2011-10-06T22:45:51Z Perhaps for them the potential greatness of Muenchberg was evident in its complexity: diverse exposures angled in all directions and wide-ranging soils including red sandstone with lots of iron and quartz, volcanic sediment and limestone. Alsatian Wines Strike a Balance of Dry and Sweet 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Maybe classical music is too obsessed with greatness and the canonical composers. Best Classical Music of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Only eight of the evening’s 83 awards were handed out on camera, allowing the show’s producers to fatten the telecast with starry live performances that they hyped with a new slogan: “Witness greatness.” Grammys: Taylor Swift wins the big one, but Kendrick Lamar steals the show 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z And one of the reasons that most of its early readers couldn't see 's greatness was because it, too, seemed merely to report on their modern world. What makes The Great Gatsby great? 2013-05-03T18:00:00Z Always convinced of her greatness, Godie lived long enough to attend a retrospective of her work, aged 85, at the Chicago Cultural Centre in 1993. Images from the outer limits 2013-06-01T23:05:40Z However, despite the messiness of the series, Stan showed flashes of the greatness we've known him to be capable of for years. Beyond the Winter Soldier: Sebastian Stan has always played roles that exist outside the binaries 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z The film’s solemnity is seductive — as is Mr. Scorsese’s art — especially in light of the triviality and primitiveness of many movies, even if its moments of greatness also make its failures seem more pronounced. Review: Questions and Prayers Go Unanswered in Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Some critics find themselves only just on the right side of idolatry, placing her work squarely in the antechamber of contemporary greatness. Lorrie Moore 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z “It’s the upbringing, it’s the culture, it’s the things we see, the people we watched on TV. It’s a repeating cycle of greatness.” How Atlanta History Shaped Lil Baby and Generations of Rappers 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Fans burned his jersey; a Nike billboard declaring that "We Are All Witnesses" to James' greatness was shredded; and Cavs owner Dan Gilbert shot off an invective-laced memo bashing James in front of the masses. LeBron James Returns to Cleveland with Miami: Why Fans Boo 2010-12-14T05:15:00Z Thus Hitler referenced a Wagnerian vision of Germany as the source of two of the world’s great Reichs in order to present his Third Reich as a continuation of German greatness. Why the 2016 election cycle could be the start of a totalitarian strain in U.S. politics 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Rap fans debate and dissect this music with an unmatched intensity, constantly arguing over “classics” and conferring greatness from the inside. The troublesome case of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy thirst 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z You can be great only by opening yourself to the greatness of others. Tom Hooper: the man who doesn't need Oscar 2011-02-24T22:15:03Z Heads of state read him and quoted from him, but Wouk shied from talk of greatness, telling one reporter he was not a “high stylist.” Herman Wouk, a consummate writer until the end, dies at 103 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z In other words, on a technical and cultural level, Biles, a young Black woman, is being punished and subjected to undeniably racist and sexist double standards for her greatness. Simone Biles' historic Yurchenko double pike is being punished 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Film critics, even cranky ones, keep waiting, hoping, for greatness. Cranky Guy: Why I Skipped the Toronto Film Festival This Year 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z Damien Chazelle’s follow-up to “La La Land,” his swooning valentine to the movie musical, more closely resembles the film that preceded it, “Whiplash,” in its visceral attention to the rigors and ardors of achieving greatness. Where to Stream ‘Green Book,’ ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and Other Big Oscar Winners 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Here, once again, we see how Black women athletes are not just discouraged, but punished and excluded for their greatness, where nearly all other athletes are encouraged and celebrated. Recent Olympic rulings show dehumanization of Black women in sports 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z “In the formation of the United States there’s a love affair with classical structures through which to project our potential greatness,” DeVille said. 3 Artists Are Urged to Go Big. They Didn’t Hold Back. 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z It’ll be because Jackson’s greatness is so easy for the rest of us to hear. Perspective | Hearing a Michael Jackson song still feels good. Listening has become too painful. 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z This show is among the most fascinating examinations of greatness I’ve seen. In ‘The Last Dance,’ Michael Jordan and the Bulls Still Dominate 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z So they don’t achieve greatness, but they can be admirable within the sphere of challenges that they’ve been presented with. Journalist John Dickerson: ‘The major problem is that we look to the president for too much’ 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z There are few artists who merit a true pilgrimage — a concerted attempt to walk in the footsteps of greatness — but if there's one luminary worth traveling for, it's David Bowie. In New York City, following in David Bowie’s footsteps 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Orzal’s stone tablets exemplify the group’s “call to action” against “a delusional framework of a ‘greatness’ that never was.” Review | In the galleries: Myths and respite at the American University museum 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Teenage prodigies do not, of course, always mature into greatness, and it remains to be seen how Rivas will develop. RLPO/Rivas ? review 2012-05-18T16:42:08Z But the soul of the film, the reason why we see ourselves in its greatness, its stillness, its humanness, lies in the chemistry and connection between the two leads Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan. "When Harry Met Sally" is the perfect fall movie that we need now more than ever 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Would Finney have gone on to greatness if he hadn’t been dragged from the dressing room to replace Laurence Olivier in Coriolanus? Albert Finney: a career in clips from Tom Jones to Miller's Crossing 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z In any case, recent studies have shown that 10,000 hours is not necessarily the magic number to achieve greatness due to a range of overlapping factors like environment and genetics. How long does it take to master a recipe? 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z Actually listening for greatness, on the other hand, can feel like a slow journey through a heavy fog. No charts, no Grammys, no Hall of Fame: Why pop greatness requires talk and time 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The greatness Rattle ultimately brings to Bach is not purpose and meaning but uncertainty. A passionate Sellars-Rattle triumph with Bach's 'St. Matthew' 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z “I just want every ‘Star Wars’ fan to know that greatness is coming our way,” wrote Jason Ward, the editor of the MakingStarWars blog, after catching “Rebels” footage at Comic-Con. ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Emulates the Trilogy of Old 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z In part, to be fair, the problem is that the King James Bible was simply a victim of its own greatness. King James Bible: 'Twas a work most modern 2011-03-01T13:05:13Z Still, greatness was an early preoccupation of his. James Salter: the forgotten hero of American literature 2013-05-11T13:30:01Z It’s churlish to linger over what’s not covered here, but given that official documentaries can tend toward the hagiographic, there’s perilously little analysis or appreciation of Jackson’s music or videos, just assertions of their greatness. In a New Documentary, Janet Jackson Is Hiding in Plain Sight 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Because they share his values, Trump's followers will at some future date flock to his "wall" as a type of monument to his and their "greatness." "Trump's wall is based on a ridiculous fantasy": Scott Snyder on how reality is scarier than fiction 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Born anew as "Babe Ruthless", she proceeds to usher a floundering Roller Derby team towards greatness, and woe betide any Smashley Simpson, Iron Maven or Eva Destruction daring to skate across her path. Film review: Whip It 2010-04-08T21:15:00Z The collection of his letters, diaries and conversations shows a husband and father sacrificing personal happiness for political greatness as the leader of South Africa's liberation struggle. Nelson Mandela anguished over family's suffering, says book 2010-10-11T11:04:00Z The amiably eccentric — but emotionally direct — comedy series is written and directed by Crook, who plays Andy, a temp worker yearning for archaeological greatness. 'Game of Thrones' actor Crook finds gold with 'Detectorists' 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z But consensus is less a measure of greatness than of social climate. Critic?s Notebook: An Album and Its Buzz 2011-01-02T23:09:11Z Brecht was sincere in his desire to polemicise, but his greatness – and he would hate me for saying this – is that he can move you to terror and pity. Tony Kushner: 'At first I was horrified' 2011-08-15T20:31:01Z Always she felt a shock at the greatness of the spaces outside the tent. Summer readings: August by Gerard Woodward 2011-08-01T08:00:00Z But most of all it is her ebullient warmth, buoyed by fluid skill and an utter absence of affectation, that brings greatness to mind. Review | The Washington Ballet awakens with a lavish, triumphant ‘Sleeping Beauty’ 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Reagan saw himself as a man of the American West and the restorer of American greatness: his slogan was, "It's morning in America again." All the presidents' libraries 2010-10-26T10:00:00Z Twombly remains a fascinating artist, but this show makes too many assumptions about his claim to greatness. The great upstager: how Monet made Turner and Twombly look ordinary 2012-06-19T18:33:01Z The methodical manner in which it was shot, too, speaks to the ways in which Game of Thrones finds its way to greatness — through rigorous work and a wealth of character history. A Comprehensive History of Game of Thrones’ Battle of the Bastards Episode 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z How much more so when its greatness is confirmed and the play takes root in the soil of a new time. At a Rejuvenated Stratford, Second Chances for Plays and Theaters 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The nomenclature of the city seemed to encourage men to imagine greatness for themselves as generals, captains of industry, presidents, senators. Rebecca Solnit: if I were a man 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Most STs are products of public schooling, which convinces thick people that they are capable of greatness. The Guide's 1,000th issue: 2000-2003 2013-01-05T00:03:00Z Michelangelo's greatness is an absolute – but where does that leave the art of today, an art that in so many ways begins with Pollock? Jackson Pollock, rock'n'roll master 2011-01-27T15:22:54Z All were wrong about what their greatness entitled them to by way of special treatment from others. How Fox News created a new culture of idiots 2012-10-28T12:00:00Z A little more than three months later, Eric Church released the year’s second-best country album, “Mr. Misunderstood” — but its greatness was partially overlooked because of some ballyhoo of Church’s own creation. Are you listening to country music? Or just gossiping about it? 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z This website is hardly the first entity to amplify the greatness of “Africa.” 35 years after its release, Toto’s “Africa” is more popular than ever 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Sometimes we don’t need greatness, just good quality and a good price. This $15 gamay will go great with what’s on the grill 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z There’s a moment in the 1986 Sweeney Sisters Christmas sketch that captures the greatness both of Hooks and of her era of “Saturday Night Live.” Jan Hooks (1957-2014): An Appreciation 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z A future, thinner, selected volume will better make an indelible claim for her greatness. Books of The Times: ‘The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton, 1965-2010’ 2012-10-11T16:46:12Z One of the great event movies of the postwar era and an inspired exploitation nightmare that sensationally took Hitchcock – then in late middle-age – to the next level of cinematic greatness. The scariest horror films ever – ranked! 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z There lies its greatness – and there, as far as Hollywood is concerned, lies its failure. Good book, great film 2011-04-01T10:08:52Z The strange tribute of repeated theft, he suggests, reveals the sheer power and greatness of Van Eyck's mastepiece. Is art theft an act of homage? 2013-01-31T16:34:09Z Houston is the sort of place where you run into greatness on the cheap, while you’re just going on about your business, living your life. Perspective | A love letter to Houston: What outsiders don’t get about my home town. 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z It is a movie about the lure and folly of greatness that comes as close as anything I’ve seen recently to being a great movie. Review: ‘The Master,’ From Paul Thomas Anderson 2012-09-13T15:23:48Z I fear constantly that I won’t succeed in life — and for some reason my definition of success is achieving some sort of artistic greatness that will result in fame. Raskolnikov seeks mentor 2013-04-03T00:00:00Z Môquet, said Mr Sarkozy, embodied more than a patriotic belief in France: he showed that “the greatness of man is to dedicate himself to a cause greater than himself.” Freedom force 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Because the criteria for measuring greatness are all expressions of those ideologies, right? Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Like the word “elite,” “greatness” seems to be more than okay in sports, where we’re constantly hearing about “elite athletes” and acknowledging the greatness of figures like Maradona. Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z I can’t think of a recent dessert I’ve enjoyed more than Barber’s charred pineapple core, draped with candied mango skin, and bumped up to greatness by a scoop of ethereal lime-leaf ice cream. Dan Barber Rescues Discarded Food with WastED at Blue Hill 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z He wound up in a modest grave in San Diego, the only clue to his greatness being the word "author" that is carved next to his name on a small tombstone. Raymond Chandler historian cracks lost wife case 2010-09-18T18:32:00Z That was Pat Conroy: always striving for greatness but also recognizing his own limitations. Book World editor Nora Krug: The Pat Conroy I met was determined to live well 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z The work of a Supreme Court Justice, if he is truly destined for greatness, is never to look so closely. I too am savagely impartial and should be a Supreme Court Justice 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Not when he has been surrounded by true greatness and innovation during his years on the farm. After 100 years, giving thanks for a life where almost every day was turkey day 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Eventually a real pro turns up to show them how the game is played: a version of the famed Japanese hitter Ichiro Suzuki, who achieved greatness in the major leagues as well. Review: In ‘God Bless Baseball,’ Japan, Korea and America’s Pastime 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z This east London tale of a petty crim who turns to Islam had moments of greatness but could have done with fewer gangster cliches, thought Xan. Cannes 2014: all the films we reviewed – which do you most want to see? 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Do not be tempted to over-bake them; their greatness lies in their gooey centre. 20 best Middle Eastern recipes: part 4 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Bond also pins down the lack of correspondence between poetic greatness and domestic bliss: Bond's Shakespeare bars his bedroom door to his imploratory wife and daughter. Bingo 2010-04-25T20:45:00Z It is not enough merely to seek greatness for ourselves, we must help others discover greatness within themselves. Michelle Obama stresses service at BET honors 2012-01-15T06:10:06Z One proof of Elizabeth Strout’s greatness is the sleight of hand with which she injects sneaky subterranean power into seemingly transparent prose. Elizabeth Strout Gets Meta in Her New Novel About Marriage 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Therefore to say that it exceeds its prior greatness in the fourth season episode made available for review is to be expected at this point. Pamela Adlon wants you to let "Better Things" wash away the anger 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Yet it has taken a running leap, regardless, at greatness. With ‘Doxology,’ Nell Zink Delivers Her Most Ambitious and Expansive Novel Yet 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z But are any of the new shows candidates for either longevity or greatness? Fall TV: What can replace ‘Breaking Bad,’ other faves? 2013-09-04T21:22:47Z While Astaire was always hailed as a great dancer, it was largely Ms. Croce who drew attention to his greatness as a choreographer and the expressive qualities of his duets with Rogers. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z His own brusque brushwork, which sometimes overwhelms his images, extends it to new, radical extremes, and is a cornerstone of his greatness. What to See Right Now in New York Art Galleries 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z His PS1 spectacular is his first major museum show in New York; it reveals an immense but not fully developed talent that seems bound for greatness. Art Review: Like Living, Only More So 2011-06-23T22:30:31Z Anyone who looks at the history of mankind and argues that private sexual fidelity exists in direct proportion to political greatness or moral leadership is either a chump or a liar. David Simon: Media’s sex obsession is dangerous, destructive 2012-11-15T02:43:00Z Getting there takes us on a route through which the series ascended to its next level of greatness. "Reservation Dogs" ends its high-spirited second season by reminds us why we still believe 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Basically, he had one decade of greatness, the seventies. Richard Pryor, Flame-Thrower 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Of course, politicians aren’t the only ones who boast about the goodness and greatness of the American people. Obama nostalgia matters: He’s consequential because he’s good and because he asked that we be good, too 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Even if built to exalt the gods, the Pantheon is just as much a symbol of Roman human greatness. Seeing ancient Rome: The things that were Caesar’s 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z "It was about the defence of the Queen and the greatness of the country - there's nothing to be ashamed of in that verse but it was dropped." Neil Young's US God Save the Queen 2012-06-08T11:08:57Z Moving around New York, our narrators concentrate on a few ordinary folks electrified into a greatness that they cannot possibly comprehend. Salman Rushdie’s new novel is a swirling tale of genies and geniuses 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z The two aren't mutually exclusive, but without highlighting specific sparks we don't get the benefit and drama of watching them evolve into greatness. "Aretha" crowns the Queen of Soul in glory, thanks to star Cynthia Erivo's own genius 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z Thus, the right are aggrieved nationalists left to fight off treasonous liberals while elevating their nation to greatness. Rush Limbaugh’s toxic patriotism will be his worst legacy 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z The bad singer aspires to greatness and proves she is no more than one of us. The art of bad singing: A legacy lives on 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z I was telling him about the cosmic greatness of The Lord of the Rings, a book which at that point I considered the alpha and omega of world literature. When Hari Kunzru met Michael Moorcock 2011-02-04T12:05:01Z "Everyone talks about the greatness of success, but no one talks about the cost of success." “I have kidney stones. My hair is falling out”: Wendy Osefo of "Housewives'" talks reality TV stress 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z This is an extraordinary bounty of greatness in such a short time, though what is really extraordinary is the extent to which critics seemed almost to collude in issuing their superlatives. Everyone's a critic now 2011-01-30T00:06:14Z Yet such glimpses are oblique, and profound insights into the nature of artistic greatness are not on offer. Portrait of the Artist as a Complete Jerk 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z But the greatness question persists, and I wonder: Can we really do without it? Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z How far is ambiguity, or ambivalence, a characteristic indicator of greatness in art? A sublime, profound ‘War Requiem’ at SSO | Classical review 2013-06-14T18:03:36Z She knows they want her to “confirm him as the ur-father. His great greatness.” The Father of Personal Computing Who Was Also a Terrible Dad 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Some awards mean more than others, though, and while prestige often tends to calcify our ideas about what constitutes greatness, the Pulitzer committee has stepped up to recognize the worthiness of Lamar’s work. Perspective | Kendrick Lamar deserves his Pulitzer. Rap is the most significant music of our time. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z And unlike Harry Potter, Quentin doesn’t learn that he’s inherently special and destined for greatness: He learns, slowly and painfully, that he’s not. Why does the Magicians trilogy keep raping and killing off its best characters? 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z He wasn’t put on the conveyor belt to greatness. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Inside the Fevered Minds of Sports Fans 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z That greatness now hangs over the history and the future of the medium. Citizen Kane: No 5 2010-10-20T10:50:00Z For too long the industry has accepted all kinds of impropriety and unfairness as the supposedly inevitable cost of greatness. Is It Finally Twilight for the Theater’s Sacred Monsters? 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z “Are we able to recognize greatness when we’re looking right at it?” Jeff Daniels Takes a Baseball Break From ‘Blackbird’ 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It’s worth going a distance for greatness. An Enthralling Show of Afro-Atlantic History Illuminates Brazil 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Chazelle is not of the school of thought — as his late teacher was — that fear incites greatness. 'Whiplash' director, stars march to a friendly beat — off-screen 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z How lucky we are as citizens to have this opportunity to be in close proximity with Michelangelo's greatness -- even so many centuries distant from us. Michelangelo Is the Divine Star of the Must-See Show of the Season 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z I am very critical of what I see on Broadway, because I’ve seen greatness. Patti Lupone Remembers Elaine Stritch 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z It’s possible that the idea of greatness is more important in rap than any other genre. Kendrick Lamar’s Damn Tour comes to the Tacoma Dome 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z “The Music Shop” is an unabashedly sentimental tribute to the healing power of great songs, and Joyce is hip to greatness in any key. Review | An irresistible romantic comedy to begin your new year 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z “Whiplash” may not quite be a great movie, but there’s no doubt that it knows a thing or two about what greatness means. In ‘Whiplash,’ a Young Jazz Drummer vs. His Teacher 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z It's a true achievement to play a horrible person in such a way that the audience is transfixed on their greatness but disgusted by their personality, and Blanchett walks this line beautifully. Salon's totally (possibly) infallible Oscar predictions: Who will win? And who should win? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z The wines that will realize their potential for achieving greatness will only be available to the wealthy and those with the opportunity to drink the wines 15 or 20 years from now. A Wine Worth Waiting For 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Yet for a film that seems to aspire to greatness, "Tolkien" is done in by its lack of vision. "Tolkien" has a good idea at its center, but the execution is mixed 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z With "What’s My Name," his 20th studio album, Starr makes a triumphant return to the greatness that marked his early 1970s heyday. Ringo Starr's "What's My Name": A triumphant return to form for the former Beatle 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z This opera’s greatness comes through in the raw impact of the performances. Review: In ‘The Rape of Lucretia,’ a Woman Done In by Self-Blame 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z But what about the kind of real greatness, as in the case of Thelonious Monk, that is often about finding the music in between the notes? | The Triumph of Personal Style 2014-04-04T16:38:00Z Some of that greatness heavily bites other titles, mind you – which isn't a crime. Salon's picks for the best TV title sequences of 2022 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Lately, what’s more, open talk about greatness is seen by some as a White, male plot to entrench sexist and racist ideologies. Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z But they couldn’t defend it, as the protesters were articulating one of the key tenets of Putin’s presidency: Russia needs to return to the greatness of the tsars and to its Orthodox church roots. Gone too Tsar: the erotic period drama that has enraged Russia 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The art lies in detecting the richest slices of popular media — film, TV or amateur video — and punctuating their greatness by setting them on infinite repeat. Hands Off My Smiley Face: Emoji Become Corporate Tools 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Yet there is an individuality and conviction to the symphony, written in 1929-30, that brings it close to greatness. Prom 36: BBCSO/Bringuier 2010-08-13T10:48:00Z Many accounts of precolonial Africa are not necessarily paragons of style but their greatness is in the importance of what they document. What the Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Reads While She Works 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Not all the films on deposit are exemplars of the art — although greatness abounds here — but they nevertheless have cultural and historical value. Film Treasures, Streaming Courtesy of the Library of Congress 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z In a world that tends too often to marginalize classical music and to complicate it, seeing it as something that requires special understanding and embodies special greatness, Noseda brings welcome directness. Review | NSO season opener shows that Noseda isn’t focused on blockbusters, but basics 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z The Dalai Lama acknowledged the greatness of China and its people, but maintained that the authoritarian system was not sustainable. US embassy cables: Dalai Lama says prioritise climate change over politics in Tibet 2010-12-16T21:30:22Z Macdonald’s greatness is not on his IMDb page so much as in the number of you-have-to-see-this moments, the kind that friends tell you about at parties and then send you the clip the next day. Here’s Why Norm Macdonald Was Comedy Royalty. It’s Not ‘S.N.L.’ 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z There is less ecstasy going on: you feel less greatness. 30 minutes with … Howlin' Pelle Almqvist 2012-05-30T11:41:55Z Or rather, he's sleepwalking his way to greatness. New band of the day ? No 799: Ghostpoet 2010-06-02T14:50:00Z He was this guy living at a time when an unjust system threatened to use his skin color to steal his greatness and hope, in much the same way that injustice threatens us all. "They got Daddy": Reckoning with my grandfather's kidnapping, racial terror and our family's trauma 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z It's a fun party too bustling to worry about greatness. Marvel's The Avengers: A Superhero Roundup That's Almost Super 2012-04-25T12:25:56Z Know these feelings, and you will have the reward of experiencing the absolute beauty of “Fidelio,” the greatness of the tragedy of “Otello.” Jon Vickers, acclaimed Canadian operatic tenor, dies at 88 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The greatness of the man in real life lends an immediate gravity on any portrayal, but Boseman doesn’t need much help. 42: The Jackie Robinson Biopic Is a Solid Hit 2013-04-12T09:45:25Z Just as the Colosseum, even in its decayed state, expresses the spirit of ancient Rome, Speer wanted new Nazi buildings to be designed to reveal to later epochs the greatness of the Third Reich. Art in the midst of catastrophe — and renewal 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z The feeling of worthlessness is what drove us to greatness. Sparring with Mike Tyson 2012-08-09T04:48:00Z True greatness lurks nearby, waiting for her moment to seize the reins. "The Great" is the cheeky post-enlightment balm we've been waiting for 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Not that the students at a conservatory aren't competitive, but eventually everyone realizes who among them is likely to truly make it to the mantle of greatness. Gifted and Talented and Complicated 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z When Brutus, in contemplating the assassination of Caesar, says that “the abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins / Remorse from power,” the lines feel shockingly apropos. The Public Theatre at Fifty: “A Machine for Making Community” 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z As I see it, the critic’s job description does not include compiling lists of greats in order of greatness. The Greatest 2011-01-07T16:04:57Z One more element will help to further the appreciation of everyday wines: Broaden the definition of greatness. Everyday Wines: The Most Important Bottles You Will Drink 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z How could a city that fostered such visionary greatness in the arts and sciences also have been a breeding ground for propaganda and anti-Semitism? Music Review: Vienna Philharmonic Plays the Ninth Symphony 2014-02-26T22:13:26Z The Shutter Paintings may also be Mason’s reaction to the 1960s — at once for and against — and one more aspect of her greatness. Alice Trumbull Mason, Alone and With Friends 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z They both agreed on the greatness of Interpol and the Strokes, but Chris went a little far for Diana when he mentioned that he also loves the Killers. Are her commitment issues a dealbreaker for him? 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Kossoff’s greatness lies in the extreme way he pits the two basic realities of painting — the actual paint surface and the image depicted — against each another. Leon Kossoff: Looking at Life With a Loaded Brush 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Does recognizing all this help us see the greatness in late Manet? Review | Édouard Manet spent his final days in excruciating pain — and creating his most thrilling art 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z And he was right in at least one sense: Gone With the Wind signified the peak of Hollywood greatness. Trump's Oscars rant? He just wants Hollywood to see he's a star 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Recognizing greatness even when fame is not there to advertise it is, perhaps, the ultimate hallmark of collecting at its highest. Art Review: Dutch Masterpieces, Assembled by Art Lovers 2011-04-22T11:00:04Z But he isn't in the same category as Nabokov, whose greatness increases with time. In His New Collection, ‘The Rub of Time,’ Martin Amis Takes On Everyone From Travolta to Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Everyone talks about the greatness of success, but no one talks about the cost of success. “I have kidney stones. My hair is falling out”: Wendy Osefo of "Housewives'" talks reality TV stress 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z “The Cruelty Is the Point” implies that real hope lies not in a sunny nostalgia for American greatness but in seeing this history plain — in all of its brutality, unadorned by euphemism. New Books Update Our Thinking About Cruelty 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z It’s a dumb, profane and predictable show that works because it never once aims for greatness. Review | Fall TV 2017: 10 new shows worth checking out (and 5 you can totally skip) 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z I knew I was in the presence of greatness. Ask the indie professor: My top 10 gigs of 2010 2010-12-22T11:48:26Z No one approximates this much greatness without a considerable reserve of greatness himself. It’s Hard to Make Dignity Interesting. Chadwick Boseman Found a Way. 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Below are McGarry's six tips to achieving piping greatness, every time. How to frost cupcakes like a professional pastry chef, revealed 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z To me it is also the cenotaph of neoclassicism – the resting place of this ambitious and intense vision of moral greatness. How I finally warmed to Antonio Canova, rival to Michelangelo 2010-08-24T14:35:00Z In the Einstein and Picasso seasons that meant portraying the women they loved and bedding as reflecting their greatness instead of augmenting it. "Aretha" crowns the Queen of Soul in glory, thanks to star Cynthia Erivo's own genius 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z He watched it grow from a village to a city on the edge of greatness but he saw the dark corruption that beat at its centre. Can John Banville resuscitate Philip Marlowe? 2012-08-09T11:44:54Z If you haven't experienced "Whiplash" yet, it is easier than ever to catch its unsparing examination of the mind games used to push young talents to greatness. 'Whiplash' scorches the screen with its passion and fury 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Just as she knows some people want her to emulate her parents, she understands that some young Detroiters might be similarly challenged to mimic "the greatness of the 1960s." Daughter of Motown stars to Detroit students: Find your beat 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z I love this book so much, I would have to instantly excommunicate any friend who didn't feel the same way – though such is its greatness, this won't ever happen. Best graphic novels of 2012 2012-11-30T11:00:01Z One thing that points to his greatness is finding that my children love Gene Wilder even more than I do. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z That the world's great powers achieved "greatness" through criminal brutality on a grand scale is not news, of course. Thanksgiving? Instead, let’s atone for the genocide that was committed 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z But with music, greatness has a way of blasting straight through what we know. Perspective | Hearing a Michael Jackson song still feels good. Listening has become too painful. 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z So, it was a perfect setting for the speech Trump gave there Friday, full of bland generalizations about the greatness of American culture, punctuated by dark declarations of a fundamental rift in American society. Perspective | Mount Rushmore is colossal kitsch, perfect for a populist spectacle 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z An impressive argument for her greatness, the show also emphasized the strengths of Marcel Breuer’s landmark building in a rare collaboration of artist, curator and architecture. Best Art of 2019 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z She strives to be a palatably bland vision of “greatness,” completely disconnected from the emotions or the concerns of her subjects. Netflix’s 'The Crown' Makes the Most of an Unknowable Queen 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Indeed, as he writes, “greatness” and “seriousness” are not classical music’s defining characteristics; it can also “be stupid, vulgar and insane.” The Greatest 2011-01-21T14:04:41Z Likewise, “Game of Thrones” heroes strive for greatness amid trials of ego and enticements. Can "Game of Thrones" teach us about the meaning of life? 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Novels, she tell us, should aspire to "spiritual" greatness, and The Professor of Poetry is about "time and stillness and music". The Professor of Poetry by Grace McCleen – review 2013-07-20T08:00:12Z The economy afforded the bourgeoisie some opportunities for greatness. Eric Hobsbawm, the Communist Who Explained History 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z I knew I was in the presence of greatness from this dish alone. Review | The 10 best Ethiopian restaurants in the Washington area 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, The Messenger falls some way short of greatness, but is full of enjoyably spiky tunes. Johnny Marr: The Messenger – review 2013-02-21T22:35:01Z What audiences want — what we deserve — from a movie like this isn’t greatness, but competence. Review: ‘Sleepless,’ but No Need to Reach for the Sominex 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z But it remains, for all its infestations, a city hospitable to greatness. Where I Live: Washington, D.C. 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z It also supposes greatness to be a fixed quantity, rather than the subject and result of perpetual argument. Is Woody Allen a Great Filmmaker? Discuss 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z It's really something to see Williams waxing rhapsodic about the greatness of big butts. Brian Williams 'raps' again with 'Baby Got Back' 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z In the movie’s scheme, they are mere sidemen to the central conflict: their leader’s mission to haze his drummers toward greatness or madness. Review: Whiplash Moves to the Beat of a Driven Drummer 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Gardiner’s style refreshingly let any greatness in the music speak for itself. This Is How to Do a Beethoven Symphony Cycle 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z As an avid drinker I expected greatness from the Heineken experience brewery in Amsterdam. 'You can't see the Empire State Building from the top': readers on overrated tourist sights 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Forget claims for greatness and world-conquering stardom for now, but at the very least, Lisitsa is worth listening to and taking seriously. Pianist Valentina Lisitsa: believe the hype 2012-06-15T13:49:13Z She wants to kill not for money but for glory: “I would try my hand at greatness, and see where it led. Glory. I wanted to touch it. Taste it.” Novels That Freshen Up Some Well-Worn Classics 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Padura’s most brilliantly portrayed misfit is a young Jewish painter in Amsterdam, striving for greatness under the tutelage of Rembrandt — only to be driven into exile by doctrinaire rabbis who consider his work transgressive. From a Cuban novelist, the story of mankind’s quest for safe haven 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Machiavelli advises in The Prince that the prince should strive "to bear himself so that greatness, courage, wisdom, and strength may appear in all his actions". 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Are they taking a step forward into greatness, or taking a step back? No Fan of Sports, a Graphic Novelist Learns to Follow the Bouncing Ball 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z She encourages women to own their greatness and understand their professional worth. Nicki Minaj: Women Should Be 'Unapologetic' About Asking For More Money 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z First among equals, Jil Sander may represent greatness in this particular design trinity. Fashion Review: Fashion Review: The Italian Men’s Wear Shows 2013-01-16T21:30:06Z Or does prime rib just represent a culinary-world analogue to Michael Keaton’s character in “Birdman,” waiting around for us to rediscover the greatness in our midst? Prime Rib Regains Its Place as a Restaurant Centerpiece 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z He focuses his yearnings on a beautiful young woman, who remains blind to the depth of his love and the greatness of his soul. Lon Chaney DVDs: ‘The Blackbird,’ ‘Tell It to the Marines’ 2012-06-01T21:55:22Z Until, of course, that November day in 1963, when he finds himself propelled into something approaching greatness. Christmas gifts 2012: the best biographies 2012-11-30T22:55:07Z The game, the concert, the experience in front of us — the chance to experience greatness is a risk. The Score: A Pitch for New Music 2011-05-11T22:38:37Z The greatness of the city is in its unevenness.” ArtsBeat: New York, Cultural Capital of the World? Discuss 2012-05-08T18:40:39Z “Something essential about Washington has been lost to posterity, making him seem a worthy but plodding man who somehow stumbled into greatness,” Mr. Chernow writes at the start. Books of The Times: Dusting Off an Elusive President?s Dull Image 2010-09-27T23:42:00Z She'd made a fine mentor, the kind who might inspire greatness from an aspiring young writer. 'Letters to Juliet' Review: Love's Labour's Found 2010-05-13T20:35:00Z And sometimes the critic throws up his hands, equating greatness with ineffability. Richard Schickel's movies memoir 'Keepers' is breezy to a fault 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z I want to see people, some of whom I wouldn't trust to make me a bowl of cereal, try to cook their way to acclaim and greatness. "Hell's Kitchen" screams back to life 2010-06-02T19:01:00Z And both demonstrated that being fiercely original does pay off eventually — once the rest of the world catches up with your greatness and creativity. 50 years ago, David Bowie and Roxy Music made history 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Alas, greatness was not enough to keep it alive beyond two seasons. The "Party Down" cater waiters are back, but has the now-famous cast outgrown the pink bow ties? 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Last November, they went for Trump’s promise to return to a past greatness. Nostalgia: the yearning that will continue to carry the Trump message forward 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z “The secret of her greatness was she took this massive talent and this perfect culture that raised her, and she decided to be the composer of her own life’s song,” former president Bill Clinton said. Aretha Franklin’s praise-filled, song-filled funeral was one for the ages 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z The Beatles' narrative is a true story, mottled by moments of greatness and pure genius, to be sure, but also by sadness of the highest order. In Olivia Harrison's elegant "Came the Lightening," poems on her life, and husband George Harrison 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z In painting after painting he made a paradise of Cookham, which in reality is no such thing; but there's the greatness of art for you. My hero 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z They are trying to determine the ingredients of greatness, in other words. David Shenk's bright idea: Genius isn't in the genes 2010-05-01T23:08:00Z No big case for greatness is posited; we’re just being shown some fresh, new art, barely six months of work. Art Review: A Muse in the Machine: Click. Create. 2011-05-26T14:55:57Z "I am of the opinion that we should leave it, as a testament to our greatness." Creating new books from old 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z But I've always said you can only make satire out of greatness. How Judas Priest invented heavy metal 2010-05-20T20:59:00Z How could a film achieve greatness if it didn't even achieve competence? Cleopatra and Heaven's Gate: the last of the great Hollywood stinkers? 2013-07-19T13:00:00Z This is about what a music student who really wants to be great has to sacrifice to pursue greatness. The 30 best films about music, chosen by musicians 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z While the Karolyis helped to pave the way to greatness, these six women will ultimately determine their own fate in Tokyo, beginning a new chapter in American Olympic gymnastics history in the process. 8 of the biggest ways the Summer Olympics are different in Tokyo this year 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z That greatness has nothing to do with public opinion of you. The Atlasphere: Online Dating for Ayn Rand's Biggest Fans 2011-04-15T09:20:00Z Knowing what career path he would follow, we look for foreshadowing of his future greatness. Stanley Kubrick: Before He Wrote Scripts, He Took Photos 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z She seemed to stand on the threshold of greatness. Luise Rainer, ’30s Star Who Won Back-to-Back Oscars, Dies at 104 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Sometimes greatness isn’t about money, status, wit or even intelligence. Tyrion, Daenerys ... Hot Pie? The greatest Game of Thrones characters 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z From his desk at Scribner’s, Perkins helped shape the prose of, among others, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway and in the process secured his own share of literary greatness. Review: ‘Genius’ Puts Max Perkins and Thomas Wolfe in a Literary Bromance 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z For the moment, I am left simply with a fascinating example that all pieces of art, regardless of their greatness, will be disliked by someone at face value. Ava DuVernay’s Fiercely Feminine Vision for ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Zahner-Isenberg is already streets ahead of virtually all his indie contemporaries, but there's the potential for greatness here. Avi Buffalo 2010-08-30T20:30:00Z In the absence of greatness, as Rebecca Schiff reminded us about rock shows in her story collection “The Bed Moved,” one can always “focus on the bassist’s arms.” A Case for the New Jazz Sound That Will Inspire Playlists 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z "Prog rock is a great British invention and it's time we celebrated and rewarded not just past greatness but also the inventiveness of today's bands who are successors to this extraordinary British success story." Rock awards show's unlikely host 2012-08-10T13:23:51Z What Dudamel's "happy" decision may ultimately represent is that he has the maturity to know what he doesn't know and the long-range vision to know that there are no shortcuts to greatness. Gustavo Dudamel 'very happy' with decision to stay in L.A. 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z But the problem with a little bit of greatness is that it wears off, and it’s not long before you need another fix. 'Toddler twins, a demanding job... why not take on an Ironman?' 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z This culinary leader must be an educator, a skilled communicator, a mentor and an innovator, someone who’s charting a gastronomic course to greatness and bringing the American public along. How do you keep Julia Child’s legacy alive? Pay it forward. 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z If American Ninja Warrior is about ordinary people doing extraordinary things, then Spartan is about a bunch of ordinary people compelling each other to greatness. American Ninja Warrior: obstacle course has new challenges – onscreen and off 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z I think that's why all us kids in the family feel really driven towards greatness – and not in a conventional way. Danny DeVito: I still miss my father 2012-06-15T23:05:18Z Mr. Trecartin — he “seems bound for greatness,” the art critic Roberta Smith wrote in The New York Times — will introduce the films. | Film: New Home for a Festival 2013-12-06T21:47:27Z Field leaves no doubt that Lydia is a tremendous musician, capable of matching Mahler’s genius with her own, and inspiring others to scale the peaks of greatness in her company. ‘Tár’ Review: A Maestro Faces the Music 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The action star thanked the stunt team who assisted him in performing the “prison scene of all prison scenes,” saying “there’s no greatness ever achieved alone.. it’s always a team effort.” The Rock Hints at Resolution With 'Unprofessional' Co-Stars 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z She couldn’t have been more magnanimous or lovely on set but you definitely feel that you’re in the presence of greatness. There Are Worse Roles Than the Seducer. Ask Alexander Skarsgard. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z But the movie's giddy metatextual embrace of its legacy has glimmers of greatness. No one can say if "The Matrix Resurrections" is good or bad. Either way, it makes you think 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Gordon’s characters are critical thinkers, people whose minds churn constantly with questions, including whether happiness and greatness are incompatible. Mary Gordon’s latest offers thoughtful characters in the throes of change "It’s like she’s an old soul and she’s thinking what in the hell am I doing back here?!!" another comment shared, along with "this is greatness." Newborn's 'mean-mugging' during photo shoot goes viral 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Theater shelves are packed with the stories of bystanders in the shadows of greatness: Salieri. Review | John Quincy Adams is the anti-Trump in the new play ‘JQA’ 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z It’s the greatness of a vastly open, unstable, slithery text. Nearly a Century Later, We’re Still Reading — and Changing Our Minds About — Gatsby 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z When Ms. Beverley sings, she makes the case beautifully for Mercer’s greatness of style. Review: ‘Mabel Madness,’ a Singer’s 20th-Century Journey 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z “You can’t gobble up the nation mile by mile on your own power,” he writes, “without assimilating a sense of its greatness.” In ‘Life Is a Wheel,’ Bruce Weber Bikes Across America 2014-03-20T12:00:13Z There he is, lurking with rotund grandeur at the very forefront of film greatness, like an over-zealous restaurant manager in a PG Wodehouse novel. What's wrong with Hitchcock's women 2010-10-21T20:30:00Z Like one of her heroines, Maria Callas, she seems acutely aware of her own greatness. Marina Abramovic 2010-10-02T23:04:00Z Eight seasons in, the anarchic Sunny isn't quite as consistently funny as it once was, but still manages the odd moment of greatness. Catch-up TV guide: from Bank Of Dave to The Real George Orwell 2013-02-23T06:00:05Z Using his own eclectic background and biography as evidence, Obama forcefully argued that America’s greatness derives from its diversity. Barack Obama reclaimed patriotism for the left: How his 2004 DNC speech made a hopeful, inclusive America a core liberal value 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The Brno native was called a conductor “on the verge of greatness” by Gramophone magazine. Czech conductor will lead SSO in Beethoven ‘jewel’ 2013-05-23T20:27:07Z Indeed, Derek’s greatness as a writer was not divisible from his ability to tell the truth about himself first. Derek Walcott, a Mighty Poet, Has Died 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Though bright, capable, and vaguely destined for greatness, they rent a house in their college town, hang out at the same bars, and refuse to confront the future, or much else. Noah Baumbach, Kicking and Screaming Into Middle Age 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z He’s kind of decided that his loneliness is central to his greatness. Pop culture, considered: Chuck Klosterman on his new book of essays 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z But it was his second Oscar nomination, for his deadly serious performance in Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors in 1989, that was his moment of real greatness. A great actor who grew into his gravitas: Martin Landau remembered 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Don’t look for complexity, don’t look for greatness. Five wines that will help you beat the heat 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z But we coach one another through it, and eventually true greatness is conferred through lore — a holy alliance of time and talk. No charts, no Grammys, no Hall of Fame: Why pop greatness requires talk and time 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Yet at the same time, there's simply no amount of varnish that can transform "Bip Bop," the lumbering title track, or Linda's limp vocal turn on "I Am Your Singer" into the stuff of greatness. Wings debut "Wild Life" turns 50 with powerful vinyl reissue 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Yet at the same time, there’s simply no amount of varnish that can transform “Bip Bop,” the lumbering title track, or Linda’s lifeless vocal turn on “I Am Your Singer” into the stuff of greatness. Wings was a better band than Paul McCartney or his critics think 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z If you believe, as I do, that the core of Shakespeare’s greatness is his language, then any production of one of his plays in translation begins with a serious handicap. Theater Review: National Theater of China Offers ‘Richard III’ in Mandarin 2014-03-27T22:00:36Z Influence is one measure of greatness, but another, opposite one is inimitability. Seinfeld at 25: There's Still Nothing Else Like It 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Despite the greatness of Thomas Hardy and the lovely goodness of Gertrude Bugler, “Winter” comes to be dominated by the simple, desperate loneliness of Florence. ‘Winter’: a passionate reimagining of Thomas Hardy’s troubled love life 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z The Globes got around that this year by honoring a movie of questionable greatness. What the Golden Globes Gets Right 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Joseph Conrad wrote indelibly about the power of the Hero with a Thousand Faces – an ur-hero who's living a mundane life when he's faced with a challenge through which he can discover his greatness. From Snow White to Brave: the evolution of the Action Princess 2012-06-26T16:21:04Z This true story of an impoverished black youth from the streets of Depression-era Cleveland who ascends to greatness by shattering track-and-field records and undercutting Adolf Hitler’s racist agenda is a safe, by-the-numbers tribute. Review: ‘Race’ Chronicles Jesse Owens’s Rise to Olympic Glory 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Only an inspired, noble amateur could achieve such greatness. Movie Review: ?Anonymous,? by Roland Emmerich - Review 2011-10-27T15:47:42Z Instead, with a strained face, he talked with an audible lump in his throat about how the greatness of the show lay in “the people you get to work with”. ‘She was our Michelle Obama’: how Gilda Radner changed comedy for ever 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Merry needed to understand this to appreciate Lincoln’s greatness. Walt Whitman, Parenting Books and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z In the arts, greatness is no less obvious. Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z In the hands of an inspired writer like Liam McIlvanney, it’s the very familiarity of the hard-boiled mystery formula — burnished to perfection — that gives “The Quaker” its sinister sheen of greatness. Review | Based on serial murders that rocked Scotland, ‘The Quaker’ is a chilling suspense tale 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z In 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower said Churchill “comes closest to fulfilling the requirement of greatness of any individual that I have met in my lifetime”. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Or picture George Eliot cornering Arthur Schopenhauer to challenge his argument that women are unsuited for artistic and intellectual greatness. Erasmus vs. Luther — a Rift That Defined the Course of Western Civilization 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Plenty of large Queen Anne mansions testify to past greatness, but Bungay's current industry is primarily supplied by the printing company Clays, as economically vital as it is unsightly. Bungay - the perfect country retreat 2010-12-21T10:57:00Z Seemingly born into greatness, she first started singing at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., as a child. Investigators seek answers to Houston's death 2012-02-12T23:12:20Z Davis seemed destined for greatness from the start. How Miles Davis electrified jazz 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z We tend to forget greatness pretty quickly, though. The History of Aretha, in Ten Videos 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z At the very least, you should have sustained multiple injuries on your journey to Olympic greatness. Olympic women’s burden 2012-08-09T15:51:00Z O’Hara made a name for herself playing characters with an inflated view of their greatness, but perhaps the secret to her enduring success is that she herself has exactly the opposite. Catherine O'Hara on the joy of Schitt's Creek: 'Eugene Levy is the sweetest man!' 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z These merits are far from incidental; they indicate systematic and painstaking hard work over weeks, months and years, and they’re fundamental to greatness. Dance Review: ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Returns to Lincoln Center 2013-07-02T21:29:12Z “I just focus on the positives and the greatness that I’ve been seeing in these beautiful babies’ reactions. Halle Bailey: ‘The Little Mermaid’ Star Connects With Her Inner Ariel 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Voters have proven in the past that they'd rather expand someone's existing statue collection than grant overdue acknowledgement to consistent and consistently overlooked greatness. Still so white: The 95th annual Oscars nominations and snubs reflect some dug-in Hollywood habits 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z I realised at that point I was in the presence of greatness. Sir Colin Davis remembered: 'He worked little miracles' 2013-04-15T18:13:39Z The movie looks and sounds great, but greatness and depth elude it. ‘Promise at Dawn’ Review: An Extraordinary Life, Thanks to Mom 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Simultaneously charismatic and repellent, with an appetite for wine, women and song and a prodigious belief in his own greatness, Carlos is a mock-Shakespearean blend of cruelty, genius and vulgarity much as Tony is. "Carlos": International terror, Sopranos-style 2010-10-15T00:01:00Z It is one of the prime neoclassic creations of the 20th century and, discounting a few lapses in stamina, the Los Angeles Ballet performance delivered its greatness impressively. Los Angeles Ballet dances through its growing pains 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z It was also part of a diplomatic attempt by Ricci to affirm the greatness of his own religion and culture. 2010-01-20T05:23:00Z The streaming service has never advertised itself as a curated haven of greatness. The Hidden Gems of 2017 Movies Are on ... Netflix? 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z And as the guitar lines wash over one another, dragging the past into the future, it's clear that Mark McGuire is already touched with true greatness. Mark McGuire: the antithesis of the axeman 2010-09-29T14:02:00Z Others achieve greatness by pushing through or against their technical limitations. Review | Georg Baselitz is an overrated hack. Art collectors fell for him — but you don’t have to. 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z It's not often female athletes can break out and become synonymous with greatness the way men so regularly do. Forget "Ted Lasso" – give me a "Bend It Like Beckham" TV show 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Which added up, in the second installment on Monday night at Strathmore, to something that sometimes threatened to succumb under the weight of its own greatness. Pianist Schiff rises to challenge of weighty ‘Last Sonatas’ 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The consumer’s America—lyrically normal, always aglow, Springsteen sans despair—has never been an actual place, but it is precisely the America whose greatness Trump’s supporters want so badly to restore. Budweiser and the Selling of America 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Novelist Mary Gordon wrote in the New York Times Book Review that “Elegy for Iris” possessed “a greatness that must be seen simultaneously in literary and moral terms.” John Bayley, British literary scholar who wrote a memoir about his wife, author Iris Murdoch, dies at 89 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z “Your ability to accept me for the sinner I am,” McBride’s character says while praying, “only speaks to your greatness.” What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ and ‘Wall-E’ 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z But keep listening, because when a songwriter pulls us in with such metaphysical magnetism, then sets boundaries, we’re probably in the presence of true greatness. Review | Let’s get small with Jessica Pratt 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z “Fame was not only part of greatness, it was more. It was the evidence, the only proof. All the rest was nothing, in vain.” James Salter, novelist with exquisite prose style, dies at 90 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z The raw egg that, thanks to some long-forgotten cook’s flash of greatness, serves as a dipping sauce. The Restaurant That Became Japan’s Unofficial Ambassador 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z "The Dodger brand is strong, and in the eyes of fans, can be returned to greatness." Why Sports in LA Are in Disarray 2011-04-22T09:00:00Z The greatness of this music is that it transcends instrument technology and eras. At the Bard Music Festival, Concerts and Argument 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z “It’s that extra step of somebody taking the initiative to plant and sow the seeds so that the community that fostered that greatness and that talent can continue to build more,” she said. How Seattle music stars help uplift the next generations of homegrown talent 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z For Bostick, birding is a vocation, the thing that gives him a sense of purpose and a shot at greatness. | 'The Big Year': ?The Big Year,? With Owen Wilson and Steve Martin - Review 2011-10-13T21:45:11Z But even the music, intense and earnest, began to totter after a while under its own aspirations to greatness. American Music Festival at National Gallery opens with subdued concert 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z I grew up in a time where we were taught to believe that greatness could be achieved if you identified your talent, worked hard at that talent and didn't give up. "Dancing with the Stars" recap: Jennifer Grey finds her groove 2010-11-23T13:30:00Z By asserting her presence, she challenges the accepted story of Western greatness. Review | In the galleries: The American character, as molded by 11 female artists 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The key to C&W vocal greatness is sincerity, and five-plus decades of fans believed every word out of George Jones mouth. George Jones: 7 Essential Tracks 2013-04-26T19:45:46Z You always wanted to aspire and reach up to the standards of greatness established by such people. Style icon André Leon Talley on navigating the fashion world: “My armor is my self-invention” 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z This means that you can’t begin your quest for pumpkin greatness with just any pumpkin seed. How do giant pumpkins grow so big? 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z There was one moment in "The Grudge" when the movie, ever so briefly, rose to the level of greatness. "The Grudge" sequel is cursed by mediocrity 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z It was almost as if the creative energy in the Cranbrook community catapulted Eero Saarinen to greatness, evidenced by his early influences in the family home. Eero Saarinen’s Michigan 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The gap between those two sets of reactions explains why “Salesman,” now and forever a great play, never quite achieves greatness on the stage this time around. Theater Review: ?Death of a Salesman,? With Philip Seymour Hoffman 2012-03-16T02:11:33Z But at least The Blacklist has the ingredients necessary for contemporary Columbo-esque greatness. Is The Blacklist Today’s Columbo? 2014-01-21T10:00:58Z One producer said he was “still waiting for greatness.” Cranky Guy: Why I Skipped the Toronto Film Festival This Year 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z The standing ovation accorded an unfinished black-and-white print of “Beauty and the Beast” at the 1991 New York Film Festival is offered as certification of its greatness. Movie Review | 'Waking Sleeping Beauty': Meeting Animators Behind a Decade of Disney Hits 2010-03-26T00:25:00Z Like Macbeth, the murderous Todd is defeated by the same compulsion that brought him greatness in the first place. Sweeney Todd 2010-05-26T20:45:00Z At an early moment in “Gaamer,” the main character, a young man named Koss, listens as a friend in their hardscrabble Ukrainian town tells him it’s impossible to attain greatness “in this hole.” For Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, a jailing with no light in sight 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z What are the narratives of white greatness that disallow other things to be brought to the surface? Poet Claudia Rankine says of her MacArthur, 'the prize is being given to the subject' of race in America 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z At least in the rock world they understand some greatness may come from independence. Rapper Chuck D takes aim at Arizona in new track 2010-06-18T21:31:00Z “It’s not about the order, it’s about what’s on the list, about celebrating the greatness.” Film: Brad Bourland, Grocer With a 10,000-Top-Movie List 2010-04-16T18:42:00Z Ten years ago, the University of Washington football team became well known for its greatness on the field. 'Scoreboard, Baby': a portrait of crime and complicity during the 2000 Husky football season 2010-10-21T20:13:00Z Ross is alert to the ways in which Huston’s overweening efforts at an artistic greatness got in the way of the movie’s even being merely good, while also positioning it far outside the commercial mainstream. Lillian Ross’s Brilliant Chronicle of the Power Struggle Behind a John Huston Film 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z "So much of the greatness of rock was that it was a shared experience," Petty told Mojo in 2009. Tom Petty’s Wisdom and Will Transformed American Music Forever 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Striving for greatness was the last thing on his mind. ArtsBeat: The Top 10 Composers: The Romantics 2011-01-19T12:00:08Z “She cares greatly about the minutia, and that to me is the sign of greatness.” Front Row: Arianne Phillips, Veteran Stylist, Makes Costume Design Broadway Debut 2014-04-16T22:29:45Z It tenderly demonstrates the rewards of connection and shows how collaboration toward a common cause ultimately holds more promise than the shallow pursuit of individual greatness. Riff: How Football Players Got Trounced by ?Glee? 2011-06-03T12:00:00Z Hoffman was the rare talent who believed every acting role – regardless of the material – demanded greatness. Philip Seymour Hoffman’s hard road to greatness 2014-02-03T17:30:00Z What parameters do we use to define greatness? Laila Lalami's Great American Novel: 'Song of Solomon' by Toni Morrison 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Not only that, but they felt that the greatness of a book was predicated on the fact that they were able to visualize it. Designing a Book Cover for Italo Calvino 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z That the judges are performers delivers the same message –albeit at a much softer, less-compelling volume — as those Bravo shows: Talent is great, but greatness is hard, hard work. “Mad Men” recap: Don Draper won’t take no for an answer 2012-06-04T12:50:00Z We see Burd negotiate an intrinsic belief in himself and his greatness as a rapper with charges of cultural appropriation and the general disbelief of those around him. Lil Dicky on Dave: 'Everything the show says about my penis is true' 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z And like Ivan Doig in “Bucking the Sun,” he mines one of the darker veins in the mythology of the American West, the seam where “greatness gets built on destruction.” ‘Painted Horses,’ by Malcolm Brooks But he has his own greatness, which flows from openly following his own desires — including his attraction to other men — while rigorously exploring the ways art and life feed each other, visually and emotionally. David Hockney’s Life in Painting: Spare, Exuberant, Full 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z For all his greatness, Mr. Levine may not be that leader. A Look Back at a Year of Top Voices 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z “By the time I wrote this novel, everyone had pretty much realized that British imperialism with all its power and greatness had withered away,” he told the BBC. Iran’s Iraj Pezeshkzad, who wrote ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ dies 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Like most of my fellow scribes, I also yearn for fame, greatness and immortality, preferably in that order. Keith Gessen, Nathaniel Rich: I’m sorry I trashed your novels 2013-03-04T01:00:00Z In both “Coming to America” films, we see Zamunda as this nation where Black people are able to fulfill their potential and achieve greatness without white people interfering or oppressing them. Clown Princes: Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall on ‘Coming 2 America’ 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Day-Lewis, for his part, must convey both the human particularity and the greatness of a man who is among the most familiar and the most enigmatic of American leaders. Movie Review: ‘Lincoln,’ by Steven Spielberg, Stars Daniel Day-Lewis 2012-11-08T13:00:00Z Granted, the essay is about Allen's artistic character and persona rather than his aesthetics, delving into arguably more substantive aspects of what goes into the assignation of "greatness" or lack of same, but... Is Woody Allen a Great Filmmaker? Discuss 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z That Mr. Foer can be so good makes us hold him to a higher standard, and demand from him something closer to greatness. ‘Here I Am,’ Jonathan Safran Foer’s Tale of a Fracturing Family 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The most uncanny impersonation is, after all, an approximation, an interpretation, a shadow of, a substitute for, someone else's own irreplaceable greatness -- a greatness that is all over "Mr. Dynamite," from downbeat to fade out. TV Picks: 'Brakeless,' 'Mr. Dynamite,' 'Death Comes to 'Pemberley' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Such a statement forces us to consider the possibility that the nimbus of greatness around Furtwängler arises not in spite of the historical situation but because of it. The Disquieting Power of Wilhelm Furtwängler, Hitler’s Court Conductor 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z This is no fresh-forged mythic hero, but rather a young woman who’s still doubting, still equivocating about her right to seek greatness. Review | At 19, on a whim, she entered the world’s most grueling horse race — and won 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Ten years ago, he was a high school legend who was destined for greatness, but his anger issues, among other things, got him into trouble. In "White Men Can't Jump" remake, Sinqua Walls outshines Wesley Snipes' original basketball hustler 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z There, Ben Brantley wrote in The New York Times, the show achieved “the titanic dimensions of greatness,” while Clarke delivered “a climactic aria that seems to shake the theater’s very foundations.” For Sharon D Clarke, a ‘Big Sing’ and a Big Broadway Moment 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z To be between greatness and inarticulacy, and to not care either way, takes a perverse sort of courage. Edvard Munch: a head for horror 2012-06-25T17:30:01Z Think of the occasion, rather than what’s at the top of a universal scale of greatness. Everyday Wines: The Most Important Bottles You Will Drink 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z He also believed, or so he once wrote, in the "inner truth and greatness" of the Nazi party. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z I knew he was a gentle giant and I knew him for his greatness and I never judged him on his addiction. DMX Wanted a New Beginning. Swizz Beatz Is Seeing It Through. 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z And this is one of those instances where I was fortunate to be offered something with greatness. Whiplash stars drum up Oscar hopes 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Isn’t the greatness of great nations directly proportionate to their ability to be ruthless, genocidal? Edward Snowden meets Arundhati Roy and John Cusack: ‘He was small and lithe, like a house cat’ 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z But neither her greatness nor her awfulness is what is most interesting about her. One Indelible Scene: the Master Class in Ambiguity in ‘Tár’ 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Colette drills her squad into greatness and rewards them with parties at her home where the alcohol flows freely. In USA's clever potboiler "Dare Me," mean girls can be murder 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z “Josh Powell believed in his own greatness from the age of 5. So why wouldn’t any girls date him?” 6 True-Crime Podcasts: When Love Is a Dangerous Con Game 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z On the contrary, Victor reverently speaks of Mr. Dylan’s “greatness” and “genius” and rejoices in the “magical mystery tour” Mr. Dylan opened up for him — even as he remained curiously remote. A Dylan Insider’s Back Pages 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z So, where does art rise above ironic ridicule and aspire to greatness, in terms of challenging convention and elevating the human spirit? David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture 2014-04-13T19:30:00Z The problem may be that “greatness” thing, which was, admittedly, the nebulous criterion for my Top 10 Composers project. Critic?s Notebook: A Renaissance Man Before the Renaissance 2011-08-23T12:00:00Z Here are three reasons its greatness has endured. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Community’ 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z If you are expecting highbrow greatness, let’s step aside and have a little talk about looking for love in all the wrong places. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘Please Like Me’ and Films Leaving Netflix 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z "I strive for that level of greatness every day." '80s stars Hall & Oates back in spotlight 2010-03-28T23:31:00Z It's great, but its greatness runs but north by northwest. Unfinished Business 2011-03-31T11:15:00Z But it's just not enough to shake the bitter memory of all those wasted chances at greatness. So long, "Lights Out" -- you coulda been a contender 2011-04-05T14:01:00Z “There’s no explanation for it, other than there being no place in the modern world for greatness,” he said. Darlene Love’s Last ‘Letterman’ Christmas 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z It's where they learn the idiosyncratic tricks and calibrations that make greatness, from time to time. Monkeys With Typewriters by Scarlett Thomas – review 2012-10-13T23:05:32Z Ricci declares that it offers testimony “to the supreme goodness, greatness and unity of Him who controls heaven and earth.” 2010-01-20T05:23:00Z That the judges are performers also delivers the same message, at a much softer, less-compelling volume, as those Bravo shows: Talent is great, but greatness is hard, hard work. “Duets”: TV’s cheesiest “American Idol” ripoff 2012-05-31T14:58:00Z Still, the history of models-turned-singers is not one defined by notable greatness. Karen Elson 2010-05-15T23:05:00Z The resources offered to the performers are dependent on their reaffirmation of our sense of the universality and greatness of Shakespeare – our sense of cultural superiority. Shakespeare, universal? No, it's cultural imperialism 2012-05-21T13:00:03Z “The state had had to invent its own greatness.” A Road Trip Novel Distills America Through Gary Shteyngart’s Hipstamatic Mind 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z It’s a brag of future greatness — one-hit wonders don’t have early work — that is helpfully insulated from the present. The Moral of These Stories? ‘You Are Not as Special as You Think’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z It initially seems like an invitation for Don to reprise the rhetorical greatness of seasons past and point the way forward after a convulsive decade of battle in matters business, marital and literal. 'Mad Men' Recap: Don Draper's Gettysburg Address 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Regardless, it's always better to face the dilemma of too much TV greatness than howl at the paucity of options. From beignet bites to a deadly dance, here are 2022's best TV episodes. Well, six of them, anyway 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z She is the epitome of genuine and unassuming greatness - an enchanting and wise woman who effortlessly straddles and embodies the best of modern and traditional. Review: In an Obama Biopic, the Audacity of Hagiography? 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z I wrote about this wine recently in an article examining what “greatness” means when applied to wine. 2021 Seen Through 12 Unforgettable Wines 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Now, when you listen to a Michael Jackson song, you’re measuring that greatness against everything you know. Perspective | Hearing a Michael Jackson song still feels good. Listening has become too painful. 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The very idea that greatness or genius is naturally only assigned to white men is tired and rooted in so much of our society's ills and hatred towards women and minorities. The erasure of Black and female rockers is still apparently a problem 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z I think what baseball projects, and what classical music needs, is the sense that one goes to a live event not to experience greatness, but to experience the possibility of greatness. The Score: A Pitch for New Music 2011-05-11T22:38:37Z She delivered a monologue on the general greatness of her own life and did not ask one question of the other girl, or even let her speak. Her Party 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z And while Robinson, with some reluctance, had nobility and greatness thrust upon him, Chavez was a humble farm laborer who set out to be an agent of change. ‘Cesar Chavez’: a noble portrait of the civil-rights leader 2014-03-26T18:56:20Z The curse of the sophomore slump strikes, leaving a once-promising talent on the skids, their initial flickers of greatness now called into question. The problem with Wendy: how did an Oscar-nominated director get it so wrong? 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z His Moses book, "The Power Broker," was another epic of greatness and destruction and even more complicated to write because he actually interviewed Moses. Petraeus affair and the role of biographers 2012-11-14T18:16:03Z The institutional neglect of the genre has meant that greatness has always been up for grabs. The troublesome case of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy thirst 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Using room-temperature butter, eggs, and sour cream is crucial in achieving fluffy, tender greatness. An all-in-one guide to the ultimate pound cake 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Once called the All-Union Exhibition of the Achievements of the People’s Economy, it was built as a monument to the greatness of socialism, though now looks more like a crumbling totalitarian Disney World. 36 Hours in Moscow 2010-09-30T20:40:00Z You would be hard-pressed to find greatness in Mr. Rorem’s vast oeuvre. At 95, Ned Rorem Is Done Composing. But He’s Not Done Living. 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Sunday’s concert, though, was a day to marvel at Mr. Levine’s greatness. Review: The Met Orchestra’s Season Concludes Under James Levine’s Soaring Baton 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z I thought Kevin Powers’s “The Yellow Birds” was shot through with greatness, too. David Mitchell: By the Book 2012-10-20T09:00:06Z I still think “The Crown” is TV’s poster child for competence over greatness — it’s solid and impeccably acted but it’s never going to stun you. Emmys 2021: Our Critics on ‘I May Destroy You,’ ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ and … ‘Hamilton’? 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Still, the greatness of the opera came through. Review: A New, Abstract ‘Guillaume Tell’ at the Met Opera 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Part of Mr. Mitchell’s greatness as a dancer is that he appears relaxed even when working at full stretch. Dance Review: Poetry in Motion by Anne Carson and Rashaun Mitchell 2010-07-21T22:15:00Z His friends rallied to every show and thought Mr. Cho destined for greatness. Death of a Downtown Icon: Remembering Benjamin Cho 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z That doesn’t detract from their greatness, but there is something of a bait and switch at play. Sam Smith Performs at the Apollo, With an Appearance by Mary J. Blige 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z But beyond that, Mr. Litton said, Balanchine elevated “The Nutcracker” beyond its musical greatness. The Genius of ‘The Nutcracker’? It’s the Sugar Plum Fairy 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z He even predicts that he could be destined for greatness, declaring "once he gets over his post-traumatic regeneration disorder, this worldly Doctor could become a classic". Peter Capaldi's Doctor Who debut attracts 7.3m viewers 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z What do we do with a design ethos that affirmed through a fusion of design, planning and symbolism America’s sense of its own greatness? Perspective | On Richmond’s evolving Monument Avenue, myth and ugly lies run deep 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z “The true greatness of this production lies in its emotional appeal, an appeal so forceful that it lifts you out of your seat and thrills you as the speaking stage never did.” ?Birth of a Nation,? Born Again for DVD 2011-11-27T05:03:04Z In sidelining his own prejudices Hamsun shows an awareness that the requirements of art supersede those of politics, and herein lies his greatness. Carsten Jensen's top 10 seafaring tales 2010-04-14T11:04:00Z Jargon dominates arguments about process, crowding out welcome moments of direct connection between characters, all of whom are fueled by presumptions of greatness. Review: In ‘Queen,’ the Numbers Don’t Always Add Up 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z But the protagonist’s reputed greatness has not made it to the screen. ‘Baggio: The Divine Ponytail’ Review: Dribbling Through a Career 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z He turns down a major offer for his work in the name of either noble or dubious idealism, as questions about greatness and its costs come into focus. Cannes: Timothy Spall a grunt no more in Mike Leigh's 'Mr. Turner' 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z But you don’t have to answer the question of whether they are great or of what constitutes greatness. What Is a Great Wine? Verdicchio di Matelica Has Some Ideas 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Yet the main factor that holds Ballet Theater back from the true greatness it sometimes approaches isn’t dancers but repertory. Critic?s Notebook: Injuries and Triumphs Color a Ballet Season 2011-07-10T22:01:07Z “It’s about discovering the application of their greatness. The problem is that no one has defined what greatness looks like, so the quest has no specific destination.” 'Toddler twins, a demanding job... why not take on an Ironman?' 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Mr Xi, he says, is a “servant” of the party’s ambition to restore China to the greatness it once enjoyed. The people's pope 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z If Brando’s performances are towering in their greatness, Monroe’s characters feel airy and improvised, as if she were playing herself. It’s all fake: How the leaked call between Taylor Swift and Kanye West exposes the artifice of celebrity culture 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The novel’s only subject, really, is the greatness of Lestat, who sometimes narrates and is otherwise merely spoken of in hushed, awe-struck tones — even before he nobly saves the entire vampire race from extinction. Anne Rice's 'Prince Lestat,' and More 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Those most comfortable in their greatness seem to understand this. No charts, no Grammys, no Hall of Fame: Why pop greatness requires talk and time 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z But as a symbol, Jackie realized that he could achieve the greatness he lacked in office. “Jackie” is a must-see: Natalie Portman is Oscar-worthy as the iconic first lady in the days after her husband’s assassination 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z But while greatness is relatively easy to measure in sports — points are scored, games are won or lost — it’s less clear in an abstract, subjective form like music. Kendrick Lamar’s Damn Tour comes to the Tacoma Dome 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Since the British icon’s death, most critics have avoided discussion of “I Want Your Sex,” preferring to cite “Faith” and “Father Figure” from the same record as proof of his greatness. George Michael, a queer guide for the straight guys 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z The year of 2016 in movies has thrust a few great films to the fore, and the recognition of their greatness has, for once, preceded the nominations and doesn’t depend on the Academy’s validation. The 2017 Oscar Nominations Don’t Matter but the Movies Do, More Than Ever 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z The needs of the moment dictate the sorts of wines we choose, and how those wines meet and contribute to the moment is a measure of greatness. What Makes a Wine Great? It’s Not Just Old and Complex. 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Men who love rock music got really competitive trying to outdo each other with their lofty prose exalting the greatness of this seminal album. Against “Sgt. Pepper”: The Beatles classic made pop seem male, nerdy and “important” — and that wasn’t a good thing 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Some of the judges must necessarily rely on translations that may or may not rise to the challenge of transmitting the greatness of the originals. Perspective | The Nobel Prize in literature takes a year off. Let’s make it two. 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Once, thousands of years ago, the greatness of Greece was unmatched. Tough on Others, Tougher on Himself: The Perfectionist Behind the Milos Restaurants 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z “Downstate,” which opened this week at the Steppenwolf Theater Company here, is set entirely in that home — dreary, grimy, decorated with inspirational posters urging “greatness” and “perseverance.” Review: In Scathing ‘Downstate,’ Sympathy for the Devils 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Naru achieved greatness where previous heroes in her place merely survived. With "Prey," Amber Midthunder gives us a woman warrior worthy of sequels 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z It was Detroit’s central role in the creation of modern life — “a symbol of our greatness,” Mr. Moore said — that initially attracted him to the city as potential subject matter. Capturing the Idling of the Motor City 2011-08-21T04:00:08Z But part of its greatness is that he lets us see that Jude really is an outsider, whose dreams are heart-breakingly unrealistic. Gillian Cross's top 10 books about being different 2013-04-25T09:34:00Z Classical music has justifiably been criticized for its obsession with greatness, with certifying a repertory of canonical masterpieces that get played again and again. The Case for Greatness in Classical Music 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Pride of place goes to the Empress, a believer in the maxim that "When one aims to achieve greatness, everyone is expendable." 'Detective Dee': A Masterpiece from a Hong Kong Cinema Swami 2011-09-01T05:10:00Z Ms. Obraztsova became such an admired favorite of the Soviet cultural establishment that the authorities in Moscow allowed her frequent opportunities to perform abroad as a shining representative of Soviet artistic greatness. Elena Obraztsova, Jewel of the Bolshoi Opera, Is Dead at 75 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z In Matthew’s telling, Clay is graced with Homeric greatness, tinged with mythic prowess and affliction. Review | ‘Bridge of Clay,’ by ‘Book Thief’ author Markus Zusak, was 20 years in the making 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z As president, Mr. Alter goes on, Mr. Obama pressed on “because for greatness he needed health care” and “because he was genuinely convinced that the status quo was financially unsustainable” given rising health care costs. Books of The Times: ?The Promise: President Obama, Year One? by Jonathan Alter 2010-05-12T21:05:00Z I would be extremely uncomfortable in the midst of all that greatness, and I probably wouldn’t speak. Tomi Adeyemi Hates Assigned Reading 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z But then you actually listen to the songs instead of remembering all the times you heard them on your local classic rock radio station, and you understand the band’s greatness. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z All were lent by other museums, suggesting another reason Hartley’s early greatness may not be so familiar: the Modern, guardian of the dominant modernist narrative, owns no example of his masterpieces from the Berlin years. Marsden Hartley Gets His Due in Berlin 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z But it also demolishes the workings of celebrity, parsing the way that gossip becomes currency in the fame business, rumour a gauge of spurious greatness. What makes The Great Gatsby great? 2013-05-03T18:00:00Z How are fans supposed to recognize greatness in a show that’s not already based on a book, a comic, another show or the original movie? ‘Muppets,’ ‘X-Files,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘Full House’: Why can’t we ever move on? 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z But on the other, pity the stunted grown-up still trying to live up to a teenager’s idea of greatness. Amazon’s Literary Forays for TV: ‘The Interestings’ and ‘The Last Tycoon’ 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z He will be at least 60 when it comes out, and still holding the standard for refusing to age out of greatness. No, "Top Gun" isn't an anti-woke success story, but rather a tribute to aging Tom Cruise and balls 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Part of the film’s greatness is that while it is universal, it is also very specific to black male bodies and what they look like to one another as objects of fantasy. The Black/White Oscars Moment That Really Hit Me Last Night 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z In any field, it’s necessary to comprehend the reference points, the benchmarks that connote greatness, to join that conversation even if ultimately you choose to argue the point. How Income Inequality Has Erased Your Chance to Drink the Great Wines 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Those shows and this one all have their place in a more fluid and networked art history, where the meaning of “greatness” is still up for grabs. The Renaissance Women Who Painted Against the Odds 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z One of the great jobs a conductor does is knowing when to let the music happen and not trying to say “me, me, me,” because the greatness is in the music. Joshua Bell on the death of Neville Marriner and picking up the baton from a legend 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z But greatness is not at all cool in the arts, where it is increasingly suspected of entrenching historical injustices and where it conflicts with the prevailing idea that everything about art is “mere opinion.” Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Together they show Matisse restlessly roving between extremes, relentlessly rethinking and revising his way to greatness with radical ideas about economy and finish that changed the course of painting. Art Review: Matisse Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012-11-29T22:44:14Z That these assumptions were deferred to by others was a great help in fending off challenges to power; Pip’s admiration of “greatness” was a general malady. Patrick Melrose and the Fall of the English Élite 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z When I think of sheer sustained musical greatness and originality, I don't think of her or Green Day or Bill Withers. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame cure? Let the layoffs begin 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Yet as portrayed by Tim Pigott-Smith, in a fully fleshed performance that finds heroic dimensions in one man’s misguided bid for greatness, this unsteady monarch acquires a pathos that might indeed be called Shakespearean. Review: In ‘King Charles III,’ Glimpsing the Near Future of Monarchy 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Shakespeare in the Parking Lot represents the creative spirit that fuels New York City’s innovation, energy and greatness.” ArtsBeat: Quinn Goes to Bat for Theater Troupe Over Parking Fees 2013-06-21T20:46:01Z You don’t get that far without a good amount of creative drive, and White’s was sparked early on by his proximity to musical greatness. The New Sound of Muscle Shoals 2012-12-25T13:20:15.353Z Toni’s greatness as a novelist had a lot to do with her skill—her great ability—to show how we mucked up the landscape, not just in the world, but in ourselves. Toni Morrison’s Truth 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Rather than the hand of destiny or the favour of the gods, Rome’s rise to greatness turns out to have involved a mix of sheer blind luck and ad hoc adjustments made on the fly. What a strange lot 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The Hero's catchphrase becomes his motto, and as he hurtles toward adventure he announces his excitement with a reality show line: "From that day forward, I knew nothing would stop me from achieving greatness." "I'm a Virgo": Boots Riley's incredible, ungentle giant swing at late capitalism 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z He’s a big-mouthed bully who channels his rabid fans’ ugliest emotions of anger and fear while promising to “reignite the torch of American genius and greatness.” Review: In ‘The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear,’ the Future Looks Like Now 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z City of Death is not "normal" Doctor Who, but it stretches sideways, and that pushes it to true greatness. City of Death: Doctor Who classic episode #10 2013-07-11T13:16:11Z Claims for the greatness of guitarists are often badly skewed. Mark McGuire: the antithesis of the axeman 2010-09-29T14:02:00Z From Trump’s perspective, if he’s not an all-powerful being, then he is at least uniquely capable of restoring America’s greatness, overcoming Islamic extremism and defeating his political rivals. Donald Trump thinks he’s a god. Even worse, his supporters agree 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z This season’s focus on Elizabeth’s insistence on Soviet greatness, despite all evidence to the contrary, is particularly searing right now. The danger of nostalgia: a tough, timely final season of The Americans 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z "Happy Anniversary my Goddess 4 years of greatness & cheers to 100 plus more inshallah". Girl on fire Alicia Keys is pregnant with baby No. 2 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z And hopefully, the studio behind that movie will promote it to highlight its greatness, trusting that the people who enjoy it will naturally recognize its importance. The promotion for "Bros" was botched. But its ordinary rom-com trappings may also be to blame 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z They must also have been reckoned to have had a touch of the greatness that inspires rapture, shock and derision. A Battle of the Hamlets 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z “I feel like I have a mission to introduce this Japanese greatness to the world,” she says. Is your persimmon soap infused with geisha wisdom? The precious world of artisanal beauty. 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z At the core of the project is Bryant's all-consuming passion for basketball, a double-edged sword that drove him to greatness but also often alienated him from teammates, friends and family. Kobe Bryant calls the shots on his Showtime documentary 'Muse' 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z “Whiplash,” “La La Land” and now “First Man” all concern a young or youngish man’s hunger for greatness, and suggest a developmental sequence, for both the archetypal character and for the director. Review: ‘First Man’ Takes a Giant Leap for Man, a Smaller Step for Movies 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z “The Office,” a lacerating cringe comedy with a humane spirit, synthesized Gervais’s two sides into greatness. Review: Ricky Gervais’s ‘After Life’ Is the Tearjerking of a Clown 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z The other kids we meet seesaw, as Morgan does, between vulnerability and greatness. The Pathos of “Cheer” and the Extraordinary Deceptions of Cheerleading 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Three seasons in, I can binge on the plot of House of Cards while recognizing the show doesn’t have the stuff of greatness. Review: More Power, More Problems in House of Cards 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z We learn, near the end, that "to achieve greatness, everyone is expendable." Court mystery, martial-arts action fire up 'Detective Dee and the Phantom Flame' 2011-09-22T21:17:07Z In every work of art, as in every game of soccer, there are so many things beside “greatness” that capture our interest. Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z He molded himself into a diligent civil servant, found ways to stroke the czar and funnel current events into his work, and only late in life attained greatness. Camels, monkeys and lions at the ballet: Marius Petipa was just getting started 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z To me, he was a sad, tortured figure from a dysfunctional family who had greatness thrust upon him through the abdication of his elder brother. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z The isolated grandeur of this sculpture's display in Margate is a bit like the solitary splendour of Michelangelo's David in its immense niche in Florence, and it powerfully focuses attention on the greatness of Rodin. Why Rodin's The Kiss was made for Margate 2012-05-28T13:38:52Z Elements of greatness are visible, in flashes, amid the appreciative noises. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem’s Return Has Warm Reception 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z In practice, however, some of that greatness is starting to seem more like a result of everyone’s forgiving him his trespasses. ‘Outlander’ Season 3, Episode 8: The Secret Revealed 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z But he immediately recognizes the blazing greatness of the poems written in her last four months — the poems published in “Ariel” — and spends much of his later life promoting and protecting her legacy. ‘Ted Hughes’: A controversial biography shows the poet’s darker side 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some get a series order 400 years post-mortem. ‘Will’ on TNT: A Punk-Rock Shakespeare, Striving and Stage-Diving in the Big City 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z These critical methods arrived not through a deprecating love of trivia but through the recognition that artworks and artists reveal themselves and their greatness in the complexity of seemingly loose-ended details. The Vacuum-Sealed Efficiency of “Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation” 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Or are they thinking that what they’re doing is full of greatness? ArtsBeat: The Animated Life of Seth MacFarlane, From 'Family Guy' to 'Ted' 2012-06-19T14:00:19Z The only flaw here is that the sketch also used West's mental illness as a punchline, which I've discussed before; this problematic detail prevents the segment from rising to greatness. 10 best "Saturday Night Live" political sketches of 2018 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z They are a metaphor for the American ideal of revamping dilapidated structures into a new versions of greatness. First Waco, now you: Chip and Joanna Gaines are fixing up America next 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Instead of wondering whether the greatness of rock-and-roll could ever be eclipsed, he was arguing for a world where we’ll get to find out. Did rock-and-roll die at Desert Trip? Or did it finally achieve eternal life? 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z “She has greatness in her,” he wrote, “but may need help to bring it out.” After a Soprano’s Crisis, a Brünnhilde Is Born 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z I’m not going to get greatness unless I have to go at it with fear and uncertainty.” Jerry Lewis Directing a Musical ‘Nutty Professor’ 2012-07-18T12:00:00Z Lured by all the negative reviews, my friends and I decided to go see it as a joke, hoping for some “Showgirls”-style clunky greatness. 50 shades of regret: A cautionary tale about online dating and the movies 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z “Genius” is full of talk about art, life and greatness, but it’s only talk. Review: ‘Genius’ Puts Max Perkins and Thomas Wolfe in a Literary Bromance 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Goya and Picasso painted and etched profound, tragic, and moving pictures that depend entirely on the gore and passion of the bullfight for their greatness. Is the art of bullfighting dead? 2010-07-29T14:12:00Z The boxed set — the first authorized by the band — makes an argument for Blondie’s greatness, both musical and visual. Once More Into the Vaults: Blondie on the Music That Defined Its Legacy 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z But even if mezzos traditionally receive less attention than sopranos or tenors, Ms. Barton has as good a chance at greatness as anyone. Jamie Barton, Opera’s Nose-Studded Rock Star, Returns to the Met 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Just wait, patiently, for greatness to be thrust upon us. Perspective | The Nobel Prize in literature takes a year off. Let’s make it two. 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z My ideas of the greatness of my new home and the horridness of my old one were simplistic and limited. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z The New York Times was more positive, describing the play as "an affectionate celebration of Yankee greatness." Baseball drama 'Bronx Bombers' goes to bat on Broadway 2014-02-07T23:33:29Z Yet Psycho gave Hitchcock a quantum leap to further greatness. My favourite Hitchcock: Psycho 2012-07-23T10:57:21Z Kennedy conceived of the arts as an arena of excellence, and he was unembarrassed by terms like greatness, civilization and the human spirit. Perspective | At 50, Kennedy Center can no longer be a cultural island 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z In songs like these, he writes, “the political content is not an obstacle to greatness, but the source of it.” Books of The Times: Sing It Loud: Changing the World With a Song 2011-04-28T16:23:27Z The more I dug into it, I thought, well, what is greatness? Telling Muhammad Ali's story in full: "What really struck me the most was how much humility he had" 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z But her greatness is in her capacity for acceptance. Where to look for treasure in California's new gold rush? Try John Adams' new opera 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Some record labels are born great, some achieve greatness, others have greatness thrust on them. Label of love: Hyperdub 2010-05-12T14:01:00Z As long as Harry always remains patrolling on the margins of this series, its greatness is secure. Book review: ‘The Burning Room,’ by Michael Connelly The FX show is a well-made, enjoyable series that was created with the best of intentions but somehow never quite rose to greatness. The TV Watch: Still Fighting Fire With Fire to Honor the Fallen of 9/11 2011-07-12T21:24:39Z In articles, videos and posts on ArtsBeat, I will talk for the next two weeks about musical greats and musical greatness and engage in the serious whimsy of musical ranking. ArtsBeat: Top 10 Composers: Help Write the List 2011-01-07T16:00:38Z Near the top of the pyramid, Wooden placed competitive greatness. Capitals succeed by ‘going through the battle’ 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z From the musical evidence, Davies, though certainly ambitious for commercial success, was not interested in the kind of greatness that brings dominance and influence. Kinks' Ray Davies is turning 70. Why it matters. 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z David Bowie’s greatness, this book suggests, more than caught up with his coolness. Books of The Times: David Bowie, the Cool Chameleon From Mars 2011-07-21T22:10:17Z As uncomfortable as it is, I am able to see greatness springing from it, and that's exciting. In “Set It Up,” Taye Diggs loves playing a terrible boss and wants to film more rom-coms now 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z “It just leads people to believe in the greatness of Russian culture and the Russian nation and makes them forget what’s going on next door,” said Florian Riem, the secretary general of the federation. Russia’s Storied Tchaikovsky Competition Is Diminished by War 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Certainly there is a mould of greatness that he doesn't fit. Comedy gold – Michael McIntyre's Live and Laughing 2013-07-23T09:28:55Z Do we get a sense of the man’s greatness? Ashton Kutcher in Jobs: A Myth’d Opportunity 2013-08-15T22:40:52Z Each of these actors is shining his own natural light, and presumably his own experience, on what Henry calls the “hard condition! twin born with greatness” that is “subject to the breath of every fool.” 3 celebrities portray Shakespeare’s uncommon men 2014-02-03T06:51:22Z But I’m confident that I’ll still experience the thrill of discovery — maybe even the tingle of greatness — and they might be even purer with the gift of solitude. As the Toronto International Film Festival goes online, critical consensus might disappear. Good. 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Writing like this is the real source of Mr. Trevor’s greatness: at once familiar and magisterial, polished and unassuming, every word clicking into place as surely as a key fitting a lock. William Trevor, Spare Chronicler of Diminished Lives 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z But it's not cool just to be in the midst of greatness. Photos and lines: Rodriguez at the Showbox 2012-10-13T18:33:24Z But in truth, the actress had been in the BBC TV trenches, where greatness is honed. 30 actors under 30 who matter 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z What I’ve come to believe is that greatness is not limited to only these transcendent, classically great bottles. What Makes a Wine Great? It’s Not Just Old and Complex. 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z As educators, we were pressed to be our best selves, treat life like a party, and never give up on greatness. Yoga, spinning and a murder: My strange months at Lululemon 2013-12-31T12:47:00Z It was a heart-stopping, art-loving show that rewired and strengthened both the sense of Calder’s greatness and one’s own personal ability to see art. Finding an Artful Way to Expand the Whitney 2010-04-12T22:26:00Z Murray plays with a fierce intensity and commitment that gave each of the works a veneer of greatness. Review | A violinist veils herself in virtuosity 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Neither fame nor public position was required, and yet a surprising number of these friends would rise to lasting greatness. The Friday Night Gab Sessions That Fueled 18th-Century British Culture 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Often bombastic and didactic, it enters greatness in the last 30 minutes. Bernardo Bertolucci obituary 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z “In the food world’s under-examined version of this theory, singular visionaries are still seen as the sole architects of a restaurant’s greatness,” Ms. McCarron wrote. Twilight of the Imperial Chef 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Padel, though, suggests — daringly but compellingly — that Beethoven’s isolating deafness contributed to his greatness. Beethoven Is More Intimate Than Ever in New Poems 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Schiff acknowledges that, in Bach's own time, his greatness as a composer wasn't always acknowledged — perhaps, he says, because Bach never took "the easy way" in his music. 'Clavier' Redux: András Schiff brings Bach's masterpiece to Benaroya 2012-10-10T22:23:03Z Rueda produces some delicious white wines to pair with seafood, but while they are often terrific values, they rarely aspire to greatness. A $12 crisp Italian white and more great wines to open while it still feels like summer 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z But the way Federer lives and plays now, the way he hopes, never settles — this all feels like a promise that whatever buoyed him through years of greatness and revelation will stay with him. Perspective | Why Roger Federer is the most graceful athlete of our time 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z I saw my younger self in her, but could tell she was destined for greatness. Chaka Khan: 'A man needs to bring something big to the table' 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z “What are the unexpected turns in life that propel people to greatness?” "Breaking Big" corrects the myths that make Kylie Jenner a "self-made" success 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z The ceremony clearly honors a legacy of greatness — updated, naturally, as the inclusion of gymnast Simone Biles can attest — but also teaches the children to respect how they got here. Inside a special Black History Month rite at ‘The Lion King’ 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Not that I’m the first person to point out the greatness of Hilary Mantel. The Year in Novels So Far; Plus, Hilary Mantel! 2012-05-16T15:37:58Z But my brush with greatness really started over lunch. The photoshoot that redefined Princess Diana’s life 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The rapper’s most recent rant, however, was narrowly focused on his favorite subject: his own greatness and his view that no one understands him. ArtsBeat: Kanye West Likens Himself to Hitler in the Vitriol He Faces 2011-08-08T16:26:00Z At a time when the country itself is riven by questions about what constitutes greatness, the Italian designers still believe in an America as a snow globe of glamour, possibility and freedom. Dolce and Gabbana are rich, extravagant and politically incorrect. You got a problem with that? 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z And of course many a self-styled, self-described genius has lived in massive error about his greatness. How Fox News created a new culture of idiots 2012-10-28T12:00:00Z And I recognize that debates about greatness can quickly get tedious. Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Wood is not one to try to find greatness in all of Hitchcock’s work, as some enthusiasts do. The blur between acting, fakery 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Many of the scenes devolve into lectures on the greatness of, well, being great. 'Atlas Shrugged: Part II': Story holds back faster-paced sequel 2012-10-11T20:09:04Z There’s always room for greater versions of greatness, and its entirely probable that the world will gather around some other epic yet to be written, told stupendously on TV or in film. "Game of Thrones" in the year of the pop culture apocalypse: What happens next? 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z But sometimes, a man who's done bad things has a chance for greatness that saints never dream of. Why is Michael Vick shilling for Nike? 2011-07-06T00:30:00Z This is, in my opinion, the greatness of Rodin, that he could identify himself with and feel so strongly about the human body. Henry Moore talks about Rodin's irresistible influence – from the archive 2013-03-23T07:59:02Z There is so much greatness packed into this band ... New band of the day ? No 874: The Mariner's Children 2010-09-23T14:57:00Z There’s not a lot of breezing through the permanent collection, inhaling the unquestioned greatness of the anointed. MoMA’s Art Treasure, No Longer Buried 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Perhaps that's the problem with Legendary Weapons, which hints at the greatness of the Wu-Tang Clan but never really achieves it: another brand extension that makes you long for the real thing. Wu-Tang: Legendary Weapons ? review 2011-07-21T14:30:01Z Madlib The scene highlighted one of SXSW's themes: Rooms teeming with people who seem more interested in being in the same space as greatness than experiencing music. SXSW post #4: Madlib at The Speakeasy Cabaret 2010-03-18T19:31:00Z This performance offered, at the very least, the intimation of greatness. After five years of Gustavo Dudamel, what's next? 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Light but large, marvelously limpid, the style of classical ballet that American Ballet Theater as a company now possesses is often on the verge of greatness. Dance Review: Under an Enchantment and Catching Z?s for a Century, but With Both Eyes Open 2011-07-06T22:11:45Z The greatness of art lies in human insight. Photography is the art of our time 2013-01-10T15:39:33Z But these glimpses of greatness remain the exceptions to the rule. Cruise and Hanks: from golden boys to wasted talents 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z There’s a tendency in criticism, not just TV criticism, to define greatness by influence. Seinfeld at 25: There's Still Nothing Else Like It 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z “These habits are unseemly; they detract from Kael’s greatness,” Tom Carson wrote definitively in LA Weekly. Books of The Times: ?Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark? and ?Lucking Out? - Review 2011-10-26T22:07:52Z "Strafford" guides the reader gracefully through its historical moment, and the complexities of an individual who is "impatient of himself, his greatness / Rooted in limitation". Collected Poems 1935-92 by FT Prince - review 2012-10-12T21:55:07Z If it was on DFA, there would be queues round the block to proclaim its greatness. New band of the day ? No 808: Teeth 2010-06-15T15:44:00Z It was a rushed, thoughtless performance, breathtakingly insensitive at times, and poorly played: because we get all starry eyed over the Mariinski's credentials, we think we hear greatness. The Proms 2011: week four in review 2011-08-17T17:14:11Z Ashurbanipal was a man perhaps unprecedentedly persuaded of his own greatness. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Am I judging Trump too harshly? He isn’t the only infantile leader the world has ever seen. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z But for all its greatness, that episode is the beginning of the series' decline. Box Set Club: Our Friends in the North 2011-07-19T13:29:17Z The Judy Garland story is an oft-told tragedy of greatness devoured by fame, by the entertainment machine, the audience’s habit-forming adoration and bad personal choices. ‘Judy’ Review: The Singer (Disaster, Legend) at Rainbow’s End 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z This first defeat would preface one of the oddest and most influential literary paths of the twentieth century—a kind of greatness, if one as strange as it was great. How Raymond Roussel Put the Impossible on the Page 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z In this early work, Kissinger privileged the idea of self-actualization, the idea that the greatness of a man is related to his ability to bend reality to his own desires. 'Kissinger's Shadow' explores diplomat's long reach in U.S. foreign policy 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z And sure, influence is one measure of greatness. ‘The Wire’ Stands Alone 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Salieri’s existential emergency — his renunciation of a God who could bestow greatness on a goofball — is interesting only because of the historical Mozart. But does it deserve an encore? 'Amadeus' returns to South Coast Rep 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z What but Ireland itself could embody "the greatness of the world in tears"? Poem of the week: The Sorrow of Love by WB Yeats 2010-08-09T09:17:00Z As it turns out, rock greatness exceeds Douglas’s grasp. Inside ‘Not Fade Away,’ From David Chase 2012-12-05T13:48:48Z But a book that leaves one utterly cold can still meet all the formal criteria for greatness. Even Margo Jefferson Sometimes Gets Sucked Into a Bad Thriller 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z If some of those entertainers — especially on Mondays, an audition night that welcomed all comers — were not destined for greatness, others were. Rick Newman, Whose Comedy Club Made Careers, Dies at 81 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Most of the song is a boast about his success, ambition, authenticity, leadership and greatness: “30 millions later, my future favors the hip-hop status of a legendary rhyme savior.” The Playlist: Kendrick Lamar Backs Up His Boasts 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z There is a cult of bright young things, a cultural obsession with genius, a need to find beacons of greatness in an ordinary world. Jonah Lehrer throws it all away 2012-07-31T12:00:00Z At the end of the cultural and political tumult called the 1960s, five major African American stand-up comics were poised to achieve crossover greatness. Book review: ‘Becoming Richard Pryor,’ by Scott Saul 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z And like Kobe Bryant said, "Chasing greatness is inspiring the next generation." Michael Oher on where "The Blind Side" went wrong: "It didn't show the work ethic I put in" 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z In “Kill Switch,” Jentleson explains how “the world’s greatest deliberative body” has come to carry out its work without much greatness or even deliberation, serving instead as a place where ambitious legislation goes to die. As the Georgia Runoffs Arrive, a New Book Says the Senate Is Broken 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z With ferocious attention to detail, and with plain ferocity, he revealed a teen’s potential for greatness. Dudamel dedicates concert to a slain student in Venezuela — and opens a new chapter with the L.A. Phil 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z We can go on talking about the greatness of the War Requiem, but how many composers has it influenced in the last fifty years? Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century by Paul Kildea – review 2013-02-07T08:00:01Z Their view of American greatness is just a somewhat Dorian Gray-style portrait of the official view. The war on culture: How conservatives and progressives joined forces to crush art 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z It’s one thing to read posthumous appraisals of Jobs’ career, but there’s something raw and inspiring about the Jobs we see here, the anxious dreamer on the brink of greatness. 7 Lessons From the Lost Steve Jobs Interview, Showing at a Theater This Week 2011-11-15T14:31:32Z In developing Arkham City, Rocksteady Studios in London systematically attacked every aspect of the previous game that was holding it back from greatness and made those solutions into strengths. Video Game Review: You, Batman, Keep Arkham City in Line - Review 2011-10-19T15:49:36Z Isn’t the greatness of great nations directly proportionate to their ability to be ruthless, genocidal? Edward Snowden meets Arundhati Roy and John Cusack: ‘He was small and lithe, like a house cat’ 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Despite some faint gestures in the direction of journalistic balance, it plays a lot like a two-hour infomercial for the Playboy publisher's historical importance, philosophical depth and personal greatness. "Hugh Hefner" and the creation of American manhood 2010-07-30T00:30:00Z Predicting a rise to greatness for the mayor, he says, “Your town and your leadership represent what our country is at this moment all about!” Review: In ‘The Government Inspector,’ Dumb and Dumber, Deliciously 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z And yet that doesn’t matter nearly as much as it should, at least partly because of Mr. West’s insistence on his own greatness. Kanye West, Still Unfiltered, on Eve of Fifth Album 2010-11-19T04:30:00Z Yet their music is so personal and idiosyncratic that it is hard to assess it in terms of greatness. ArtsBeat: The Top 10 Composers: The Romantics 2011-01-19T12:00:08Z Fugazi routinely played with enough intensity to convince you that you were listening to the greatest band in existence, but this time, that greatness was consecrated in lightning. Can listening to nature improve how we listen to music? 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Even her grandmother, she said, grew into greatness, making mistakes along the way. Katharine Weymouth Takes Charge at the Washington Post 2013-08-02T20:48:16Z Mr. Cerha’s contributions were so successful that he became almost a ghostwriter: He revealed “Lulu” at its full greatness, while shying away from the spotlight. Friedrich Cerha, 96, Who Finished Another Composer’s Masterpiece, Dies 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z It does not diminish Mr. Hockney’s greatness that his intelligence, gifts and omnivorous curiosity are propelled by an inherently sunny disposition. David Hockney’s Life in Painting: Spare, Exuberant, Full 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Big Sean, a Detroit rapper whose inconsistent body of work is garnished with flashes of greatness, was flashy and only almost great. Trillectro music festival proves it can keep up with the big boys But something else was happening in those early years — a kind of magical thinking, a shared delusion, possible because my husband and I had nothing but each other and our dreams of artistic greatness. I was a teenage bride 2012-08-15T00:00:00Z “In the middle of that cacophony of greatness, you saw this gem,” Mr. Barris said. Daveed Diggs Jets From ‘Hamilton’ Into the Future With Clipping 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z There’s little in Vinyl’s world of uninteresting clichés that feels like it’s a tweak away from greatness. 'Vinyl' on HBO Was a Major Disappointment: What Went Wrong? 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z The Chinese plot their own return to greatness while steadily approving trademarks for Ivanka Trump-branded day care centers as a gesture of good will. New & Noteworthy Audiobooks, From Covid Parenting to Didion Onstage 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z At the same time, many people experience greatness in wines that don’t necessarily fall under the classic definition. What Makes a Wine Great? It’s Not Just Old and Complex. 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Certainly not David Yaffe, whose “Reckless Daughter” is one more reminder of how difficult it is to refuse greatness. The many layers — and lovers — of Joni Mitchell 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z "This fight expresses a promise of triumph, a promise of greatness, and total defeat," Kohan explains. Why Martin Kohan won't tango 2010-09-17T15:20:00Z There is greatness in humility, so I appreciate that. Aretha Franklin on Singing for Pope Francis and Her Next Album 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Only 25.3 million viewers tuned in for last year’s Grammys, the lowest number in six years, so some greatness was certainly welcome. Grammys: Taylor Swift wins the big one, but Kendrick Lamar steals the show 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z There are possibilities of greatness in human space exploration and there is virtue in the glory. Author of Neil Armstrong biography "First Man": He understood "the place of humankind in the cosmos" 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Still, the intrepid reader who enters the portals of “Tune In” is probably in the presence of slow-gestating greatness. Books of The Times: ‘Tune In,’ Part 1 of a Beatles Biography, by Mark Lewisohn 2013-12-11T21:46:20Z Who is left to inform of his greatness? Perspective | Richmond exhibition further cements Yves Saint Laurent’s legacy 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Their consistency in terms of scale and volume, and variety of glazes, give a glimpse of Drake’s greatness without revealing its full range, especially in terms of glazing. The Magnificent Poem Jars of David Drake, Center Stage at the Met 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z The LP is chock-full of greatness, from top to bottom, albeit with one glaring exception. The genius of the Beatles' "Rubber Soul" 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z It’s about the long, extended, even protracted middle: that’s where the greatness of a story lies. The Nonsense of an Ending: In Defense of the Middles of Books 2012-01-04T15:58:18Z Jarvis’s most recent book likened Jobs to Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press, and found both “accomplished greatness through trial and error, vision and determination”. Steve Jobs: the afterlife 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Smith presupposes that the whole thing is a fantasy, that its source of greatness is that characters are doing things we want to be doing. The 'GoodFellas' flap: How it gets a movie and both genders wrong 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z But Chinese promoters are now quoted as saying: "These Bob Dylan concerts are destined to be one of the year's major tours and a musical event of depth, grace and greatness." Bob Dylan to play London Feis 2011 2011-03-09T13:49:59Z By the time she was a senior at Barnard College, she was so intelligent and fine-featured and obviously destined for greatness that both men and women threw themselves at her. Patricia Highsmith Lived Extravagantly, and Took Copious Notes 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z “The Magnificent Seven” from 1960 offered a scenario for national greatness. Then and Now: Hollywood Remakes as Election-Year Players 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z We remain spectators observing the greatness of their love, physical and otherwise. Love & Other Drugs: Anatomy Lessons with Anne Hathaway 2010-11-24T07:00:00Z Lately the American reality demonstrates that as a nation the majority of us are only beginning to understand the monstrous darkness lurking underneath the thin skin of purported civility and claims of greatness. How "Supernatural" reflects the American spirit and the monstrous darkness lurking underneath 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z It took Lin-Manuel Miranda’s vision and imagination to see the potential for greatness in the story of a Founding Father whose life was for the most part unsung. “Hamilton’s America” takes us into the rooms where it happened 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Boys may be on a course for greatness, but you can be a dessert! Motherlode Blog: Sexist Messages on Baby Clothes 2011-11-22T18:13:57Z “In On Cinema he began to make this show and it was an extension of his political beliefs and his own sense of greatness.” Decker: Unclassified's Tim Heidecker: 'Watching failure is amusing' 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z If Lamar was suggesting that he didn’t need that little golden gramophone in his hand to validate his greatness, he was absolutely right. Grammys: Taylor Swift wins the big one, but Kendrick Lamar steals the show 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z "I was happy for my friend. He stood on the cusp of greatness," Ridgeley said of Michael's success as a singer and musical artist. "WHAM!": The 6 biggest revelations from Netflix's documentary about the '80s pop duo 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Depending on when he was asked, its composer said it was about “the triumph of the human spirit,” “the greatness of the human spirit” and “the spirit of man, his soul or something like that.” Review: Two Artists Arrive at the Philharmonic, Loudly 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Places once destined for greatness that have disintegrated into modern ruins. Exploring Modern Ruins in Southern California 2014-03-19T21:24:02Z It's all very serious and intense and even if Time to Kill – where dour guitar rock meets the colourmotion of the dancefloor – doesn't quite slay as a single it does contain the seeds of greatness. New band of the day ? No 1,272: Gold & Youth 2012-05-21T15:13:03Z Natasha is a role, she said, “that kind of demands greatness from you, vocally, physically, spiritually.” Denée Benton, Tony Nominee, Embraces Her Inner Natasha 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Ted builds his life philosophy around making the best out of what he's got and believing in our potential for greatness. The "Ted Lasso" way to make shortbread fit for “Biscuits with the Boss” 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z And while Lamar does plenty of self-scrutinizing in his lyrics, he often comes across as an artist weighed down by the burden of his own greatness. The sound and the fury of Kendrick Lamar at the Kennedy Center 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z I was able to identify with the hero of almost every cultural product: the young, straight, white man stretching for greatness. Eve Ensler: trans people have been caricatures for too long 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z In songs such as Strange Fruit, Ohio, A Change Is Gonna Come or Ghost Town, the political content is not an obstacle to greatness, but the source of it. What makes a great protest song? 2011-02-16T08:00:06Z “This is a song off our new album, it's a box set from a mid-career punk band on its ascent into greatness,” Rickly said. United Nations holds a summit at Jewel's Catch One 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z “In a role that demands greatness, he is, in a word, okay,” wrote Nick Schager of The Daily Beast, adding that the movie “sacrifices Han Solo’s swagger for a bland origin story.” New 'Solo' charms critics after 'Star Wars' filmmaking drama 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z He only needs a microphone and a stage to lay claim to greatness. Dave Chappelle Returns to Stand-Up, With Stories to Tell 2013-08-15T11:55:00Z In an enduring testament to its greatness, there’s always a line outside the 13th-century church on the Ile de la Cite. Medieval city on the sea is a repository of French history — and unexpected U.S. connections 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly The ancient Greeks did not require perfection of their heroes, only greatness. Art Review: Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly 2010-10-21T20:45:00Z Given the meaty theme, you’ll want to start with charcuterie, a board of which displays slices of greatness produced in-house, all tagged on a paper under-liner and served with a cushion of grilled bread. Review | Tom Sietsema’s 9 favorite places to eat right now 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z If that isn’t enough to convince you of its greatness, allow Toolkit Editor Chris O’Falt to explain why this deranged masterpiece amounts to more than the sum of its most iconic sequences: The 7 best movies new to Netflix in March 2019 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z From here, a sweet little comedy raised its game into the realm of greatness and hasn’t slowed its rise since. Best TV episodes of the decade, a highly subjective list 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z But as everyone knows, chaps are heavyweight colossal conceptual geniuses of quite massive greatness and literary ladies are clever little fairies, handstitching our charmingly personal tiny tales out of skirting-board dust and featherweight neuroses. Bidisha: I'm tired of being the token women 2010-04-22T21:00:00Z To restore America to greatness, Trump is assembling a group of odious men. Donald Trump reawakened activism within pro sports — let’s give thanks 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the randomness creates moments of spontaneous greatness. ‘Spelunky’ Review: A Punishing Platformer That’s Always Changing 2012-07-05T17:37:40Z As for her vision of the Music Center, "I'm not interested in anything that isn't striving for greatness," Moore again emphasizes. A ballerina of the boardroom and activist for the arts -- say hello to the new Music Center CEO 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The poet wants the greatness the famous author guarantees him if he puts absolute trust in her. ‘The Pact’ Review: A Faustian Bargain 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z If you expose the myth of white supremacy, then he can really appreciate his own greatness too. Telling Muhammad Ali's story in full: "What really struck me the most was how much humility he had" 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z There is a genuine greatness to bad singing — which is often misunderstood. The art of bad singing: A legacy lives on 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z When he died Tuesday at 73, he had achieved greatness in his profession. Perspective | André Leon Talley became an icon by never losing faith in the glory of fashion 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z It is a place addicted to its increasingly hollow sense of greatness and even superiority, steered by a leader more concerned with his own glory than caring for his people. "Avatar: The Last Airbender" remains one of the purest portrayals of fighting fascism on modern TV 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Finally, let me repeat that of course, the whole notion of greatness is questionable. ArtsBeat: Top 10 Composers: A Few Last Thoughts 2011-01-24T15:22:38Z And she firmly believed cities need the arts to flourish and achieve greatness. Seattle-area community members pay tribute to some of the cultural figures we lost in 2020 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z So to achieve greatness and glory, athletes like the Schultz brothers had to endure not only privation, but near destitution. The Truth About Foxcatcher 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z The greatness of “Die Hard,” which, in the gun-smoke haze of lousy sequels and terrible knockoffs, has been partly lost, lies in its pacing. The Unforgettable Villainy of Alan Rickman in “Die Hard” 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z We're talking about, if you paid $25 for all of those things combined, you can set yourself up for real greatness in the kitchen. Preppy Kitchen's John Kanell reveals the one tool you need to conquer your baking anxiety 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Along with more songs with the marching band, here's what "Glee" needs to return to its former greatness: 1. Can Madonna get "Glee" into the groove? 2010-04-21T05:01:00Z Yet flashes of greatness were present too, especially at moments when the drama is keenest. Opera Review: Natalie Dessay, Becoming Violetta 2011-07-19T11:00:05Z In many ways, the history of Victoria tells the story of the British Empire, from exploration to colonization to nostalgia for earlier greatness. Walk, hike and bike the civilized sights of Victoria 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z It’s commonly thought that ease and clarity disqualify a novel from literary greatness, but — and I realize I’m an outlier on this issue — I don’t think that should be the case at all. Literary Revolution in the Supermarket Aisle: Genre Fiction Is Disruptive Technology 2012-05-23T10:45:11Z "He was my little brother, and I watched him grow and develop into a man who was destined for a special kind of greatness," she said. Thousands gather to dedicate King Memorial 2011-10-16T13:59:00Z Lady Kryze, we salute your greatness and hope future seasons apply that wisdom. We salute you Bo-Katan Kryze, but the third season of "The Mandalorian" took on too much 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z It's always been about money and petty revenge, and the shedding of a man's humanity as he realizes that it's the one thing preventing him from achieving greatness. "Better Call Saul" and the two faces of JMM 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z She sees potential greatness in Hendrix, even if no one else does. 'Jimi: All Is By My Side': Before Hendrix became Hendrix 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Snider called him a "man of simple greatness" who "cared about all the people he represented, almost paternally." Owen Laster, literary agent, dead at age 72 2011-03-09T19:23:22Z Like space exploration, Michael Jackson and the cure for polio, the very existence of M&Ms points to America’s greatness and ingenuity. Candy: The next battle in America’s health war? But is this modern “black renaissance” the cause of his rise to leading man status, or was Jordan destined for greatness regardless? How Michael B Jordan fought his way to the top of Hollywood 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Ultimately Woody Allen's greatness and his relevance to our lives in the late 20th and early 21st centuries will be determined by his films' longevity, the extent to which they drive our conversation. Is Woody Allen a Great Filmmaker? Discuss 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z As with the Olympics, the bigger narrative is about global cooperation and empathy, that we are aligned in celebrating people who are alike in their pursuit of greatness no matter what country they're representing. Netflix's engrossing Rubik's Cube competition doc reminds us what we're missing without the Olympics 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z In this view, every bottle of Burgundy lives somewhere on a spectrum of potential distinctiveness and greatness. 12 Top-Tier (but Undervalued) Burgundy Producers 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z And for the first few songs, he was encouragingly, overcompensatingly manic, his good leg pumping, talking up the greatness in store. Review: Foo Fighters Bring a Little of Everything to the Stage, Including a Broken Leg 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z But the dialogue that such proximity instigates is less about actual relationship or interaction than about ideas of “greatness.” Corcoran demise raises question: How do we separate art from its institutions? It was a performance of greatness, as was that of Ms. Rojo. Dance Review: In 'Marguerite,' Sparks Between a New Star and a Senior Ballerina 2011-10-17T11:43:13Z But in the last year, especially, he’s polished the idiosyncratic style to high gloss, in turn becoming a rapper approaching his moment of greatness. 2010-02-11T08:54:00Z Donald Trump’s entrance onto the political landscape took advantage of the American worship of wealth, and now his vision of American greatness, is that of a body without a soul. Walt Whitman saw Donald Trump coming: “Genuine belief seems to have left us. The underlying principles of the States are not honestly believed in” 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Once he scores the biggest interview of his career, Skylark is filled with visions of celebrity greatness. Spending Christmas Eve with 'The Interview,' and all its trappings 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z As they drink, smoke pot, and snort coke, Ella is almost hysterical in her worship of David, who urges her toward theatrical greatness. The Burden of a Famous Artist Parent 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z In the view of producer Chuck Lorre, the most important narrative on television elevates the greatness of America’s immigrants. With "Bob Hearts Abishola" and "Sunnyside," sitcoms are showcasing the immigrant's story 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z He helped bring a nation back to power and greatness, but lets Putin take the credit for it. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Trump’s secret acts of kindness? Just imagine. 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z We knew what a privilege it was to stand it that room, so close to greatness. Christopher Plummer remembered: 'It was a privilege to stand so close to greatness' 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z At times, there is a pretentiousness to Emezi’s writing, when they do find the voice to talk about their greatness. Review | Akwaeke Emezi’s memoir is a healing ritual for the displaced 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z I tend to prefer the earlier piece, for its thick description and subtleties, while recognizing the greatness of the later one. David Foster Wallace’s Perfect Game 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z But it is finally in such minor moments that Yanagihara shows greatness. After ‘A Little Life,’ Hanya Yanagihara’s Big New Novel Rewrites History 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Lamster’s most important contribution may be to show us that, however electrifying the ability to command the spotlight may be, it does not confer the lasting qualities of greatness. A New Biography of the Architect Philip Johnson, the ‘Man in the Glass House’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The movie has many lessons to teach the steep costs of attaining and retaining power, what a man gains and loses from pledging his loyalty to his family's greatness above all else. One of the greatest legacies left by "The Godfather" was basic instructions on how to make dinner 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Trump’s promise to “make America great again” echoes Vladimir Putin’s pledge to restore Russia’s past greatness. How the War Against Truth Went Global 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Can the greatness of a country’s cuisine be measured by its humblest dishes? Thai Food to Hearten the Homesick at Dek Sen in Elmhurst, Queens 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z That bottle sounds as if it’s on its way to greatness, if it hasn’t already arrived. What Is a Great Wine? Verdicchio di Matelica Has Some Ideas 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z One reason I am so immersed in contemporary music is that when you are hearing an engrossing new piece, thoughts of lasting greatness get pushed aside. ArtsBeat: Top 10 Composers: A Few Last Thoughts 2011-01-24T15:22:38Z Yet I’ve come to accept that I and other lovers of music, like lovers of any art form, can’t help being swept up in the search for, and identification of, greatness. The Case for Greatness in Classical Music 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z You can't get the 5 minutes of your life back, but would you even want to if you spent it eating mediocre fries when greatness was so achievable? The absolute best way to cook french fries, according to so many tests 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Besides, assessing greatness is the last thing on your mind when you are listening to an involving, exciting or baffling new piece. The Greatest 2011-01-21T14:04:41Z Oh yes, it is nice to finally play someone who has touched greatness. Antonio Banderas Doesn’t Think You’ll Remember Him. Not Yet. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z But by 1975, when the Coppolas purchased part of the estate with profits from the “Godfather” films, the greatness was well in the past. Inglenook Focuses on the Long Term to Regain Its Glory 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Her greatness lies in the different levels of reality combined in her art. ‘Alice Neel: People Come First’ 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Rather, greatness in a wine is defined by its ability to meet the needs of a particular occasion. What Makes a Wine Great? It’s Not Just Old and Complex. 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z But greatness can also occur when an artist changes their game up from sprint to marathon, breaking past the 180-second barrier as far as their creativity will take them. Pop's long players: sometimes extra length makes all the difference 2012-05-17T08:46:17Z He was a good composer with flashes of greatness, whose qualities go on being somewhat overstated. Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century by Paul Kildea – review 2013-02-07T08:00:01Z But the monstrous difficulties that Abderrahmane Sissako and Jafar Panahi confronted to make “Timbuktu” and “Taxi” are nonetheless no proof or guarantor of their artistry—and not the reason for their greatness. The Best Movies of 2015 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Perhaps they believed, at least in this case, that greatness was inseparably joined to awfulness; you couldn’t have one without the other. Is It Finally Twilight for the Theater’s Sacred Monsters? 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z In Lady Bird and before, Gerwig is drawn to dreamers: young women who believe they are destined for greatness, even when the audience finds plenty of cause to doubt that. Greta Gerwig: 'I'm at peak shock and happiness' 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z I'd award the greatness prize to two books: James Joyce's Ulysses and Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse. Michael Cunningham: My fantasy Folio goes to Ulysses and To the Lighthouse 2013-07-16T14:44:16Z As a director, Garcia is steadily developing a specialty for guiding the female lead to greatness. Albert Nobbs: Glenn Close's Quiet Man 2012-01-26T16:27:54Z This is especially valuable in the case of Larkin, whose greatness is wound up tightly with his flaws. In His New Collection, ‘The Rub of Time,’ Martin Amis Takes On Everyone From Travolta to Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Then he embarks on a fluent soliloquy about subversive 1970s cinema, Thatcher-era repression, the scourge of box-office figures, the larger-than-life greatness of Elizabeth Taylor. T Magazine: Rupert Everett Is So Not An American Movie Star 2013-05-10T13:00:54Z But yes, to the extent that they are inherited, standards of greatness are often severely tainted by past prejudice. Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z The other looked at Verdicchio di Matelica, a white from the Marche region, and asked what is meant by greatness in a wine. Love Wine? Here Are 10 Ways to Appreciate It Even More. 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z I don’t meet a lot of brothers — or even white guys — that are on a quest for greatness. Chris Rock and Questlove Discuss 'Top Five' 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Over the landmass of China, he comments: “The Middle Kingdom is renowned for the greatness of its civilization.” 2010-01-20T05:23:00Z It also goes without saying that while some superheroes are born great, others need to have greatness thrust upon them. Movie Review: Andrew Garfield Returns in ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ 2014-05-01T12:00:02Z Neel’s greatness lies in the different levels of realism she combines in her art. It’s Time to Put Alice Neel in Her Rightful Place in the Pantheon 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Musical greatness requires some form of dominance or gigantism, typically measured in lasting direct influence on other artists and a magnitude of personality and celebrity that makes bystanders pay attention along with true fans. Kinks' Ray Davies is turning 70. Why it matters. 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z But the shock of his death on Sunday revealed, too soon and too late, the astonishing scale of his greatness and the solidity of his achievement. An Appraisal: A. O. Scott on Philip Seymour Hoffman 2014-02-03T17:36:07Z Batman v Superman lunges for greatness instead of building toward it: It’s so topheavy with false portent that it buckles under its own weight. Review: Superheroes Duke It Out in 'Batman v Superman' 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Those are the questions that animate "Bullets Over Broadway," Woody Allen's delicious cinematic parable about the struggle between creative greatness and human goodness. 'Bullets Over Broadway' makes up for its lack of new music with strong choreography and acting 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Life and music are deeply intertwined in Bernstein's philosophical musings; craft is a requirement for greatness, fame is not. 'Seymour' is Ethan Hawke's moving look at pianist Bernstein 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z As charming and touching as some of that work is, it adds up to a long, dispiriting epilogue to a period of greatness. Review: ‘The Great Buster’ Brings a Deadpan Genius Back to Life 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Many Greek heroes had one divine parent and were, in essence, groomed for greatness from birth. Art Review: Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly 2010-10-21T20:45:00Z What keeps fans — and I count myself among them — coming back, forever granting the series second chances at greatness, fully aware of the inevitability of disappointment? ‘Halloween’ and the Problem With Its Sequels 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z But unfortunately for Mitchell, she has the fate of being a woman which means her greatness will always be called into question by the same hypocritical "tastemakers" of rock and roll. The erasure of Black and female rockers is still apparently a problem 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Here is one component of Hitchcock’s greatness: He never loses his moral compass. New DVDs: ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much,’ Carole Lombard Films 2013-02-01T21:45:15Z The play does not seem to mind this abusive liaison, seeing it as just another excusable example of Diaghilev’s determination to foster greatness. Review: An Impresario of ‘Fire and Air’ (if He Does Say So Himself) 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z In the interview, Drake also touched a little on Meek Mill, explaining what he meant when he wrote “I signed up for greatness” to a fan on Twitter. Drake Says He Got Kicked Off 'Degrassi' But Will Act Again 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z The New Yorker, Mr. Remnick added, has sometimes failed to cover artists adequately on their way to greatness. Calvin Tomkins Continues to Chronicle Artists 2011-10-04T20:34:15Z The actor Dev Patel gives a striking performance as Sir Gawain, a young knight who, in a bid for greatness, becomes a player in a deadly game against the mysterious Green Knight. 10 Ways I Fed My Fandom(s) 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s a challenging and provocative movie, and Mulligan is being tipped for silverware greatness. Dune, Bond and Top Gun returns: Films to look out for in 2021 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Many writers believe they are destined for greatness, and almost as many are wrong. How Raymond Roussel Put the Impossible on the Page 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Bedford hopes “to amplify its greatness in all areas,” he said in a telephone interview, “but also reconsider and redefine — and perhaps become a model for — civic engagement.” Baltimore Museum of Art Names New Director: Christopher Bedford 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Just as she knows some people want her to emulate her parents, she understands that some young Detroiters might be similarly challenged to mimic “the greatness of the 1960s.” Daughter of Motown stars to Detroit students: Find your beat 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Cross of Iron is an atmospheric, unflinching tale of the German retreat, though its sedate pace holds it back from greatness. Cross of Iron: gritty story of the German retreat from the Soviet Union 2013-04-18T07:59:49Z But the mark of his greatness as an actor for me was his ability to transmute his own distinctive characteristics into the manner and mannerisms of whatever role he happened to be playing. Eli Wallach had the power to illuminate a character on stage and screen 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Many of them belong to more than one category — a sign of their greatness. Perspective | The best TV of the decade? It’s a lot to sort out. 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z “To appreciate Richard’s greatness as an architect,” Stella writes, “you have to credit his gifts as a painter and a sculptor.” Books 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z Of course, none of this qualifies her as a great actress as Tennessee Williams or Laurence Olivier would define greatness, with her narrow range and dicey technique. America’s original California girl 2012-08-06T20:33:00Z Jane Austen … 'Of all great writers she is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness.' Ten questions on Jane Austen 2012-05-18T21:45:05Z “She’s been so amazing about giving me advice about stepping into my greatness, about owning the gifts that I have,” Ms. Brooks said. Jennifer Hudson, Without a Safety Net, Prepares for ‘The Color Purple’ 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Degas went on to greatness in several genres and mediums, but not in self-portraiture. Art Review: ?Rembrandt and Degas? at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012-02-23T15:55:08Z Photograph: Stock Montage/Getty Images Jane Austen's admirer Virginia Woolf said that "of all great writers she is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness". Ten questions on Jane Austen 2012-05-18T21:45:05Z His versions of Beatles’ hits like “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “Let It Be” are more than serviceable, easily drawing us into their inherent greatness. A Beatles expert on "Yesterday": Is Danny Boyle's jukebox fantasy worthy of the Fab Four? 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Karen Little Thunder, 48, said the shirt represents greatness that is within reach — only a few generations back. In a Shirt, Indian Family Sees Its History 2013-12-27T23:09:04Z There’s not much that says greatness quite like a big shiny Ironman medal on the bathroom wall. 'Toddler twins, a demanding job... why not take on an Ironman?' 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Salieri finds it especially galling that not only have his own prayers for greatness gone unanswered but that he’s the only one equipped to truly appreciate Mozart’s specialness. But does it deserve an encore? 'Amadeus' returns to South Coast Rep 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z But Penny’s novel — her 10th — is not just a missing person’s case; its larger subject is how artists can pursue greatness or, alternatively, lose their souls. The five best thrillers of 2014 Antipathy to the concept of artistic greatness is a sensible reaction against hyperbole and sweeping statements. Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z It reveals a woman who tried to balance expectations of greatness with anxieties about falling short. Tangible traces 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z So, to be more nuanced about what’s at stake: In the present moment, where does art rise above ironic ridicule and aspire to greatness, in terms of challenging convention and elevating the human spirit? David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture 2014-04-13T19:30:00Z But with her prowess as a pianist and flexibility as a singer, her ability to infuse new-school rhythms with old-school soul signifiers, greatness always seems within reach. Album review: Alicia Keys, 'Girl on Fire' 2012-11-25T22:55:00Z It can infuse even the driest of pictures with the illusion of greatness, and price tags this bloated, too, can imbue workaday art with new weight. That $450 Million Leonardo? It’s No Mona Lisa. 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z They do not see, as Okonkwo obviously does, a contradiction between the old man’s greatness in the realm of masculinity and his mutually dependent relationship with his wife. Chinua Achebe: The man who rediscovered Africa 2013-03-22T14:45:00Z And it will not satisfy those who imagine that great deeds demand greatness of heart, but it rings true. What a strange lot 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z With the singularly titled "Who," the bandmates find themselves thrashing and reveling in their sunset years, pushing back at death’s door to make one more stab at greatness. The Who knows you're gonna hate this song: Still defiant on new studio album "Who" 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z "Avengers: Endgame" is great as far as milestone events in our cultural history are concerned, but as a movie it falls short of greatness due to sloppy execution. "Avengers: Endgame": Sloppy plot holes distract from an otherwise cathartic epic 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z That's why there are so many films and TV series that revolve around them and their exploits, adventures born of struggle, overcoming and embracing a call to greatness regardless of cost. Enough already with the white warrior woman worship 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z "Mark has a way," Boal laughs, adding, "Greatness is greatness, and if you have to wait for it, it's fine." PNB's 'All Premiere': 4 new works, including 1 by Mark Morris 2012-10-24T20:52:05Z Audiences flocked to war films that reaffirmed the narrative of national greatness: The Cruel Sea, The Dam Busters and The Bridge on the River Kwai. From Godzilla to Some Like it Hot – why the 1950s is my favourite film decade 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z These unpretentious wines form a basis for distinguishing wines of greatness and consequence, just as humble, everyday meals provide the earthbound frame of reference for heavenly feasts. The Pour: El Bulli and a Meal for the Ages 2010-09-22T04:20:00Z The rest of us contemplate what greatness sounds like, but instead of listening for it, we look to these scoreboards for the official results. No charts, no Grammys, no Hall of Fame: Why pop greatness requires talk and time 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Darth Trump storms around, prattling on about his greatness, and hawking a variety of terrible products, from cufflinks to steaks. Trump: The Man, the Meme 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z The Germans believed that they had a “special path” – that the German peoples had a special destiny of their own, to realize their greatness. What Trump’s slick catchphrase really means: “Make America great again” is just code for “get the best deals” 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z David Duke says in the movie that he wants “America to achieve its greatness again.” Spike Lee’s movie about a black cop infiltrating the KKK is a subtweet of Donald Trump 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z But here you see those paragons alongside carved wooden saints from Hungarian churches in a way that expands your sense of the variety and greatness of the continent's heritage. Treasures from Budapest 2010-09-24T21:00:00Z Malvolio in “Twelfth Night”: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em. Style Invitational Week 1380: Both sides now 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Lyricism, inspiration and glowing greatness was expected — nay, demanded — when the country’s youngest-ever presidential inaugural poet announced she was writing a children’s book. Holiday Gift Books for Children 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Could it indeed be one of those works whose greatness can be glimpsed only through private meditation, like an ideal form in Plato's philosophy? With age, the wisdom of staging 'Lear' becomes less clear 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z But, he added: “We’re going to create greatness anyway, in spite of what the modern world may want or not want.” Darlene Love’s Last ‘Letterman’ Christmas 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Knoll contended that gruner veltliner’s greatness lies in its diversity: You can’t pin it down to one flavor or aroma, that its character and personality change depending on where it’s grown. Austria’s premier wine is back in fashion. This time, can gruner veltliner be taken seriously? 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z “There’s a term for that constant striving for greatness and growth,” she said as we sat together, waiting for flight orientation to begin. Space tourism will surely be a blast, but can it also improve life on Earth? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z But looking back wryly weeks ago on the original production, Mr. Wise recalled that it did not seem destined for greatness. ‘I, Claudius’ Returns in a 35th-Anniversary DVD Set 2012-11-25T01:10:06Z That book has an ominous undertow and a certain greatness. ‘Summerwater’ Makes an Intimate Study of Social Class Out of a Long, Rainy Day 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z “Picasso” is a name that has come to mean “greatness.” Fourth Time Around: The Final Volume of John Richardson’s Biography of Picasso 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z It tiptoes around the prospect of greatness in a way that seems comical in retrospect — a reminder that no one was born a sure thing. The Virtues of Shelf-lessness 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z The family history of both grief and greatness still hovers over Saoirse and her cousins. What’s life like as a young Kennedy now? A mix of fame, obscurity and trauma. 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z And Ritz said the lack of commercial success does nothing to diminish her greatness, or her legacy. James' passion, great range remembered 2012-01-21T02:16:04Z And "The Good Place," for all of its greatness and nirvanic creative heights, delivered a thoroughly imperfect goodbye. "The Good Place" comes to a worthy end, where it finds the bittersweet joy of what makes us human 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z When creative greatness disappears, what does that suggest about the qualities and nature of what had been there? Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z He knew that was not how greatness works. Antonio Banderas Doesn’t Think You’ll Remember Him. Not Yet. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z “Great Scott” makes no pretension of greatness, but it serves as a great example of what it is that makes Heggie popular. 'Great Scott,' an opera about opera, shows what makes Jake Heggie so popular 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z But that different Mad Men fans can love different things about the show is a measure of its greatness. TV Weekend: Mortality (and Reefer) In the Air for Mad Men’s Return 2013-04-04T16:43:30Z For some, artistic greatness is inseparable from financial success, as well as from political correctness. The war on culture: How conservatives and progressives joined forces to crush art 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z The fresh insights in this brilliant exhibition, which includes a loan of Van Gogh's Sunflowers, no less, from London's National Gallery, do not undermine the artist's greatness. Van Gogh's true colours were originally even brighter 2013-05-02T14:37:16Z Up until now the show has been good with occasional glimpses of greatness, like when Moiraine gave a speech about Manetheren in the second episode. "The Wheel of Time" has a Moiraine problem: She’s too interesting 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z To a genius like Chopin, having a distinctive voice and giving vent to his inspirations were more important than achieving some level of quantifiable greatness. The Greatest 2011-01-21T14:04:41Z Of the 10 performers, only one — to use Paula Abdul’s unforgettable Season 8 phrase — dared to dance in the path of greatness. Music Review: On ?Idol? Tour, Beach Balls and Other Surprises 2010-07-09T21:25:00Z My film Gulag was pretty directly inspired by it, though I would never claim to any of its greatness. 50 documentaries you need to see 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z There’s not an artist out there who hasn’t grovelled on the path to greatness, and getting through school isn’t an impediment to a musical career but a platform to build one on. My son wants to be a pop star and hates school | Mariella Frostrup 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z The greatness of the film that Lucas made prior to “Star Wars,” “American Graffiti,” was its conjoined source as personal recollection and historical horror show. The Robotic Familiarity of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Mr Moore, a distinguished Tory journalist who began this great project 18 years ago, is clearly convinced of Thatcher’s greatness, but he is no cheerleader. Missionary zeal 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z When he laments that “we wilt under the weight of models,” he expresses the burden that we composers today must endure, living and working in the shadow of past masterpieces and the culture of “greatness.” John Adams on Boulez, a Composer Worth Wrestling With 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z The greatness of “Fourth of July Creek” stems from Henderson’s ability to subtly tie the struggles of one ordinary man to the broader currents of American culture, both its blessings and its evils. ‘Fourth of July Creek,’ by Smith Henderson “The Met’s greatness is a collective effort,” he said. James Levine Denies ‘Unfounded’ Sexual Abuse Accusations 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Is it therefore unreasonable to ask if the greatness of those cities, or any modern city built on such human pain, came at too high a price? ‘A History of Future Cities’: urban gateways between East and West 2013-02-20T19:58:37Z Yet Mr. Bush never reached the status of greatness. Review: In ‘Destiny and Power,’ George H.W. Bush Epitomizes a Vanishing G.O.P. 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z ETYEK, Hungary — By the time Antonio Banderas shaved off his eyebrows and hair to play Pablo Picasso — his lifelong hero, his towering standard of greatness — he had already been asked to portray Picasso twice. Antonio Banderas Doesn’t Think You’ll Remember Him. Not Yet. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z There's no greatness ever achieved alone.. it's always a team effort. The Rock Hints at Resolution With 'Unprofessional' Co-Stars 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Anyone can divine Mark Rothko or Mark Bradford’s greatness; consistently assessing exceptional work before an artist achieves public recognition is the most rigorous test. Is Good Taste Teachable? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Over the last decade, there have been so many pieces published about the cocktail's merits, followed by pieces about how it's overrated, followed by more pieces about its greatness. Not an Aperol spritz fan? Try these three Italian cocktails instead 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Indeed, he seems bored by politics, with few fixed convictions beyond his own importance and a crude sense of Italian greatness, while Mussolini watches and learns from the master of self-promotion. The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio – Poet, Seducer & Preacher of War by Lucy Hughes-Hallett – review 2013-02-04T07:00:01Z The greatness of the Pips There is also an essay called 10 Bands I Wish I'd Been In, which singles out Gladys Knight's backing group the Pips. Robert Forster: me and my bridge 2010-07-14T20:31:00Z “But it made me want to strive for greatness and be able to compete at whatever I decided to do.” How Michael B Jordan fought his way to the top of Hollywood 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z You only see misery, but they see potential for greatness. Please release me: Why getting dumped is a film hero's best hope 2010-09-30T21:30:00Z Once more I stood in awe of its greatness; the gods chose the most wonderful place to call home. Great desert adventures: readers’ travel tips 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Putin’s approach has always been rooted in resentment over at Russia’s lost superpower status and his promise to restore the country’s greatness. Review: Walter Laqueur’s ‘Putinism’ Dissects a Canny Russian Leader 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Prominent families came to use visual depictions of these connections — pedigrees — to announce their proximity to greatness. In an Age of Gene Editing and Surrogacy, What Does Heredity Mean? 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z It shows how index cards, advertising jobs and the careful editing of Robert Gottlieb at Simon & Schuster helped burnish the book’s first hints of greatness. Books of The Times: The Catching of Two Joseph Hellers 2011-07-27T22:06:58Z After Melmotte wins a position in Parliament, by making ‘clamorous assertions of his unprecedented commercial greatness’ and threatening his antagonists in the press with lawsuits, he continues to behave with a ‘special impudence.’ New & Noteworthy 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Throughout his speech Trump appealed to the notion that there is a certain America that needs to be brought back to greatness. I got tossed by Donald Trump’s goons: This is what happens when you speak up at a Trump rally 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Bill, but there was greatness all around him. The Working Life: The Art Endures for a Painter Who ‘Won’t Be Here for Long’ 2014-02-24T00:55:45Z That kind of heroic, self-imposed marginality is encoded in our language of greatness, too. Perspective | Playboi Carti made the album of the year. Playboi Carti made the album of the year. Playboi Carti made the 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z But it is a reaction to greatness, and perhaps the surest sign that it exists. Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z This was when Bake Off began to quietly scale the meringue-peaked heights of greatness. Bake Off at 10: the greatest moments from the nine series so far 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z “King” is not about to set the world on fire with its greatness, but its loose style and tender regard for its characters are appealing. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘O.J.: Made in America’ and the Tony Awards 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z She calls this phenomenon “the burden of greatness” and says it could explain the increasing numbers of women choosing to take part in extreme sports. 'Toddler twins, a demanding job... why not take on an Ironman?' 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Chowdhury is a writer with great promise who, with “Public Obscenities,” may have found himself on the brink of greatness. Review: ‘Public Obscenities’ Pushes Far Beyond One Field of Study 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The only way you¿re going to compete for fantasy greatness is if you don't draft a bust in the most important round of them all: the first. Companies recall fuel gel for firepots 2011-09-01T15:33:00Z If the only point of listening to music is to be in the presence of greatness then it becomes difficult to listen to music as it is being made. The Score: A Pitch for New Music 2011-05-11T22:38:37Z “The Godfather” is perfect from first frame to last, but its greatness also feels of a different order: It speaks to a truth about the American character that we all can recognize. ‘The Godfather’ Explained in Seven Quotes 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z The banal truth is that, as with every age, the Victorian period was a mix of greatness and littleness. Were the Victorians cleverer than us? It depends which way you look at it 2013-05-14T17:30:01Z They’ve been pondering the meaning of greatness for decades, and accordingly, the temple they’ve built on Lake Erie feels a little more in sync with the tastes of the wider public. No charts, no Grammys, no Hall of Fame: Why pop greatness requires talk and time 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z I don’t really read genre novels, so you can assess for yourself the greatness of those books. Lost in translation 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z But the old-timers still talked about him and that kept the memory of his greatness alive. The Score: A Pitch for New Music 2011-05-11T22:38:37Z A thin My Player career mode and online gameplay plagued by hitches and crashes dampen the overall greatness of this package. Game On: "Medal of Honor" shines; "NBA 2K11" scores 2010-10-12T20:33:00Z He opened his speech with three brisk pronouncements of Trump’s greatness and then paused to encourage those who were in Laura’s path to “stay safe.” Perspective | Mike Pence had a few things to say at the convention: Trump is great. Trump is great. And Trump is great. 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z All of these are deserving wins indicative of an expanded consideration of who deserves to be rewarded for cinematic greatness. Big wins for "Parasite" including Best Picture provide the thrills in a long, dull Oscars 2020 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Even the Sense8 panel extolled the greatness of Netflix and its dedication to quality, which came across as slightly awkward as Netflix actually has yet to renew the series for a season two. Can Doctor Who's Steven Moffat keep schtum? What we learned at the TCAs 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z It reintroduces an artist who achieved early greatness in the relatively modest medium of prints and then either failed or declined to follow a single path in painting. When He Was Good, He Was Breathtaking 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z “Part of our current identity is to celebrate greatness that has already been achieved and greatness that is happening now,” she said. In Kennedy Center Honors first, ‘Hamilton’ to be awarded prestigious arts prize 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Champagne, sherry, tawny port — these classics blend wines from many years to achieve greatness and consistency. Does vintage matter? Bordeaux proves that it does, even for a $14 bottle. 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z So it’s important to remember he’s human, because it means humans are capable of greatness. Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips on the Band’s New Left Turn 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Herblock’s greatness was foremost as a thinker, an analyst who saw to the heart of things when others were distracted by surfaces. The Man Who Made Presidents Cringe: HBO’s Herblock 2014-01-27T10:45:19Z From her oddly dainty presence that voice, a voice that seemed not to come from her but from somewhere beyond even Billie and Ella, from the font of all greatness. Russell Brand on Amy Winehouse: 'We have lost a beautiful, talented woman' 2011-07-24T22:14:47Z If the film gets it right, it confirms the book’s greatness. American Pastoral and the curse of adapting a literary classic 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Harvey says, “There’s something about not having everything you need that brings out its own greatness.” ‘The Deuce’ Jumps Ahead to the ’80s and Sees the Future 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Her ongoing re-creations of church signboards are brilliantly pithy, listing nightly meetings for the addicted, abused, traumatized, jobless, homeless and hungry, directly above the title of the week's sermon, invariably proclaiming America's greatness. What to see in L.A. galleries: Hot-button greeting cards, mesmerizing photograms 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z And yet that doesn't matter nearly as much as it should, at least partly because of West's insistence on his own greatness. Kanye West: Do not disturb 2010-11-20T01:25:00Z This would be the pursuit of greatness for greatness’s sake: the purest form of amateurism. New Harvard graduate tells dad: ‘Now, I want to play Ultimate Frisbee’ 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z We do not as a planet deserve their greatness. My life as an (almost) vegan restaurant critic 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z “The Making of Americans” has a reputation for being unreadable, which it isn’t, though its difficulties have to be experienced to be believed, and its greatness has to be believed in for reading to continue. Modern Is Modern Is ... 2011-06-03T20:27:28Z When he leaves Rome in exile, he looks out with welling eyes and says, in a simple line that throbs with greatness, “There is a world elsewhere.” Review: An Electrifying ‘Coriolanus,’ Addicted to War 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z The greatness of Leonardo’s portraits of women can’t, finally, be explained away. Review | Quiet, please. At the Louvre’s ‘Léonard de Vinci’ exhibition, you’re in the presence of genius. 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Likewise, Luckhurst may assume that Lovecraft’s greatness is a given by now, and that there is no need to rebut Wilson’s brusque indictment. Does H.P. Lovecraft belong in the canon? 2013-05-08T22:07:00Z Then again, if "Willow" takes a couple of episodes to find its greatness, perhaps the story's spirit dictates that is as it should be. The "Willow" legend continues, only now the quest is open to all who would take it, including girls 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z But Brother — especially its frontman, Lee Newell — is the sort of band engineered to induce apoplexy in British music publications, and it hopes to talk itself into greatness, or at least popularity. Music Review: Power of La La La and Lures of Ooh, Ooh 2011-03-25T22:53:49Z It was easy to sense the energy and excitement of a young wine region on the cusp of greatness. In British Columbia, a burgeoning wine region that’s showing its muscle 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z I will always be unapologetically hooked by the reality that there is greatness in music. The Case for Greatness in Classical Music 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z This notion of greatness and sentimentality that these showrunners cling to is not only bogus but anathema to young people. Roadies: latest show in the old man nostalgia parade that is ruining TV 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z In these pages, even the few New York skeptics tend to come around to grudging acknowledgments of the city’s greatness. ‘Supreme City,’ by Donald L. Miller 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Once its greatness — and its market potential — was understood, the insider art world opened the flood gates and here we are. The Outsider Art Fair Returns, in Top Form 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z But filtered through the Hungarian pianist’s poetic vision — and fleet fingers — storied works by Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann opened to reveal true greatness. Review | With fleet fingers, pianist Dénes Várjon brings German classics to life 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z They keep a decent and worthy, amiable and unchallenging film short of the greatness of the subject itself. The Too-Easy History of “Suffragette” 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Filled with soaring musical passages, the movie is finally a meditative, unsparing if compassionate exploration of the ineffable chasm between inspiration and industry, between greatness and the desire to be great. 10 Great Movies at the New York Film Festival You Can (Mostly) See Online 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z |
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