单词 | Greek chorus |
例句 | The boys said it in unison and repeated it a few times for good measure, like a Greek chorus. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z They are web sleuths, and together they form a sort of uninformed Greek chorus in “Crime Scene,” which premiered on Wednesday. In ‘Crime Scene,’ Joe Berlinger Investigates True-Crime Obsession 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z There's also a "downstairs" element to "Belgravia," with servants acting as av c Greek chorus. "Belgravia": Where "Downton Abbey" meets Dickens, except with a more dashing, less hungry orphan 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z After all, it is framed by the self-conscious recollections of a Brooklyn lawyer, who speaks as ponderously of inexorable fate as any Greek chorus ever did. Review: ‘A View From the Bridge’ Bears Witness to the Pain of Fate 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z He's a Greek chorus in a story about two ruminative, gallivanting philosopher kings and brings cohesiveness to a wandering but impressive album. matsononmusic. Kanye, Jay-Z head the list of new CDs 2011-08-22T22:12:30Z They are like a Greek chorus, weighing in on what Carol is and isn't doing. 'Dreams' lulls young and old through life with grace and truth 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Besides providing a kind of Greek chorus, the Playwright figure gives “Agent G” the room for quieter, more introspective moments. Theater Review: ?The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G,? by Qui Nguyen 2012-02-21T22:20:41Z But they're also a Greek chorus singing the same song: Whose help will you want when you're forced to face your own mortality up close? 'Alice & Oliver' is like 'Love Story,' but with more grit and less sap 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z In the movie, as in real life, they're fiercely protective of their brothers while serving as a comedic Greek chorus of sorts. 'The Fighter's' unique sisterhood 2010-12-27T21:16:00Z Their roles in the story fall somewhere between hood versions of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and a Greek chorus, somewhat neutral parties who see all and prod conflicts into being, mostly to keep things interesting. "Reservation Dogs" is steeped in pop culture. The difference is that its homages star Native actors 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Throughout, the superbly eloquent eyebrows of Claire Keelan as Em function as Greek chorus, telling us the quartet are fate's playthings. TV review: The Last Weekend; The Function Room; I'm Spazticus 2012-08-19T22:15:01Z Remember always that this is really your fan club; they’re just disguised as a Greek chorus of know-it-alls. Ask Amy: Artist copes with unsolicited artless advice 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z He doesn’t produce or rap or sing on the many hits he’s released — instead, he serves as a Greek chorus of chest-puffing, shouting catchphrases that become hip-hop essentials. For DJ Khaled, Snapchat Is a Major Key to Success 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Appearing like a mirage from the heart of the show, and presiding over the action like a 1950s beauty pageant winner turned cynical Greek chorus is Heather Christian's seductive songstress, Miss Atomic. Mission Drift ? review 2011-08-09T17:30:01Z Some lyrics are recited in a manner between sports cheer and Greek chorus. Keely Garfield Draws on Kate Bush at Danspace Project 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Though the fit requires many artistic liberties, including a Greek chorus of orange-jumpsuited convicts, Alfaro’s drama is rooted in the poetic spirit of Sophocles. In eSe Teatro production, ‘Oedipus’ gets an L.A. makeover | Theater review 2012-12-10T22:17:46Z Channelling a primal theatricality, their chattering and hollering is the sound of a Greek chorus on a hen night. This week's new tracks 2012-12-08T00:05:38Z Brash and opinionated, this trio often functions as a piquant Greek chorus, sometimes dressed in outfits that evoke the Supremes, with vamping gestures to match. Despite exotic botany, Constellation’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ is an old chestnut 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Everything is played incisively by members of the London Sinfonietta under Geoffrey Paterson, with all the character needed to fulfill Mr. Birtwistle’s conception of the orchestra, onstage in “The Corridor,” as a Greek chorus. Review: Harrison Birtwistle’s ‘The Cure’ and ‘The Corridor,’ Myths With a Twist 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Without yoking herself to some cumbersome Greek chorus, Watts has invented a communal voice that’s infinitely flexible, capable of surveying the whole depressed town or lingering tenderly in a grieving mother’s mind. ‘No One Is Coming to Save Us’: ‘Gatsby’ gets a revolutionary reboot 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z The other great change was the television, which almost becomes another character or a Greek chorus throughout this part of the memoir. A life in books: Janice Galloway 2011-08-05T21:55:05Z Instead, nearly every ensemble member becomes part of a choir, with soloists, that is as persuasive a latter-day equivalent of the Greek chorus as we’re ever likely to see. Review: ‘Girl From the North Country’ Sets the Darkness Aglow 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Masters said the show's premise is that dreams are not a Greek chorus to the characters' lives and instead are the other half. Dreams, diversity hallmarks of USA's new 'Falling Water' 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z “You guys are really struggling this season,” one character says, while a Greek chorus of podcast fans grouse about the season-within-a-season’s pacing: “Five entire episodes of vamping.” Returning to the Scene 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Three of the show’s Blackground women — Florence, Caroline and Abilene — serve as a kind of Greek chorus. Michael R. Jackson on the Soap Opera Origins of ‘White Girl in Danger’ 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The Greek chorus gossips to the reader, often using assumed shared references to do the heavy lifting. When You Hate Your Neighbor, and Then Your Kids Start Dating 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z The show inventively uses Found items as the basis for songs delivered by a motley Greek chorus, but at the show’s heart is the character modeled after, and named for, Davy. Davy Rothbart on Tour for Book; Peter Rothbart, for Album 2012-09-19T22:57:14Z Together they form a kind of Greek chorus, their facial expressions seeming to comment on the action and the foibles of humans. In 'Tracks,' calm dromedaries proved drama-free 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Periodically the movie stops in its tracks for brief serenades by a putative Greek chorus: a dapper white male quartet singing American folk songs and spirituals. | ?Happy, Happy': ?Happy, Happy,? Directed by Anne Sewitsky ? Review 2011-09-15T22:54:43Z Dramaturgically, the singers are meant to function as both choir and Greek chorus. ‘The Events’ Uses Local Choirs for Vocals, Minus a Script 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z It features eight "cynics" – a cross between a Greek chorus and an X-Factor style panel – whose job is to watch the action and question why on earth an opera about Swindon is being staged. Take your seats for Swindon: the Opera 2012-07-06T18:17:28Z In Season 1, a Greek chorus of nosy parents and snide school administrators guided our attentions. “Big Little Lies” Season 2, Reviewed: Meryl, Meryl, Meryl 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z These are the town gossips as Greek chorus, yet while they’re funny, sort of, there’s also something oppressive about these busybodies. Movie Review: ?Bernie? With Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine 2012-04-26T21:53:23Z He had a wide forehead that could balance his hair and wide-set eyes with the expressive ferocity of a Greek chorus. Perspective | Little Richard would have been the first to say his style was fabulous. He was right. 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z Wagner used the orchestra as a Greek chorus, but Martin’s 12 vocalists serve more traditionally in the role, narrating and commenting together and alone, as chorus and soloists. ‘The Love Potion,’ Staged by the Boston Lyric Opera 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Three female singers relate turns in the drama, like a Greek chorus. Review: A Tenor Offers a Subtle Model of Adventurousness 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Julian’s Irish buddy Eddie O’Rourke and his wife might seem like the wisecracking second-banana couple from an old-fashioned movie, but they serve as an astute Greek chorus, commenting on the action and their friends’ motivations. ‘Wherever There Is Light’ review: A tale of lovers caught in history 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z "That's called trauma," says another with the intonation of a Greek chorus. In Louise Erdirch's 'LaRose,' parents make an impossible bargain 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Birtwistle describes the concerto as a "dialogue" between the protagonists, with the orchestra as a Greek chorus made up of individual voices. Birtwistle premiere - review 2011-03-06T17:00:13Z Which leads me back to the Greek chorus, the anonymous “we.” Salman Rushdie Reviews a Sweeping Debut About the Roots of Modern Zambia 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z So we now get the same story from Christian’s point of view, and there are two new elements: his insecurity and his Greek chorus. Review: E. L. James’s ‘Grey’ Goes Inside His Brain, and, Yes, His Pants 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Just as multifaceted, “On Sugarland” features a Greek chorus called the Rowdy and draws elements from Southern gothic, Afro-surrealism and hip-hop, producing sounds that prepare the audience for the otherworldly occurrences that eventually unfold. The Creators of ‘On Sugarland’ Build a Site of Mourning and Repair 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z In “Ain’t Too Proud,” even when the Temptations aren’t doing a dance number — in scenes between Otis Williams and his wife, for example — the five men are often present onstage like a cool Greek chorus. Cholly Atkins Taught Motown to Dance. His Moves Get an Update in ‘Ain’t Too Proud.’ 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Members of the Greek chorus, all failed 2016 Republican Presidential candidates, were adjusting their charcoal-gray suits backstage. Trump Versus Clinton, According to Aristophanes 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z A spectacularly made-over Greek chorus is the chief asset of this generally less confident version of Euripides’ “Iphigenia in Aulis,” which opened on Thursday night as part of the Classic Stage Company’s Greek Festival. Review: A Modern Makeover for ‘Iphigenia in Aulis’ 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z But mostly the intent is inscrutable, as when the tiny marionettes are replaced with larger, vaguely menacing hand dummies that form a Greek chorus: “Characters in the Pantheon of American Ventriloquism,” it turns out. Review: ‘Lee Harvey Oswald,’ an American Assassin in Puppet Form 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Pascal, who acts as Greek chorus to “The Fall Guy,” said that all of man’s misfortune comes from one thing, which is not knowing how to sit quietly in a room. Six New Thrillers for Fall 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Her smoke-gray house cat looks on with mild curiosity, a characteristically blasé feline Greek chorus. Elle’s Belle: Huppert Resounds In Verhoeven's Latest 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Previous seasons present Greg as the hapless dolt who acts as the idiot's edition of a Greek chorus. Cousin Greg was the feckless joke of "Succession." Now he's the idiot who abets democracy's fall 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Having your own personal Greek chorus has never sounded all that appealing. ‘Allegro,’ a Rarely Staged Rodgers and Hammerstein Musical 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The plot here is annotated by a Greek chorus of street Urchins. ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Review: Jonathan Groff Feeds the Beast 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Most of the critical response to “Allegro” focused on its theatrical devices, including a Greek chorus that analyzed the characters’ inner thoughts, dead people who reappeared, ballet sequences and spare staging without formal scene changes. A Doctor Checks Up on a New 'Allegro' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Although Fan is the novel’s central character, it’s the voice of the narrator that puts meaning in the story — one person serving as an entire Greek chorus. ‘On Such a Full Sea’: Chang-rae Lee’s vision of a grim future 2014-01-08T23:28:01Z She is this film’s Greek chorus, passing violently disdainful comment from afar. Keira Knightley has bagsied Coleen Rooney – who else should be cast in the Wag Wars movie? 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Especially because they’re some surreal elements to this, the fantasies, this Greek chorus metaphor for being a hero. Zach Braff: "There Are No Great Roles in Film, They’re All Dried Up" 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z "How is a Greek chorus like a lawyer?" ask the chorus in Anne Carson's latest work, a translation of Sophocles' Antigone. Antigonick by Anne Carson - review 2012-06-08T21:55:02Z The character who served as the enraged Greek chorus of this story finally lost hope and became the tragic hero. Finale recap: "Treme's" long, strange trip 2010-06-21T11:07:00Z What we do get are snippets of police interviews with a Greek chorus of minor characters — other parents from the school — who happily testify to the imperfections of the leads. Review: In ‘Big Little Lies,’ Monterey Moms and Their Clichés 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Together the swimmers are a bickering Greek chorus — an idiosyncratic cast united in their near-religiosity when it comes to the pool. Julie Otsuka Dives Into the Underground World of the Community Pool 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Like an irreverent Greek chorus, they laugh at human pretensions and encourage people to feel nothing. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z A vocal trio sets the scene and pops up through the action delivering a jazzy commentary, a sort of Greek chorus in close harmony, Andrews Sisters-style. Bernstein's A Quiet Place: silence is golden 2011-01-14T22:32:01Z The members of the school community, interviewed about the killing that the show was keeping from us, were a catty Greek chorus. Review: Guilty, Guilty, Guilty: ‘Big Little Lies’ and the Art of Empathy 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z A kind of uber-stoned Greek chorus, more interested in rolling joints and eyeing up girls than engaging in the events of any film they appear in, they're Smith's most impressive comic creation. This week's new comedy 2012-02-11T00:05:00Z They serve as a loser’s Greek chorus, suddenly making their way among the horsey set and waiting for fate to extract a price for their good fortune. Television: HBO?s ?Luck,? Starring Dustin Hoffman 2012-01-25T15:29:12Z They know each other’s lines by heart and speak each other’s lines, which reminds me how, when a catastrophe strikes, we turn our voices into a Greek chorus. Yiyun Li on Grief and Memory 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Produced on Broadway in 1947, the work was groundbreaking for its epic sweep, cinematic dissolves, Greek chorus and economic critique of America, where, as the old saying goes, nothing fails like success. Revivals turn 2 problem-child musicals into something special 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z But this spoof, penned by Emilio Williams, also takes aim at other targets, including academia, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” the institution of the Greek chorus and the D.C. theater scene. A tragic Greek character gets a comedic revival in ‘Medea’s Got Some Issues’ Cast members are also the omniscient Greek chorus, which knows the show’s outcome even though the characters do not. A Doctor Checks Up on a New 'Allegro' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The play is not greatly helped by the addition of a Greek chorus of largely clueless MPs. How did Murdoch and company perform on the world stage? 2011-07-20T11:29:00Z Our protagonist functions as a one-woman Greek chorus: rather than the crowd observing the fateful actions of the individual, the individual is left to grieve the folly of the crowd. In Elvia Wilk’s “Oval,” Earth, Capitalism, and the Human Species Sink Toward Doom 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z In one of the great feats of voice, “The Virgin Suicides” is narrated by a Greek chorus of unnamed men, looking back on their adolescence and the suicides of five girls in their Michigan suburb. “The Virgin Suicides” Still Holds the Mysteries of Adolescence 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Carmen also plays Greek chorus and hand of fate, dispatching the others on ambulatory therapy sessions and sending bubbles of New Age wisdom into the mountain air. Movie Review: ?Darling Companion? From Lawrence and Meg Kasdan 2012-04-19T22:35:40Z Drew's two backing singers issue warning "ooohs" like a Greek chorus, ramping up the tension while Drew pogos around the stage, rapping like fury. Plan B; Clare Maguire ? review 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Throw in a Greek chorus of talking wooden dolls, and you get one of the most fascinating historical narratives I’ve ever read. ‘The Exchange of Princesses’ review: One of European history’s weirdest schemes 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Those passages are the Greek chorus, the “we” voice, the multiplicity. What it feels like to be a bestseller: Stephanie Danler and 'Sweetbitter' 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Only one member of the group, Chandra, serves as narrator, but the novel’s voice is a collective one: an angsty adolescent Greek chorus. If Nietzsche Were in High School 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z A Greek chorus of neighborhood children called the Rowdy round out the cast of 14. ‘On Sugarland’ Review: A Nameless War, and Too Many Wounds to Count 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z She sings it like a one-woman Greek chorus powerless to save the subject of the song from himself. The persistence of Rumer 2011-03-17T21:29:00Z Kenya’s sitcom writers’ room serves the same function as André’s advertising workplace: a fractious Greek chorus of white, female and other black views. ‘#blackAF’ Review: A Second Portrait of the Artist, With More Scars 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z He will be backed by a Greek chorus of male and female voices in a piece based on Langston Hughes’ poem of the same name that examines challenges of black life in America through time. At 29, this 'El Niño' singer is the buzz of California's opera world 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Guterson's narrative voice — by turns savage and sad, amused and outraged — becomes a kind of Greek chorus of one. A dazzling new book by David Guterson 2011-10-15T04:27:07Z Six dancers serve as a stomping, hectoring, sympathetic Greek chorus. In Benjamin Millepied's L.A. Dance Project program, the name to remember is Noé Soulier 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z “My eyes darted to the window, and outside stood the trees, a rapt Greek chorus. The world can be horrible, they hummed. You cannot make sense of it; you can only absorb it.” Isaac Oliver: Reading as Cabaret 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Among the songs performed: “This Is Me,” for the company, which at this point consists of 12 members, including a sort of adolescent Greek chorus, played by four young actors. How ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ became one of the most remarkable shows in musical-theater history 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z A cheap and mildly xenophobic laugh, sure, but also the beginnings of a Greek chorus — a Berber chorus? — poking holes in this show’s pretension. Television Review: American Stereotypes Trek Across a Moroccan Desert 2011-06-22T22:06:19Z Unlike their random lists, Ernaux’s are arranged chronologically, and so she becomes something more than a list-maker: a Greek chorus commenting on politics and lifestyle changes. Reclaiming the Past in the Internet’s ‘Infinite Present’ 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The moral conundrum of drug dealing among African-Americans was addressed mostly by Curtis Mayfield’s superb soundtrack, which functioned as a kind of Greek chorus. Review: ‘Superfly’ Adds Bling to an Old Tale 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z This being a conceptual horror flick, the tire also runs wild while some onlookers play the Greek chorus and in-house audience both, commenting on the movie as it happens. | 'Rubber': The Tread Life on This Tire Is Something Else 2011-03-31T22:24:37Z The women of Corinth are the Greek chorus, questioning Medea about her intentions and asking how she could do such a thing. Modern 'Medea' in London stars Potter film's Helen McCrory 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z If the dull, continuous roar of social media isn’t interruption enough for her, she imagines a Greek chorus of ex-boyfriends reading over her shoulder, criticizing and annotating her every line. Lauren Oyler’s ‘Fake Accounts’ Captures the Relentlessness of Online Life 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Life unfolds today on television, and newspapers and magazines must play the role of the Greek chorus, commenting on the action.” O. J. Simpson in The New Yorker 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z And I think the Valley allowed us a little bit of a Greek chorus to be aware of our own whatever when it started to feel like the show was becoming too soapy. 11 Things We Learned About The O.C. from Series Creator Josh Schwartz 2013-08-14T09:45:30Z The Greek chorus — recast as nurses who occasionally spring into blues ballads — spends a lot of time mopping. Theater Review: Adapting Sophocles: ?These Seven Sicknesses? at Flea Theater 2012-02-04T00:26:35Z The goosebumps part of the song arrives when the audience, as Greek chorus, begins to chant through the melody, “He’s dead / He’s dead.” Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Essays Struggle With Big Ideas 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z The transformation takes place without comment, except from a Greek chorus of ducks paddling back and forth in the foreground. Review: ‘My Teacher Is a Monster,’ by Peter Brown Another character - `'The Third" - takes on the role of the Greek chorus loudly proclaiming the futility of it all, while `'The Spectator" wonders where all the exertion is leading. New Glass opera "The Lost" premieres in Austria 2013-04-13T00:11:09Z Michael Bible’s crystalline new novel, “The Ancient Hours,” plays off these horrors, opening with a Greek chorus of middle-aged men as they recount a transformative tragedy in the postcard town of Harmony, N.C. Violent Tragedy Upends a Bible Belt Town in This Brisk Novel 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z As it meanders through desolate stretches of California's Mojave Desert, it's being watched by a Greek chorus of onlookers including Chad and that greatest of schlock-movie stalwarts, Wings Hauser. 'Rubber': When tires go bad 2011-04-07T19:25:04Z Leo, marching through the movie in a leopard-print jacket and cruelly bleached hair, speaks in a singsong squawk, accompanied by a sort of Greek chorus of seven braying daughters. 'The Fighter': Two parts punchy drama, one part formulaic sports movie 2010-12-16T10:16:05Z And they serve as a Greek chorus for Silver once fate delivers him an amazingly coincidental one-two punch of medical developments. Books of The Times: ‘One Last Thing Before I Go’ by Jonathan Tropper 2012-08-15T20:45:56Z So today, with conservatives shorn of credibility, we need a Greek chorus to hold us accountable and force us to face unpleasant facts. Liberals, resist self-righteousness | Nicholas D. Kristof 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z And the famous Greek chorus became the voice of interpretation and commentary to the story playing out onstage with plot lines of gods mingling with their mortal counterparts, all of them often flawed and vulnerable. For Early Democracy, Theater Was a Catalyst 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z He also used the many hours of the public’s phone-in commentary that aired on British radio shows over the years to function as a kind of Greek chorus. In ‘The Princess,’ a documentary on Diana flips the focus 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z It was fitting that his sold-out show felt full-screen theatrical, casting himself as the leading man and ominously veiled background dancers as a sort of Greek chorus that haunts his journey. Review | In concert, the Weeknd dazzles with a well-tuned sense of the theatrical 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Its extraneous devices, including a multipurpose Greek chorus, have been stripped away, allowing its strongest elements — Strathairn and his moving narration — to tell the harrowing story. David Strathairn speaks for a Holocaust hero. It’s time to listen. 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z He brought to Bach’s big choruses and solemn chorales the grandeur of Greek choruses. The Hamburg Ballet tackles Bach and Bernstein with rich imagery and movement 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z Thanks to a Greek chorus of a dozen eyewitnesses — some or all of them FBI informants — who testified they saw Aziz and Islam on the scene, they were convicted. Did the FBI order Malcolm X's murder? New revelations raise an old question 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z “Right away I accepted the idea of telling stories in space, of skipping time and using gimmicks like the Greek chorus,” he said. How Stephen Sondheim changed theater forever — one musical masterpiece at a time 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z They’re a Greek chorus commenting on the moral issues raised by a charismatic, startlingly self-possessed young woman at the center. Review: Ex-President Trump claims to be a witch hunt target. These feminist artists beg to differ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z A trio of scat singers acts as a Greek chorus, its observations ironically rosy. Review: L.A. gets its live opera back. What POP proved on an outdoor stage near Highland Park 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Even when the trends are encouraging, she acts as a Greek chorus of one, warning people against letting down their guard. Next slide, please: Inside wonky White House virus briefings 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z She wasn’t his Greek chorus emphasizing his thoughts. Perspective | Melania Trump glosses over the president’s worst tendencies; Jill Biden highlights her husband’s best instincts 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z If he is sincere in any one aspect, it’s that everyone is a bit player in his lavish production; they are his affirming Greek chorus. Perspective | Amy Coney Barrett took her bows and promised to be independent. The president reveled in the applause. 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z That Greek chorus singing “Hate to Say I Told You So” in the distance? COVID-19 just schooled a bunch of universities 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z The noise of a crowd functions, essentially, as a Greek chorus, an emotional barometer, a form of voiceless narration of events as they unfold. The Players Are Doing It for Themselves, Not Us 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Serving as sort of whimsical, opinionated Greek chorus — one that could turn dark and sinister in a flash — his work played a co-starring role. Remembering Ennio Morricone: His 10 most mind-blowing film scores 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z In the stories she tells, gatherings on the corner-store stoop are sacred community forums, as honorable a literary instrument as the Greek chorus. Zora Neale Hurston’s new collection highlights her unapologetic celebration of Black culture 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z A Greek chorus often hovers and recites lines from “Hands Clean” — a song for which Morissette has said she was “vilified and shamed and victimized and victim-attacked.” How Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' has Broadway talking about sexual assault 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z People in the village knew more of Betty’s life story than she did; their reticence to share that knowledge, even years later, renders them an uncommonly silent Greek chorus. Review: Kidnapping was just a family secret in compelling 'Five Days Gone' 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z He suggested that she resembled the stage manager of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”; she suggested that she was playing the part of a Greek chorus. Marianne Williamson Wants Politics to Enter the New Age 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z But they also don’t really fit in with the other black guys in their neighborhood, several of whom hold court on the same street every day, like a kind of ebulliently trash-talking Greek chorus. Review: 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco' is a gorgeous, moving ode to a city in flux 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The play doesn’t expect us to suspend disbelief and imagine our local firefighters chant like a Greek chorus, so the production tries to win us over with big gestures. ‘The Arsonists’ review: 1950s play sounds like an indictment of politics in the age of Facebook 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Instead, Trump used them as a sort of Greek chorus, calling on each one to describe his mood and demeanor during Wednesday’s White House confrontation with Pelosi, Schumer and other Democrats. Trump, Pelosi trade insults in power struggle between two party leaders 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Deciding how to handle the ancient idea of a Greek chorus is “The hardest thing, always,” Kahn says. 5 things to know to know about the ‘The Oresteia,’ the seldom-seen fountainhead of drama 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z In that sense, the audiences function not unlike Greek choruses, commenting upon and enlarging the narrative. Lars Jan’s ‘White Album’ turns Joan Didion’s words into a multi-sensory performance 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z But they do serve as a kind of Greek chorus to Cullen’s hero narrative of the students. Review | Why Parkland, a year later, is a story of hope 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Even with my headphones on, I could hear the man’s three running mates say, “Whoa!” like a Greek chorus expressing grave disbelief. Perspective | I constantly fumed at ‘selfish’ drivers, rude cellphone users, slow walkers — and then I learned a lesson 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Every rural Iowa community has its Zakeer’s, a cafe with a table of early morning regulars — a Greek chorus speaking with a collective voice on dramas playing out on the local and national stage. Steve King Still Has Backing in Iowa, but Even Supporters Say ‘He’s Done’ 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z He’s smitten, and who wouldn’t be after the most adorable meet-cute of the year, during which a spirited Greek chorus of drag queens comment lustily from the sidelines? Review | Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s hotly anticipated ‘A Star is Born’ is here — and it is lavishly delightful 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z That’s where the term ‘fake news’ is so important, because he hates the fact that the news functions almost for him unconsciously like a Greek chorus. Mommy dearest: a psychiatrist puts Donald Trump on the couch 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z The 12 scenes have transitions with three gardeners who provide a silent commentary, so I've decided to make them into a Greek chorus. Jason Alexander directed Karen Zacarias' 'Native Gardens' — but he dreams of Barry Manilow 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z This is why Kavanaugh’s defenders don’t want the documents to come out — and why Democrats, and their Greek chorus in the audience, made it their focus Tuesday. Opinion | Never have we seen such a spectacle 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z A gallery of Herefords had gathered in a half-ring behind us as Wielgus and I spoke, and now they watched him as if they were some mute Greek chorus. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Scientist? 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z It should be noted that the Duma has no real power, and normally serves as kind of a Greek chorus that echoes and amplifies the mood of the Kremlin. Russia Wants to Play Nice With Foreigners. Just Not Too Nice. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z A 12-member vocal group acts like a Greek chorus, with individuals occasionally stepping forward as soloists. 'The Love Potion': Tristan and Isolde, the Long Beach Opera way 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Her trilogy is made up of virtuosic, morally discursive works that eschew narrative in favour of what, initially, appears to be a stream of introspection from a Greek chorus of characters. Rachel Cusk experiments with new ways to tell stories 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Social media gave women a capacity to form a sort of Greek chorus when a story about gender violence erupted. Feminists have slowly shifted power. There’s no going back | Rebecca Solnit 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z When Palmer failed to pull off the shot that sometimes only he could see, he could be his own Greek chorus. It Takes a Small Army to Equal Arnie 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Someone with direct knowledge of the meeting described it as “a ‘Saturday Night Live’ skit,” with the president boasting about how “great” the bill was and his aides seconding his assessment “like a Greek chorus.” ‘The closer’? The inside story of how Trump tried — and failed — to make a deal on health care 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z These sequences collectively serve as a Greek chorus full of gossipy voices. Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon team up for HBO’s ‘Big Little Lies’ 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z A Greek chorus sprang from her own bookshelf, and what they sang was: Write for yourself. Grace, unwrapped 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z There’s a Greek chorus of old duffers who keep the seats warm at Jack’s neighborhood bar in Melbourne. Your guide to discovering the best literary detectives on TV 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The foreign journalists were supposed to be part of the show, the modern equivalent of a Greek chorus extolling the merits of the new leader. The Western Press Revolts in North Korea 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Drake won because a Greek chorus said so. Drake is the perfect entertainer for this political season 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z He told those on the tour that their role for the next 70 minutes would be to serve as a Greek chorus, observing and communicating with the rush hour, but not “committing to the rush.” Timothy Levitch, a Tour Guide as Beat Poet 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z She ticked off her favorite bits: the N-word episode; the “white Greek chorus” of Dre’s office; the grandparents who are “not these saintly black parents—they’re divorced and hate each other’s guts.” “Black-ish” Transforms the Family Sitcom 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z There's a silent majority here, a Greek chorus with their voices muffled, and they're unmistakably on Hill's side. HBO’s Confirmation looks for the real villains in the Anita Hill hearings 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z A Greek chorus sporadically breaks the fourth wall to guide viewers as it trails the KoreAm frat pack navigating such cultural oddities as Korean saunas, after-hours hangouts, "booking clubs" and "host bars." 'Ktown Cowboys' is a clumsy, misguided tour of Koreatown 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Legendary character actor Lance Henriksen, a veteran of “Aliens,” “The Terminator” and over 200 other films, co-stars as the town bartender, who acts as sort of a Greek chorus on the mysterious proceedings. ‘Monday at 11:01 a.m.’ was inspired by Stephen King’s writing 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The events of the next few hours were to become infamous – with Litvinenko the fated victim, the Russian state an avenging god, the media a sort of overexcited Greek chorus. Alexander Litvinenko: the man who solved his own murder | Luke Harding 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Groff sows her text with bracketed authorial interventions, in which she plays the role of omniscient Greek chorus, reminding us that she is measuring the thread for her invented spools. Lauren Groff and the Mythology of Marriage 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z But like some spooky Greek chorus, they exert subtle influences on the “real” world. Physicists observe weird quantum fluctuations of empty space—maybe 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z "I get to be the Greek chorus, the one that gets to look at people and tell them who they really are," she says. Original 'Scream Queen' Jamie Lee Curtis reanimates her horror roots on Fox's new slasher series 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Greek choruses got their name from the masked actors who repeated, in unison, lines that were easy to grasp. Why do you keep hearing ‘Shut Up and Dance’ everywhere you go? Here’s the scientific answer. 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Portraying the role of the Emcee for Mr. Gardiner — who acts as a sort of Greek chorus on the proceedings — is Wesley Taylor, a Broadway veteran of “The Addams Family” and “Rock of Ages.” Signature Theatre offers new take on classic ‘Cabaret’ 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z The rising Greek chorus of Kobe Bryant detractors is troubling and disappointing. LETTERS: Time to let the air out of this NFL story 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Chesterton and Belloc and their ideas appear in “Submission” as a kind of secondary sound, a Greek chorus. Michel Houellebecq’s Francophobia 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Yet one trope was notably absent from the Greek chorus of judgment decrying Zellweger’s physical appearance. Nothing is wrong with Renee Zellweger's face. There's something wrong with us 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z The location is perfect for Pitbull, as it’s private enough but doesn’t deny him the pleasure of a Greek chorus of Yes Men. Pitbull: Get Rich or Die Shilling 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z A Greek chorus of industry analysts was yelling for Ergen to settle. Dish Network, the Meanest Company in America 2013-01-02T19:40:08Z A Greek chorus of historians and pols have been urging the president to spend more time schmoozing with Republican and Democratic lawmakers, as other presidents like Jefferson, Lincoln and L.B.J., did to get their way. Op-Ed Columnist: Takes One to Tango 2013-01-16T02:12:14Z In theatrical parlance, it is called the Greek chorus. Tiger Woods will be in British Open spotlight | Golf 2012-07-15T03:25:04Z Appearing sporadically throughout the play, she becomes the one-person Greek chorus who offers droll, yet slightly enigmatic one-liners, insight that pierces through the denial, anger, bargaining and depression. Doctor and Patient: Doctor and Patient: Medical Error and Its Aftermath 2012-05-24T17:29:01Z He huffed and rumbled, with professional sincerity, like the good neighbor he is, and I understand now that my resurrected fears may, like a Greek chorus, pervade and annul. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z She was a fool and a chatterbox, and wrinkled to boot, with an extraordinary capacity for seeing things awry, and sagely commenting on them after the fashion of a Greek chorus. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z A faux Greek chorus relates Ponzi’s life in blank verse interspersed with rapid dialogue and jazzy interludes. Madoff Role Model Charles Ponzi Plots on Paris Stage: Review 2012-02-08T02:46:08Z In order to make this a parallel case, it should be asserted, not that many senior wranglers would be at a loss in a Greek chorus, but that they cannot write a good English letter. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-07T03:00:08.550Z At this the young Syrian, heedless of all else, breaks in once more like a Greek chorus in praise of the Princess's beauty. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z The literature, however, is no Greek chorus of collective ascent. How a Computer Game is Reinventing the Science of Expertise [Video] 2011-12-02T03:45:00.267Z Mr. Braddy, essence of diffidence that he was, had confined his remarks to "You don't tell me!" or, occasionally, "Ain't it the truth?" in the manner of a Greek chorus. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z But a Greek chorus was not easily suppressed, and they broke out again all together, 'Nay, but with bursting hearts would we bid thee thrice hail!' The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Ms. Harris is playing Jan the Unnamed, the narrator and leader of a kind of Greek chorus of salt-eating yeasts. ArtsBeat: A Single-Cell Satire 2011-08-17T22:49:32Z As in a Greek chorus, individuals echo, respond to, contradict, add refrains, iterations, and variations, join in, and complete solo narrations. The Art Of Being Downsized 2011-07-27T14:48:18Z With headless mannequins looking like a Greek chorus, mother and son argued. At Last, a Reason to Be Always the Bridesmaid 2011-05-06T05:43:01Z It captured the mood at the ground perfectly, but now sits in my chest of drawers like a cotton-mix Greek chorus. Pain of watching sport that I will never die happy 2011-02-03T00:01:01Z Mr. Bowen was stout and jolly and his slim shadow of a wife acted as a sort of Greek chorus, agreeing with and echoing his remarks and opinions. The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z “He’s a driver and a master,” piped up Grizzly Whiskers, with the appositeness of a Greek chorus. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z In those Scotch stories and sketches in which the Consul appears, very much in the capacity of a Greek chorus, the author lets fall now and then a remark plainly autobiographical in character. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z They serve as Mr. Laporte’s researchers, fact checkers and Greek chorus. Talking Tech and Building an Empire From Podcasts 2010-12-27T04:30:27Z After 15 minutes, the action stops and an interfaith panel of notable New Yorkers assembles like a Greek chorus to debate the issue on camera. Jackie Robinson as TV Host: An Intriguing Glimpse From an Old Archive 2010-12-24T21:53:20Z The wheels had pounded out the words with the scanded beat of a Greek chorus. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Through the day, she and Ms. Anhalt meet and part, meet and part, a murmuring Greek chorus of two. | Midwood: A Lingerie Shop for All Sizes and Situations 2010-12-09T22:40:00Z For the next hour, a Greek chorus of Democrats and Republican used their opening statements to express the anger of a nation. This Land: Looking for Answers, Finding One 2010-06-18T02:16:00Z The others ranged themselves in a semicircle, and filled the function of a Greek chorus. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open With Andover men massed on one side of the field and Exeter men on the other, an alternate contest of cheering at once takes place, like the Greek choruses of old. Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 Every now and then the dramatist interrupts the tragedy to interject his own reflections; in the history the Carlylean philosophy plays the part of a Greek chorus. Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series Glanvill and Webster were protagonist and antagonist in a drama where the others played somewhat the r�le of the Greek chorus. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 To which Aunt M'riar as a sort of Greek chorus added:—"There, Davy, now, you be a good boy, and tell how old Mrs. Marrowbone is." When Ghost Meets Ghost George Brotherton, Henry Fenn, Captain Morton and Amos Adams came in with a kind of Greek chorus of general agreement with the Doctor. In the Heart of a Fool In this stately composition we see what is often noticeable in Titian’s scenes; he brings in the bystanders after the manner of a Greek chorus. The Venetian School of Painting We may yield to no one in the delight of tracing the exact correspondence of strophe and antistrophe in a Greek chorus, the subtle vowel-music of a Latin hymn or a passage of Rossetti's. Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series College race-boats shot by with modern Greek choruses in full blast and the frankest criticisms from their scientific crews. Moods The rhythms were not unlike those of Greek choruses, the motions corresponded strictly to the rhythms, and all was attuned to a high religious mood. Appearances Being Notes of Travel But really he is very trying, and always seems to talk like a Greek chorus in the most profound platitudes. The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion. In matters of great importance, they received clients in company, Henry Parsons playing the part of Greek chorus to James Glieve’s lead. Antony Gray,—Gardener One of the peculiarities of this tragedy, is the introduction of a character, who takes no part in the action, but observes and philosophizes upon it, somewhat after the manner of the old Greek chorus. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 The Greek chorus is perhaps not quite understood by critics, any more than the Dark Interpreter by myself. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 The "A 1" is, I take it, simply the "Ai!" of the Greek chorus new-vamped for modern wear,—a drear wail well suited to the victims of the Markerstown. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Up to this, Ministers performed a sort of Greek chorus, chanting in ambiguous phrase the woes that invaded those who differed from them, and the heart-corroding sorrows that sat below the "gangway." Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General It was a rendering, in Greek, of the Antigone of Sophocles, with considerable adjuncts of scenery, costume, and Greek chorus. In and Around Berlin In such streaming exhortations and laments as we find in the Greek choruses and in the adjurations and caoines of the Irish, the breaks and parallel repetitions of a song might lower the passion. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry Hannah, as Greek chorus, was by common consent pronounced the star of the company, her interpolated reflections being so droll and to the point that even the lingering victims found themselves overcome with laughter. A College Girl Now this verse is not analogous to the iambic trimeter of Sophocles or the blank verse of Shakspere, but roughly corresponds to the Greek choruses or the occasional rhymed songs of the Elizabethan stage. The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika To which a voice, which seems to play the part of Greek chorus, responds—"But he is not with the dead, but in the arms of the Living God!" The Peace Egg and Other tales "And what is the moral?" asked little Koos, who supplies the part of the Greek chorus. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories The gay waiter interrupts with the indifference of a Greek chorus: 'our most popular sin is the chocolate souffl'. Fountain Street After about an hour's steady firing, on the same lines as the strophe and anti-strophe of a Greek chorus—noise and damage about equal, that is—the excitement began in real earnest. With Our Army in Palestine The nobles fought; the townsfolk assisted like a Greek chorus, sharing the passions of the actors, but contributing little to the 120 catastrophe. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Your criticism is perfectly just, and I am much obliged to you for it—though I might defend myself, I believe, by some constructions even looser in some of the Greek choruses. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. In short, the Rector plays no great part in this drama beyond that of a discreet, and mostly silent, Greek chorus of unimpeachable character. None Other Gods Mr Swinburne, who has succeeded where Mr Arnold failed, saw by a true intuition that, to equal the effect of the Greek chorus, full English lyric with rhyme and musical sweep was required. Matthew Arnold As for the following day, my impressions, looking back, seem to be all a variant on a well-known Greek chorus, which hymns the amazing—the "terrible"—cleverness of Man! The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend You have rendered my simple words into a Greek chorus. The Grey Cloak Mrs. Stanton was followed by Miss Anthony, morally as inevitable and impersonal as a Greek chorus, but physically and intellectually individual, intense, original, full of humor and good nature. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years He took up the volume, and plunged a moment headlong into the Greek chorus that met his eye. The Marriage of William Ashe They were like a Greek chorus, signifying what is. Romance Island He seemed to see her fair skin flushing with pleasure as they went through a Greek chorus together, or to watch her tenderly handling a bronze, or holding a Tanagra figure to the light. Elizabeth's Campaign The Politicals are a Greek chorus in our popular burlesque, "Empire." Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series Sotheby said it was worth a journey from London to hear him translate a Greek chorus; and, at a later day, the brawny Cumberland men called him "a varra bad un to lick." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 At dessert a bevy of pretty girls in classic costume distributed flowers and fruits to the guests, while Greek choruses sung by female choristers alternated with verses admirably recited by Bartel and Reichenberg. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. His relation to life is that of the Greek chorus, passing across the stage, crying "Woe, woe!" Without Dogma He always sat in one corner of the fireplace, poker in hand, and the crowd tacitly allowed him the role of Greek chorus. The Village Watch-Tower A Greek chorus could have swayed to the epiphany in Millie's voice. Star-Dust He was king of the ring, and facile princeps in the Greek chorus. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 For the effect of the Greek chorus depended not so much upon the meaning of the words as upon the sensuous charm of the music and the dance. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller They fulfilled, in a word, all the purpose of the Greek chorus on the Greek stage. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 He felt like one of the old Greek chorus with strophe and antistrophe, and it was a weight upon his mind lest he should not laugh properly at the end. Authors and Friends The expressions of the chant, like those of a Greek chorus, are abrupt, elliptical, and occasionally obscure. The Iroquois Book of Rites When I am tired, he says, and the plot of which I am hero, villain and Greek chorus suddenly vanish from my mind, I pause and look at something behind plate glass. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Indeed, the daffodils not only fill the whole poem with their fluttering beauty, they play the part of the old Greek chorus. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century On certain occasions, the Greek chorus celebrated divine worship in the vicinity of the great altar of their god. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 And he puts his Greek chorus of observant and moralizing persons on each side of his main action. Mornings in Florence A veritable Greek chorus ran and got the Thropps, and lost their seats. We Can't Have Everything The two told their story in alternate sentences like the Strophe and Antistrophe of a Greek chorus. The Gold Bat "Don't they come in just like the Greek chorus?" said Beatrice, in a whisper to Fred, who gave a little laugh, but was too anxious to attend to her. Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering From the Cockney Greek chorus about the unlighted fire: "Yes!" Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man In very early times a Greek chorus, consisting of the whole population of the city, would meet in the market-place to offer up thanksgivings to the god of the country. Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes She settled down to a steady rhythmic dance, suggestive of a Greek chorus expressing satisfaction with the gods. They and I With the plangently useless iterations of a Greek chorus, the tale was flung at him, piecemeal and in chunks, and in a triple key. Bruce There is some kind of undercurrent of excitement among the natives," I said, "a sort of subdued Greek chorus is audible. The Quest of the Sacred Slipper But, sir, I further propose that the Athenian theatre being resuscitated, the admission shall be free to all who can expound the Greek choruses, constructively, mythologically, and metrically, and to none others. Crotchet Castle She had that curious beauty of body, though, that made her somewhat like a figure on an antique vase, or out of a Greek chorus. The Financier, a novel They seemed like three black-clad ladies in some strange play of Maeterlinck, veiling the catastrophe from the audience in the manner of the Greek chorus. The Club of Queer Trades This quality, and his varied and sonorous verse, and his pessimism, put into the mouth of a Greek chorus, were the things that struck one most in Mr. Swinburne. Letters on Literature |
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