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In 19th-century Japan, Kabuki actors and high-priced geishas were idolized by commoners, and the sale of colorful woodcut prints portraying them became a big, competitive business. In 1842, fearing an erosion of national moral fiber, the government reacted to the mania for Kabuki and for ukiyo-e, the paintings and prints that depicted the fleeting pleasures of life in the entertainment sectors of major cities ... Laws were created to limit the extravagance of Kabuki theater and to prohibit... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Mark Jackson unwinds in cinemas, coffee shops Mar 24, 2008
Sundance Kabuki Cinema, 1881 Post St. "The newly remodeled Kabuki is classy, uniquely designed, a green facility, sports the only cinema seating in town that my aching back actually feels comfortable sitting in, and - hallelujah! - does not show annoying television commercials prior to the film.". DSW Shoe Warehouse, 111 Powell St. "I hate shopping for clothes. Even more, I hate paying a lot of money for clothes. But unfortunately I also like to like what I'm wearing, and for it to fit me well.... (San Francisco Chronicle)
After the Election, What of Cable News? Mar 24, 2008
CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein says the way to guard against campaign fatigue and ratings slump is to steer away from the same old kabuki arguments and wars of words waged by carefully counterbalanced partisans. Rather, hes aiming toward the aggressively independent position and the free-form and free-wheeling conversations he has been targeting since CNN dumped Crossfire three years ago. (TVweek.com)
Sphere of influence Mar 22, 2008
The last member to join Kiss, Frehley assumed the Kabuki visage of the Spaceman. An accomplished artist, he also designed the famous Kiss logo, one of the most recognizable in all of music. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Selected recent California newspaper editorials Mar 20, 2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calls it "Kabuki theater" the games the state's top legislative leaders play with the budget ... And the state's legislative leaders are fine Kabuki performers ... They're too busy with their Kabuki. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
U.S. ability to negotiate with Iran will was as troops pulled from Iraq Mar 19, 2008
Washington also must acknowledge that the diplomatic kabuki dance it attempts to choreograph from the cheap seats in New York, Vienna and Baghdad is an inadequate and ineffective approach to address Iranian threats to security in Iraq and elsewhere. By refusing to grant diplomatic recognition to Iran - a prerequisite, however unpalatable, to meaningful direct talks with Iran - the United States essentially is outsourcing its negotiations on matters related to regional security and vital national... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Fees, seating irk Kabuki patrons Mar 17, 2008
Editor - Not only is the $1-$3 "comfort tax" assessed by the Kabuki Sundance Theatre on all tickets highly objectionable, it's fraudulent as well ... You won't find me setting my lethal carbon footprint in the Kabuki again ... Editor - As a senior living in the neighborhood of Japantown and the Kabuki, I was overjoyed to learn that Sundance and Robert Redford were acquiring this property, introducing more independent films and, in their words, offering early, inexpensive matinees to the large... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Rediscovering female artists Mar 17, 2008
Though some of these women have since been rediscovered somewhat, nine of them - from Japan's founder of Kabuki theater to England's first professional female playwright - are briefly profiled by our writers and critics. See Kosman's story, along with an update on Lotfi Mansouri, former general director of the San Francisco Opera, who directs "Pauline Viardot," beginning on Page 16. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pharrell Moshes It Up With N.E.R.D. (But Not Britney Spears), Paramore Get Back On Track: South By Southwest '08 Mar 16, 2008
But I had no idea I was in for a performance-art freakout featuring freaky Kabuki makeup, interpretive dance, disco cabaret, dancers in skull shirts and lingerie and a lead singer in a spangly gold dress and smeared face paint. It kind of reminded me of the Scissor Sisters at times but with more, well, everything. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Asian American Film Fest Mar 15, 2008
"After working in Hollywood, it was like I had to relearn how to make films," Wang said at a festival news conference at the Sundance Kabuki last month ... Sundance Kabuki, Castro and Clay theaters in San Francisco; Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley; and Camera 12 Cinemas in San Jose. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
interview with Joan Chen Mar 15, 2008
The film will screen March 20 at the Sundance Kabuki, followed by a party at the Bambuddha Lounge. It's been a busy time for the San Francisco resident. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Anchoring Edo Japan, a 'floating world' of pleasure Mar 15, 2008
A large gallery of prints and many illustrated books reveals the scope of Juzaburo's influence: portraits of famous Kabuki actors, volumes of poetry and pornographic albums were all part of his trade. "Designed for Pleasure" includes just one example of shunga, the explicit subcategory of ukiyo-e that features couples with enlarged genitalia, but many of the works in the show have an erotic subtext. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
SF Asian festival picks Mar 9, 2008
Film screenings are at the Sundance Kabuki, Landmark Clay and Castro theaters in San Francisco, the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley and Camera 12 Cinemas in San Jose ... "The Home Song Stories" (Closing Night film, 7 p.m. 3/20 Kabuki) The festival program sells this as a career performance from San Francisco resident Joan Chen, and they might be right ... "Flight of the Red Balloon" (5 p.m. 3/16 Kabuki; 8:40 p.m. 3/22 PFA) Hou Hsiao-hsien is a modern master, and brings his idiosyncratic, almost... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Ring for romance: New love may be only a cell phone call away (1) Mar 4, 2008
It just takes away the whole kabuki dance that goes on with Internet dating, he said. Of the nation s estimated 213 million mobile phone users, 3. (Helena Independent Record)
Scott Ostler Mar 2, 2008
Ostler: Clemens' song and dance is Kabuki theater at its finest. Article:Ostler: Clemens' song and dance is Kabuki theater at it:/c/a/2008/03/01/SPK4VBCA1 ... DTL Article:Ostler: Clemens' song and dance is Kabuki theater at it:/c/a/2008/03/01/SPK4VBCA1. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
* [BOOK REVIEW] 'Rivalry' of the steamy and sensitive variety Mar 2, 2008
But at the same time they are young and sensual beings, falling in love with kabuki actors of their own age even while conducting by no means platonic affairs with their older clients. This is part of the rivalry of the title, and it's the main character's love for a young actor that triggers the fury of her patron, Yoshioka, even though he's by this time become tired of their sexual relationship and is looking around for new pleasure elsewhere. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Julian Schnabel revisits his 'day job' Feb 23, 2008
Schnabel's sculptures and paintings on cracked plates, old carpets and even discarded Kabuki theater backdrops have been widely admired and dissed in almost equal measure -- and for many of the same reasons Schnabel has. A card-carrying member of New York's art elite since the '70s, both he and his work are bigger than life, with the price tags to match. (Los Angeles Times)
Review: Floating world comes into closer focus Feb 20, 2008
-1694), "Scenes From the Nakamura Kabuki Theater and the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter." Yet their panoramas describe views of the theaters, brothels and assignation spots of Edo's "low city," the Yoshiwara district, where traffic in unedifying entertainments never ceased ... A remarkable hanging scroll painted by Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825) portrays the acclaimed Kabuki actor "Nakamura Utaemon III in Seven Roles" (1815) ... The seven portraits of the actor, costumed alternately as male and... (San Francisco Chronicle)
On your mind Feb 14, 2008
In the sick kabuki dance that is American politics, this refusal to call a spade a spade is deserving of little more than disdain and sorrow. I chuckled for many hours over the OYM comment yesterday about waiting 25 years to determine Bush s legacy. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Microsoft vows Yahoo fight Feb 12, 2008 Japan's Kabuki drama set to entertain Jakartans Feb 9, 2008 Clock Is Ticking on Yahoo's Board Feb 8, 2008 Clemens Faces Game Of Legal Dodge Ball Feb 6, 2008 Michael Mukasey's Magic Words Jan 31, 2008 More dog-and-pony show on California budget Jan 16, 2008 Budget theatrics play out in Capitol Jan 15, 2008 Past and future perfect Jan 12, 2008 Web War: Obama vs. Clinton Goes Online Dec 21, 2007 Ominous Omnibus Bill Dec 19, 2007 Butterflies of the evening Dec 16, 2007 WASH POST: Dems Blaming Each Other For Failures... Dec 14, 2007 Already, they're talking Oscar for Ellen Page in film 'Juno' Dec 14, 2007 Democrats blaming each other for their miserable failures Dec 14, 2007 Mitchell's steroids report leaves plenty of questions Dec 14, 2007 Ahmadinejad Welcomes NIE Report Dec 14, 2007 Kabuki upgrades the moviegoing experience with dinner, drinks, art Dec 13, 2007 S.F. theater completes renovation Dec 13, 2007 Newton Kabuki theater Dec 12, 2007 New Peking Opera adds kabuki, ballet Nov 28, 2007 Shop Til You Pop Nov 22, 2007 DoD News Briefing with Press Secretary Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon Nov 21, 2007 Hillary, Bill Endure for `One More Comeback' Nov 21, 2007 On the Scene Nov 14, 2007 The Michigan-New Hampshire Date Race Nov 12, 2007 World transsexual beauty Nov 12, 2007 * Events & Entertainment Nov 9, 2007 Asian Art Special Exhibitions Nov 6, 2007 Maureen Fleming's butoh is magical and elegant metamorphosis Nov 3, 2007 Infotainment Oct 23, 2007 BAY AREA BIZ Oct 22, 2007 Long live the queen Oct 19, 2007 Regal beauty Oct 16, 2007 A superb 'Madama Butterfly' Oct 15, 2007 Shopping deals: 10/11 Oct 13, 2007 The tale of two Elizabeths on the big screen Oct 13, 2007 More of this story Oct 13, 2007 Time running out on governor's ambitious legislative agenda Oct 11, 2007 Movie: 'Michael Clayton' soulless, yet satisfying Oct 11, 2007 Dam dispute stymies water talks Oct 10, 2007 The Clinton Sunday Show Blitz Sep 24, 2007 Col. Hunt: What Can Our Military Do? Sep 20, 2007 MFA's 'Drama and Desire' explores pleasure principle in Japan Sep 15, 2007 Casino issue not going away anytime soon Sep 14, 2007 New Kapolei supermall seeking super-tenants Sep 12, 2007 4 Hawaii restaurants fined for selling liquor to a minor Sep 11, 2007 Craig, Hanging On Too Long Sep 6, 2007 The politics of death is thriving Sep 2, 2007 We happy fakes Sep 1, 2007 Erotic Prints, Comely Courtesans Help Revival of Japan's Ancient Warhols Aug 27, 2007 From kampung shack to KLCC Aug 26, 2007 Hotelier aims for hip with Japantown inn Aug 25, 2007 Sale of Little Tokyo icons raises concern Aug 23, 2007 The Invasion Aug 18, 2007 Ballet keeps men on their toes Aug 13, 2007 Dog's best friend Aug 11, 2007 The Romney threat Aug 8, 2007 Write the truth Aug 8, 2007 Westgate mostly complete by Super Bowl time Aug 3, 2007 Japan's Minicars Selling Big Jul 28, 2007 Mall developers use big-name eateries as anchors to lure shoppers Jul 25, 2007 Japan's Carnivals Jul 21, 2007 NW: Is it misogynistic for men to play women? Jul 17, 2007 John Travoltagets in touchwith hisfeminine side Jul 16, 2007 'Positively the same dame!' Jul 15, 2007
Investment banker Ken Marlin called the back-and-forth between the two companies "an elaborate kabuki dance" that would eventually conclude with a deal. "No one believes that Microsoft has put their final offer on the table," said Marlin, managing partner of Marlin iates. (Los Angeles Times)
Yahoo board taking big gamble by rebuffing Microsoft's $44.6B bid Feb 11, 2008
"It's a bit of Kabuki dance at this point." Page 1 of 3. Article Tools. (Daily Iowan, IA)
The outstanding Japanese traditional drama, Kabuki, widely known for its marvelous costumes and the thick and flamboyant make-up worn by its performers, is set to mark 50 years of friendship between Japan and Indonesia. This colorful spectacle of precious Japanese art heritage, set to be staged by the acclaimed actor Nakamura Kyozo, will be performed at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta -- in cooperation with the Japan Foundation -- in the form of Kabuki Lectures and Demonstration Performance on Sunday... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
"It's very much like Kabuki theater -- it's scripted out," McGurn added. "It's a formalized ritual they're going through.". (SmartMoney)
This kabuki dance will be repeated many times before the parties break for the day. You can be sure that Clemens inquisitors will have figured out a dozen different ways, word for word, to ask Clemens about the allegations against him. (CBS News)
Wednesdays hearing-a kabuki dance where everyone involved knew precisely what their counterparts were going to say before they said it-merely reaffirms that this Attorney General, not unlike that past two Bush Administration attorneys general, wants to retain for his client, the White House, all possible interrogation options in the future. We arent waterboarding now, Mukasey said, but we dont necessarily want to foreclose it as an option down the road. (CBS News)
A more accurate description of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest budget pronouncement might be Kabuki theater. He and other actors are following a script that pretends his budget proposal is a serious effort at closing a huge deficit, even though everyone knows that it's just a piece of political theater and that the final budget adopted six or more months hence will likely bear little resemblance. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Roy Bell, who was the state's budget director a few decades ago, often referred to the annual unveiling of the governor's fiscal plan as a "dog and pony show." A more accurate description of Gov. Schwarzenegger's latest budget pronouncement might be Kabuki theater. He and other actors are following a script that pretends his budget proposal is a serious effort at closing a huge deficit, even though everyone knows that it's just a piece of political theater and that the final budget adopted six... (Fresno Bee -- Local)
There seems to be little left from the era of shoguns, wood-block prints and kabuki in ever-bleeping, ever-blinking, high-tech Tokyo. Except in the Ryogoku district, where wrestlers bunk down at sumo stables, bulk up on a hearty stew called chanko-nabe and compete at the 10,000-seat Kokugikan stadium in a sport that evolved in the time of the samurai. (Globe and Mail)
It's an odd semantic kabuki, and whether the Obama campaign crossed the line gets subjective. It boils down to this. (ABC News)
It's my view that this procedure is a political kabuki dance designed to confuse people so they will not understand what is happening, said Hart. Republicans who vote for the bill are doing so because they like the bill and like the earmarks, regardless of what they put out in news releases. (Human Events Online)
On Peter's tour, it's cherry blossom season as we meet in front of Kyoto's main Kabuki theatre. Peter, burlier than ever and regally dressed in a grey-and-white kimono ( I let my wife pick my clothes for me, he confides) leads the 16 of us away from the busy intersection and down the narrow streets of his district. (Globe and Mail)
"But holding a bunch of Kabuki theater doesn't get anything done.". As they wrap up their first year in control of the entire Capitol since 1994, Democrats are trying to prove that they can be an equal partner to Bush. (The Drudge Report)
"Juno" (PG-13) opens Friday at the Metreon and Kabuki theaters in San Francisco, and goes into wider release starting Dec. 21. Read a review of "Juno". (San Francisco Chronicle)
"But holding a bunch of Kabuki theater doesn't get anything done.". CONTINUED 1. (Cincinnati Nation)
Soon to begin is a new chapter of the Kabuki dance between the owners and Players Association, rivals connected by the same goal: Don't destroy the money machine. Precious little about the Mitchell Report, or anything surrounding it, is shocking. (Modesto Bee, CA)
The shadowy kabuki dance would appear to be an effort to smoke out the positions and the vulnerabilities - of various Iranian leaders. Haddad pointed to the arrest earlier this year of former nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian, whom Ahmadinejad accused in public of being an American spy. (Newsmax)
Article:Kabuki upgrades the moviegoing experience with dinner, :/c/a/2007/12/11/DDIETS6M3. DTL Article:Kabuki upgrades the moviegoing experience with dinner, :/c/a/2007/12/11/DDIETS6M3 ... But the elegant new Sundance Cinemas Kabuki in San Francisco is the only one where you can eat ceviche and tartare, and if you're 21, sip a cocktail at your reserved seat in the balcony while watching the film. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Kabuki upgrades the moviegoing experience with dinner, drinks, art. Article:Kabuki upgrades the moviegoing experience with dinner, :/c/a/2007/12/11/DDIETS6M3 ... DTL Article:Kabuki upgrades the moviegoing experience with dinner, :/c/a/2007/12/11/DDIETS6M3. (San Francisco Chronicle)
By Guest Column / Anatol Zukerman. Tue Dec 11, 2007, 12:09 PM EST. (Newton Tab, MA)
A popular though controversial "New Peking Opera" production downplays some traditional elements and introduces something that make purists frown: modern ballet, folk dance, Western opera and kabuki theater ... It attempts to connect Peking Opera with different theater genres, such as traditional Japanese kabuki theater and modern ballet. (Xinhuanet, China)
" Assuming, of course, that just putting the iPod in your pocket and listening to it through headphones isn't working out for you. (Maybe you walk around naked or something.) Of course, given that Miuro is just 14 inches high, it's also a great answer to the question "How can I play music for my feet. " And then there's Clocky, designed by 25-year-old Indian American MIT grad student Gauri Nanda. Clocky actually has a reasonable excuse for its wheels: It uses them to escape from you as you try... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Q So, Geoff, I understand why you need the lead time to make preparations to shut down facilities and furlough personnel, but why is the Pentagon, why is the administration so convinced that this is just not another political kabuki dance between the administration and Capitol Hill and at the 11th hour the money will be made available. Why are you so convinced that that may not happen. (DOD DefenseLINK -- News)
During the first foreign trip, to the Group of Seven meeting in Tokyo, Hillary took her mother along and attended Kabuki theater and a tea ceremony. It wouldn't be long before she'd keep a separate but nearly equal schedule to her husband's with her own press corps. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
"SPOOKY KABUKI" A HIT FOR HTY: Aubrey Hawk joined her husband, Jeff Hawk, and "obake musician" Swaine Kaui Oct. 26 as they waited for the doors to open for "Spooky Kabuki," a Japanese-themed costume fundraiser for Honolulu Theatre for Youth at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii. The theme was inspired by HTY's superb production of "Obake," which closes at Tenney Theater on Saturday. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Planning -- where to be, how much to spend on ads and when, which endorsements to seek and how to choreograph the media kabuki dance -- is made all but impossible by the states shenanigans on scheduling the primaries. In fifty-one days Iowans will caucus and deliver, what. (Human Events Online)
In the costume round, Tanyarat had to compete against a butterfly, a swan and a Mercedes Benz, but the top prize in the category was given to Japan's Beni Tsukishima for her authentic kabuki ensemble. The third gender. (iAfrica.com)
A three-time International Grand Prix of Magic award winner, McBride's shows combine performance genres from around the world including pantomime, dance, drumming, grand illusion and Kabuki Theater. But what keeps audiences coming back for more is his keen sense of showmanship, which creates a spectacle on a grand scale. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
More than 80 ukiyo-e or "floating world" paintings (17th-19th Centuries) from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston illustrate the world of Kabuki theaters and high-class brothels in Japanese society. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA USA: August 28-December 16, 2007. (Suite101.com)
Japanese butoh was born of a repudiation, on the part of originators Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno, of both Western modern dance and Japanese classical forms such as noh and kabuki, which they perceived as watered down after World War II. (Fleming, an American born in Japan, studied with Ohno. It was also influenced by the German Expressionism of Mary Wigman and Harald Kreutzberg. (Boston Globe)
Great Robot ExhibitionTokyo: Prototype face robots, modeled from a 3D image of a kabuki actor, are displayed at the Great Robot Exhibition. afp. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Arts Reach Unlimited Inc., National Arts Marketing Conference, Saturday through Oct. 30, Hotel Kabuki. Xign Customer Forum, next Sunday through Oct. 31, Financial District Hilton Hotel. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Queen Padm;'s silken ruby-red Noh robes, startling Kabuki makeup and arresting, semi-painted lips were a direct, though unacknowledged, homage to McQueen as worn by Bj. rk on the cover of her Homogenic album and accompanying video. (Guardian Unlimited)
Blush Try: Perfection Kabuki Brush, a fluffy brush without the long handle (so it takes up less space in your makeup bag), about $5, and Prestige BlushingDuo combination blush and highlighter in Tapestry, about $5. Tips: Always use a fluffy brush instead of the tiny one that comes in the compact. (AZCentral -- Style)
Stage director Moffatt Oxenbould got inspiration for the singers and actors' movement from Japanese theatrical traditions: Noh, Kabuki and Bun- raku. But placed within Puccini's narrow-minded opera, this more-informed treatment still offered an out-of-context view of Japanese culture. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The set of full-size products includes a pressed base in two shades, a duo bronzer with glowing and matte finishes, a Kabuki brush and hydration mist - a $120 value. Not only is this natural makeup gentle on your skin, but it helps others, too. (AZCentral -- Style)
Elizabeth's major fashion statement: Kabuki theatrics. She chops off her hair and plasters her face with white makeup. (USA Today)
Bunraku traces its roots to the 16th century, developing about the same time as kabuki, and it combines ballad narration, instrumental music and handheld puppet manipulation. The tour is the Bunraku National Puppet Theatre of Japan's first stateside appearance in nearly two decades. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
"I think it's important to understand that there's a lot of kabuki that goes on in this building," Schwarzenegger said at an afternoon news conference, referring to the political theater of the Capitol. The governor called the special session last month, saying that he and legislative leaders from both parties were close to agreement on both water and health care. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Michael's moral compromise is mirrored in the Kabuki expression of Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton), chief counsel for UNorth, the firm that Arthur has denounced. In this film that examines the moral spectrum, their legal fencing makes for the edgiest standoffs. (Juneau Empire)
"I think it is always important to realize that there is a lot of Kabuki going on this building," he said at a news conference. "We just see things a little differently, but I think in the end we can come together on this."The governor a month ago called a special session to address the state's water woes. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
despite the kabuki mimed horserace between hillary and barack, the fix has been in for hillary to be the 08 democratic nominee since well, at least since she became ny s senator. the only question now is whether we ll get de minimus the race we deserve. (New York Times)
While this Kabuki dance is going on, our soldiers and Marines still know what to do their damn jobs. Related. (Fox News)
The term "ukiyo" refers to life and the pursuit of pleasure in districts of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) and other Japanese cities reserved for Kabuki theaters, teahouses, and brothels: floating worlds of fantasy and entertainment set apart from the grueling reality of life under the feudal rule of Japan's samurai overlords ... Made in the late 17th century by Hishikawa Moronobu, "Scenes From the Nakamura Kabuki Theater and the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter" offers a bird's-eye view ... "Drama and... (Boston Globe -- Living)
Now apparently this little kabuki dance is well known in homosexual circles for initiating sexual encounters, but it seems awfully ambiguous and something that could occasionally happen to someone sitting in a bathroom stall for its intended purpose. When the Pawtucket cops do one of their semi-regular hooker stings on Barton Street, reporters covering them have all learned they have to get the subject to mention a specific sexual act for a specific amount of money. (Pawtucket Times, RI)
A. Bank White House Black Market Ann Taylor Loft Lucky Jeans Sephora Puma Kabuki Victoria's Secret Pottery Barn Honolulu Coffee Co. Johnny Rockets Locals Only DSW Destination Maternity Pottery Barn Kids Wal-Mart Supercenter. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
The commission also fined Dixie Grill BBQ Shack, Kabuki Restaurant atessen and Newtown Pancake House $1,000 for violations of selling liquor to a minor. And the commission took these actions. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Larry Craig (R-Id) is performing a Kabuki dance around the scandal he s enmeshed himself in, now saying that he may not resign on September 30 as he announced he intended to only last Saturday. Craig s announcement was so carefully parsed in lawyerly terms that it was impossible for anyone to not smell the proverbial rat. (Human Events Online)
The eerie Kabuki dance that is Iraq is about to enter a new phase where death is the only certainty. The Democratic Party is hell-bent on pulling out of the desert killing fields, while the Bush administration is trying to buy time with an aggressive push against the murderous nsurgents. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
My knee-bends are more kabuki indications - don't blink or you'll miss them. The dancing I do now enciphers in shorthand the drops and knee-bends of my 20s - these were moves that, once I'd learned them, I drove into the ground. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
The glossy magazines of their day, ukiyo-e portrayed fashionable courtesans, heart- thumping Kabuki stars, lionized sumo wrestlers and erotica called ``shunga. . (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Can the music of wayang kulit, or Malay puppet shadow theatre, be combined with a Western classical orchestra for a performance at the ultra-modern Petronas Twin Towers. Perhaps there is no grander declaration of a musical Merdeka. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
The project will be followed by the remaking of the larger into the Hotel Kabuki, complete with a new, upscale Japanese sports lounge called O, and continued improvements to the former Kabuki movie theater, now owned by Robert Redford's Sundance Cinemas. Eventually, Japantown will have two cornerstone projects, a planned "" from Japanese publisher Shogakukan at 1746 Post St., with a theater and bookstore, and plans by 3D Investments of Beverly Hills to remake the Japantown mall in some fashion. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Hotel Tomo, which reopened in June, reflects popular Japanese youth culture, and Hotel Kabuki, scheduled to open in November, will evoke traditional Japanese themes. Joie de Vivre representatives declined to speculate on a role managing the New Otani. (Los Angeles Times)
Reviewed at Sundance Kabuki, San Francisco, Aug. 14, 2007. MPAA Rating: PG-13. (Variety)
" For the past decade the Grandivas have concentrated performances in Japan, where the genre has reached cult status and the dancers are treated like pop idols. One dancer, Tetsushi Segawa, who comes from a village near Osaka, is a national hero after joining the company five years ago. In Japan, Segawa says, with its tradition of cross-dressing kabuki performers, the Grandivas are revered as dancers first and drag queens second. "It is a different culture. we don't think the man being a woman... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Organized by Taj GM David Gibbons and party planner Michael Wasserman, the swish affair featured a fashion show and more than a few familiar faces, including Riseman's daughter, Marcy, her brother, Bob Sage, judge Marianne Bowler, the BRA's Harry Collings, novelist Robert B. Parker and his wife, Joan, Colonnade GM David Colella, David Taylor of New York's St. Regis Hotel, Ed Knudsen and Dan MacKenzie, model Linda Cole and her mother, fashionista mom Yolanda Cellucci , TV types Frances Rivera and... (Boston Globe)
"He played the kabuki dance just long enough -- and then too long.". Money has been the single most important factor in Romney's rise. (Boston Globe)
Without meaningful reform that ends pay for play politics and seriously punishes influence peddlers and bribe takers we as a country are going to play along in this kabuki dance of swinging majorities and toothless rehortic. Isn't it funny how ending corruption is always the sworn charge of the minority party, and when the minority becomes the majority corruption only continues with new players rather than disappear. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
Places like Margaritaville, Kabuki Sushi, Paparone s Pizza, those type of places, Shanes, McFarlane s, Phase I tenants in buildings already existing (will be open for the Super Bowl). How about the office lofts. (Glendale Star, AZ)
Japanese minicars drive by the Kabuki Theater in downtown Tokyo Monday, June 25, 2007. Japanese car makers are once again proving that smaller sells big. (ABC News -- Wire)
Kabuki Japanese Restaurant: November 2007. Scottsdale Fashion Square. (AZCentral -- Business)
Recalling the past, illuminated papier-mache dummies representing historical figures or Kabuki characters are pulled through the street on carriages. People dressed in traditional Nebuta costumes and playing tunes on flutes and drums, dance around them as they parade. (Suite101.com)
The convention of men playing women dates back to ancient Greece and also has roots in Japanese Kabuki theater. Men played all the roles in Shakespeare's day, heightening the gender confusion in plays such as "As You Like It," where Rosalind, originally played by a male actor, disguises herself as a man to win her lover's heart. (MSNBC -- Movies)
And he got his wish: His Edna, unlike the greasy Gorgon created by Divine in the 1988 John Waters original or the Kabuki hausfrau rendered so memorably by Harvey Fierstein in the 2002 Broadway musical adaptation, has cleavage and a waist and a kind of geologic sex appeal. So you'd think he must have known, and not cared, that complimenting a writer's color coordination might seem not just friendly but also really gay. (Taipei Times)
The histrionics of a Joan Crawford (who pirated the title role in "Mildred Pierce" from her) or Davis (who got the lead in "All About Eve" after Stanwyck turned it down) now come across as celluloid Kabuki -- they seem that stylized -- compared to Stanwyck's austere naturalism. Like Garbo, she intuitively grasped the value of stillness, of inwardness. (Boston Globe -- Living)
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