Japan Turns to Taxi Cabs for Help in Selling Bonds as Budget Deficit Grows Aug 23, 2009
The finance ministry in 2002 hired Koushiro Matsumoto, an actor in Kabuki theater, and model Norika Fujiwara in its bond campaigns. Kubo, who came to prominence in the 1990s as an announcer for NHKs Ohayo Nippon, Japans version of ABC News in the U.S., didnt respond to requests for an interview made through the Ministry of Finance. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Tradition & Modernity in Japanese F... Aug 12, 2009
Folk song became classicized along the model of traditional Noh and Kabuki theatre forms or of the classical zither, the koto. Folk-song teachers formed schools with many eager students studying for qualifications. (Suite101.com)
Peabody: How to Build a Better Confirmation Process Aug 11, 2009
Indeed, commentators in blogs, newspapers and other news and opinion forums have suggested that the appointment process seemed scripted, shallow and even disingenuous: more kabuki dance than civic seminar. Sotomayor s insistence that good judges interpret the law free of sympathies, personal views and prejudices papered over the observation that our sitting Supreme Court justices, presumably each committed to the rule of law, reach dramatically different rulings on issues like free speech, gay... (Roll Call)
John Medeiros Lucky Charm Aug 8, 2009
Medeiros said, My wife stepped out of the car with her hands on her hips and her Kabuki theater eyebrows raised and said to me, Just what do you think you are doing out here mister. After months of recuperation Medeiros finally got back to work on his Manx and soon enlisted the aid of his two sons. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Spielberg to remake 'Harvey' rabbit classic Aug 8, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle contributor Janet Fletcher will moderate a panel of food experts after a screening of "Julie " at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Kabuki theater in the Kabuki Sundance Theater. At 7 p.m. in the Bar Bistro, get a glass of wine and hear what Linda Carucci, chef director at the International Culinary School at the Art Institute of California; Roberta Klugman, food communication specialist; Maggie Mah, a consultant who traveled and collaborated with Julia Child; and Lexi Leban,... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
BASHING OBAMACARE: REAL GRASSROOTS Aug 6, 2009
President Obama's architects of Kabuki town halls have packed public forums with partisan plants. Now they accuse opponents gathering at impromptu rallies against the massive health-care takeover of orchestrating "manufactured anger.". (New York Post -- Opinions)
Did John McCain blink on Cash for Clunkers? Aug 5, 2009
" I felt abashed.But the idea that until Colorado's new law was passed, police couldn't cite motorists for throwing objects at cyclists if their aim happened to be a little off is just ridiculous. And how about that Rick Perry, governor of Texas? In June, Texas lawmakers joined a growing number of states by passing a law that requires that cars must give riders a 3-foot berth out on the open road. Perry vetoed it. Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009 08:05 PDT So Treasury Secretary Timothy... (Salon)
Blue Dogs Bark, Don't Bite Socialized ObamaCare: Kevin Hassett Aug 4, 2009
In the end, as happened last week, the Blue Dogs are nothing more than role players in a Kabuki theater that is designed to deceive voters. They dont stop bad legislation, and the concessions they extract are meaningless. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
The qualified non-answerer Aug 2, 2009
Everyone knows the script and goes through the motions as if it were Kabuki theater. Senators try to get nominees to reveal how they would vote on certain hot-button issues. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
My View: Clock's ticking for electorate to get energized Jul 28, 2009
California's fiscal Kabuki theater has really been a study in human nature that, ultimately, could be the real threat to its future solvency and viability. It's simple, really: Human beings don't do things until they have to, and we do things that we shouldn't for as long as we can get away with them. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
King Tut is no stiff Jul 27, 2009
Unhappy about Kabuki's high prices. Editor - I would like to express my opinion about the Kabuki Theater ... At the Kabuki, it would have cost us $16. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Hilton Als: Ariane Mnouchkine’s Le Théâtre du Soleil. Jul 20, 2009
Mnouchkine s politically infused, highly theatricalized directorial style borrows liberally and joyfully from Kabuki, commedia dell arte, and Noh. Her latest piece, Les. (New Yorker)
Review: '(500) Days of Summer' Jul 18, 2009
At the Metreon and the Sundance Kabuki ... At the Metreon and the Sundance Kabuki. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Selected recent California newspaper editorials Jul 16, 2009
Nobody ever said that being green was going to be cheap, so it's no surprise that the Kabuki dance of the environmentally enlightened is going to lead us to a world of higher prices soon enough. In recent days, two "Save Our Planet" ideas have been in the news. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Kabuki and Judge Sotomayor Jul 15, 2009
When Roberts was before the committee in 2005, then-Senator Joseph Biden at this kabuki dance we have in these hearings here, in which senators ask pointed questions and nominees give ultra-cautious replies, sidestepping any discussion of the convictions they would bring to the court. Am I suggesting that nominees should telegraph how they would vote in any pending or probable case. (Boston Globe)
* EDITORIAL: Arrested development in democracy Jul 14, 2009
What matters is that in a one-man race, time and money are being wasted for nothing more than kabuki theater. That Ma has the gall to pretend to be in an electoral race when he does not have an opponent is an affront to the publics intelligence. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Character study meets thriller Jul 11, 2009
Mick LaSalle, Chronicle Movie Critic. Friday, July 10, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Welcome to Obamacare Theater Jul 5, 2009
Team Obama has screamed "kabuki" from day one. Share. (Townhall.com)
* All Japans a stage Jul 3, 2009
Drawing on traditional Japanese Noh and Kabuki theater, he has sought to extend their influence into the 20th and 21st centuries ... A rare opportunity to see authentic Kabuki can be found in the Kabuki Lecture Demonstration (Oct. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
KABUKI HEALTH-CARE THEATER Jul 3, 2009
In March, Team Obama pulled the same "kabuki" stunt. At a health-care event in the East Room, the questioners included an Obama donor, a Democratic National Committee member, a former Democratic candidate for the Virginia statehouse who had publicly endorsed Obama and a member of the SEIU. Yes, that SEIU.. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Takarazuka: Putting On the Glitz In Japanese Theater Jul 1, 2009
In their stylization, codified roles, transvestite stars, rigid themes (boy and girl fall in love, conflict ensues and is resolved), and the combinations of dance, drama and chorus lines, there are obvious similarities between Takarazuka and the traditional Japanese performing arts of Kabuki and Noh theater. But these tales of chaste love (with nary a hint of violence or sex) are told through adaptations of Broadway plays, canonical Western literature and Korean soap operas. (Time.com)
Rebranding a legend Jun 29, 2009
Instead, Binder has drawn on the stylized props and movement styles of Japanese Kabuki theater. For "Don Pasquale," another familiar director is at the helm, Nelson Sheeley, a long-time associate of Tucker. (Albany Times Union)
The North Korean Showdown Ratchets Up Jun 22, 2009
And thus North Korea and the U.S. find themselves in a very strange kabuki war. Pyongyang is plainly the instigator, continuing its rash of missile and nuclear tests while apparently seeking hard currency by peddling weapons to all buyers. (Time.com)
Made with intensity and passion Jun 20, 2009
Review: 'Katyn' shows Wajda's passion. Article:Review: 'Katyn' shows Wajda's passion:/c/a/2009/06/18/MVRG187429. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Same-sex partners of federal workers receive some benefits -- but not health care... Jun 18, 2009
This kabuki theater will backfire as it is actually a larger insult than the damn DOJ brief. Posted by: gilbert6 | June 17, 2009 12:24 PM. (The Drudge Report)
Loving Gaga land Jun 16, 2009
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Letters for Friday, June 12, 2009 Jun 16, 2009
Tim Bynum and Lani Kawahara out of sheer frustration are attempting to rip the Kabuki mask off county council secrecy. Bieber s filings against BOE members, and the editorials by Bynum and Kawahara are acts of defiance. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
The Hangover: A Bro-Magnon Bromance Jun 5, 2009
to Rain Man) and applies all the numbingly familiar tropes of the bromance comedy that have made this flourishing subgenre as rigid in its conventions as Kabuki theater. Whether the guys in bromances are dating each other (I Love You, Man), going to bed with each other (Superbad) or marrying each other (I Now Pronounce You Chuck ), the common thread is the assumption by men of the traditional movie male and female roles. (Time.com)
- From the Right: Chance to talk it out on race (1) Jun 4, 2009
It s a mixture of Kabuki dance and whack-a-mole. The irony of the current brouhaha is that the roles are somewhat reversed. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Kuniyoshi Exhibition Catalogue Bo... Jun 3, 2009
Many ukiyo-e prints were posters advertising brothels and theatre performances, or portraits of Kabuki actors and geisha ... In the early part of his career he produced mostly book illustrations and Kabuki actor prints ... Kuniyoshi is renowned for his depictions of beautiful women, humorous scenes, Japanese warriors, vivid landscapes, caricatures of Kabuki actors, biographical portraits and, his favourite subject, cats. (Suite101.com)
OBAMA LEARNS ABOUT ONE OF HIS INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES -- AT BURGER JOINT... May 30, 2009
In which the president discovers an American intelligence agency at Five Guys - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com. But I bet his staff will get him up to speed now, while the egg dripping off their face. (The Drudge Report)
Reel time at the Key Sunday Cinema Club May 23, 2009
They belong to a sneak-preview society and pay extra for the privilege of surprise at the Sundance Kabuki ... at Sundance Kabuki, 1881 Post St., San Francisco ... They belong to a sneak-preview society and pay extra for the privilege of surprise at the Sundance Kabuki. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Does Lamberts American Idol loss matter? May 22, 2009
(When the band KISS joined in, though, looking like medieval warriors in Kabuki makeup and platform shoes, Lambert suddenly looked underdressed. . (MSNBC -- News)
Lodi Unified School District board delays more layoffs, proposal vote (890) May 21, 2009
It looks like everytime the Board and this Union gets together it's all about misdirection or an elaborate kabuki drama. These folks need to be asked some straight forward questions, we should expect some straight forward answers. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
HBO Documentary Films and Smile Train Present a Free, Public Screening of 2009 Oscar Award-Winning Documentary Short SMILE PINKI May 13, 2009
WHAT: The community is invited to attend a FREE screening of SMILE PINKI, a documentary short on Wednesday, May 27 at the Sundance Kabuki theater in San Francisco ... SMILE PINKI debuts June 3 at 7:00pm on HBO. WHEN: WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2009 6:00 P.M. - Doors Open 6:30 P.M. - Screening 7:45 P.M. - Filmmaker Discussion & Audience Q&A WHERE: SUNDANCE KABUKI THEATER 1881 Post Street @ Fillmore WHO: Megan Mylan - Filmmaker Moderator: Jonathan Curiel, Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle INFO: The public... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Coppola shares award at film festival gala May 3, 2009
The Kanbar Award for excellence in screenwriting will be awarded to James Toback at 4 p.m. today at the Kabuki, followed by a screening of his new documentary, "Tyson." SFFS.org or (925) 866-9559. E-mail Ruthe Stein at. (San Francisco Chronicle)
5 first-time directors vie for festival prize May 2, 2009
Never mind the swell parties and hobnobbing with celebrities. When it comes right down to it, the San Francisco International Film Festival, like all festivals, is about filmmakers. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Patrick walking fine line on taxes Apr 30, 2009
It's a Kabuki dance ritual familiar to past politicians seeking to raise taxes during an economic downturn, when the state needs money but residents and businesses can ill afford higher taxes. "Recessions in state government are hell; you're between a rock and a hard place," said former governor Michael S. Dukakis, who was swept from office in 1978 after his first term in part because of an antitax fervor. (Boston Globe)
Azuma Kushiyaki review Apr 29, 2009
My plan was to start with otsumami but, on my first visit, the service took longer than a kabuki performance. There's a fine sake list but trying to inquire of its relative merits the explanation is simply "it's sake". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Theatre Yugen turns 30 Apr 29, 2009
"It's not Kabuki, which is like a Broadway spectacle. It's more contemplative." "Kyogen is very human - it's about laughter and foibles," says Moore. "Noh is very spiritual. They are very different, but the vocabulary is the same. It's like Balanchine and 'Giselle.' ". (San Francisco Chronicle)
'I work with dark shadows all the time' Apr 28, 2009
Fault also included three shadow dancers like the kuroko figures in Kabuki and Bunraku puppet theatre. They are the ones covered in black from head to toe who move scenery and props. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Quirky consequences in 'Skills Like This' Apr 11, 2009
At the Sundance Kabuki and Rialto Cinemas Elmwood ... At the Sundance Kabuki and Rialto Cinemas Elmwood. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
No budget decision for Lodi Unified School District board Apr 9, 2009
This has all been kabuki ("high drama") by way of misdirection. There is enough money to pay all teachers their salaries if only the know nothing, do nothing kleptocrats at crook-central were shown the door. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
A Noël Coward fan's heaven Apr 5, 2009
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, 1881 Post St., San Francisco. (925) 866-9559. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Wilmington student wins when Shakespeare meets Kabuki Apr 3, 2009
Wilmington student Timothy Barnard, class of 2011, was a member of the cast as St. John s Prep won top honors at the 2009 Massachusetts High School Drama Festival with a Kabuki inspired production of Shakespeare s The Tragedy of Richard III.. The annual festival was held March 26-28 at John Hancock Hall in Boston, following preliminary and semifinal rounds that brought together young actors from 108 high schools across the state. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
170 films play at S.F. International Film Fest Apr 2, 2009
Mark your romantic calendar for May 2, when the effervescent "500 Days of Summer," starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, screens at the Sundance Kabuki in Japantown. Gordon-Levitt and director Marc Webb will attend. (San Francisco Chronicle)
More of this story Mar 30, 2009
unclesmedley wrote on Mar 29, 2009 10:52 PM:" The time has come for Americans to stop treating politics like something out of West Side Story. The Republican and Democratic establishments are two sides of the same coin, with nary a dime's worth of difference between them. The contemporary, widespread practice of using ideological labels as pejoratives serves only to demonstrate how little most people know about what they're saying. Meanwhile, we disseminate the talking points of our preferred... (Westerly Sun, RI)
Think About It- Political slight-of-hand Mar 28, 2009
If you believe they aren t stupid, then what was the purpose of this Kabuki Theater ... I think this is the big story and the $165 million in bonuses is merely Kabuki Theater and slight-of-hand designed to distract and entertain. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
Surreal Sea Monsters, Japanese Ghoulish Warriors Delight in London: Review Mar 25, 2009
Other prints show kabuki actors transformed into turtles and cats. Playful Subversive. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Officials seek new power over financial companies... Mar 25, 2009
told Geithner: "What I fear here is that we are doing a kabuki theater in three acts. "The first act: Washington tells the American people, 'We understand your anger at Wall Street. In the second act, we nitpick to death any proposal that actually adversely affects Wall Street. (The Drudge Report)
Trip to the cinema offers relief from reality Mar 25, 2009
For decades, the Kabuki 8 theater complex in Japantown has been a popular attraction for cinephiles of all ages. When Robert Redford's Sundance Group purchased the Kabuki in 2006, it was redesigned to include an art gallery, a balcony bar and bistro ... Occupation: Sundance Kabuki employee. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
* Japanese fans pay tribute to baseball heroes after win Mar 24, 2009
Famous Japanese Kabuki actor Kanzaburo Nakamura, 53, said: My voice got so hoarse after shouting too much. Tomorrow. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
AIG and Our Embarrassing Congress Mar 24, 2009
He was outraged, as were most Americans, by the kabuki theatre that went on in Congress. The Congressional "doofi" passed the Dodd Amendment and the White House begged for the AIG exemption. (Townhall.com)
Different Kind Of Ghost Mar 22, 2009
Sitting in a suite at the Hotel Kabuki in Japantown, Kiyoshi Kurosawa looks like a character in one of his horror films - baggy eyes, head drooping, a look of dread creased across his face, talking about nightmares ... New type of horror from Kiyoshi Kurosawa Articles Sitting in a suite at the Hotel Kabuki in Japantown, Kiyoshi Kurosawa looks like a character in one of his horror films - baggy eyes, head drooping, a look of dread creased across his face, talking about nightmares. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Bay Area's best spots to catch a movie Mar 21, 2009
Sundance Cinema Kabuki ... First-date destination: It's called the Kabuki, for goodness sake ... There's also the Little Kabuki section. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Travel in Japan brings its own special moments Mar 21, 2009
Take in a kabuki play at the Kabuki-Za, the key theater in the Ginza area dating back to 1889 ... Rent the earphone guide for English translation, though listening to the cadence and rhythm of the kabuki actors has its own charm. (Honolulu Advertiser)
The truth hurts in 'Cherry Blossoms' Mar 21, 2009
At the Sundance Kabuki, Elmwood Rialto Cinemas in Berkeley and Smith Rafael Film Center. . (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
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The Kabuki Theater of AIG Outrage - HUMAN EVENTS. The Kabuki Theater of AIG Outrage by 03/18/2009 ... Welcome, taxpayers, to the Kabuki Theater of AIG Outrage -- where D.C.'s histrionic enablers of taxpayer-funded corporate bailouts compete for Best Performance of Hypocritical Indignation. (Human Events Online)
The Kabuki Theater of AIG Outrage Mar 19, 2009
All the world's a stage, wrote Shakespeare, and in the world of Washington, the curtains have opened on the most elaborate farce of the year. Over the weekend, cloaked in their finest populist costumes, the Beltway's hair-sprayed and powdered politicians and White House aides took to the airwaves to inveigh against $165 million in employee retention payments made by the government-backed insurance giant. (Human Events Online)
LETTER: Obama should have vetoed big spending bill Mar 19, 2009
Bps wrote on Mar 18, 2009 12:09 PM:" Here we go again. The politicians can't seem to go two days in a row without some major screw-up that is a lsap in the face to the citizens.Now it's AIG and their bonuses. Does it seem to you that no matter whos in power in Washington that they dont have enough sense to poor sand from a boot?There is an excellent article for those of you that are outraged at the continuing failures of the current set of buffoons in Washington. Here is the link if you are... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Joan Acocella: Puppets in New York. Mar 17, 2009
Awaji dramas, like their Bunraku (and also Kabuki) counterparts, often concern the furthest outdistricts of human emotion. In one of the offerings at Japan Society, the ferry-crossing scene from Hidakagawa Iriai Zakura (1759), a woman becomes so jealous of her beloved s mistress that she turns into a green sea monster. (New Yorker)
Alex Tse: 'Watchmen' scribe started in S.F. Mar 14, 2009
The event, at the Sakura Room in the Hotel Kabuki in Japantown, will be moderated by veteran San Francisco indie filmmaker Spencer Nakasako. "My parents were huge movie fans, took me to a lot of movies when I was young - probably movies I shouldn't have been watching," said the 32-year-old Tse. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bay Area produces an overnight sensation Mar 14, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009. (03-13) 04:00 PDT Park City, Utah. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Fest's Full Slate Mar 10, 2009
The following are capsule reviews of some of the 37 feature film presentations showing at the Castro Theatre and Sundance Kabuki Cinemas in San Francisco, the Pacific Film Archive and Wheeler Auditorium in Berkeley and the Camera 12 Cinemas in San Jose ... Kabuki; 12:30 p.m. March 22, Camera) Adolfo Alix Jr. has fashioned a love letter to octogenarian Anita Linda, a leading actress in Philippine cinema since the 1940s ... All Around Us (9 p.m. March 17, Kabuki; 8:15 p.m. March 21, PFA) One of... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Treating government like mom-and-pop shop will be Tokyo's undoing Mar 8, 2009
It's a key characteristic of Japan's history - from the emperor's 1 400-year lineage to the father-son inheritance of Kabuki theatre roles. The cabinet chosen by Aso, the grandson of one ex-prime minister and the son-in-law of another, fits a similar pattern. (Business Report, South Africa)
