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State official fired for Twitter comment
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Lawmakers says she learned a lot at Hooters
Spider-Man Musical Given Critical Mauling
Troubled Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has been slated by critics in the first major press reviews a month ahead of opening.
"Spider-Man is... the most expensive musical ever to hit Broadway," wrote Ben Brantley in the New York Times. "It may also rank among the worst."
The Washington Post branded the show a "stinker", while the Hollywood Reporter called it a "web-slinging folly".
The show, currently in preview, will have its official opening on 15 March.
Directed by Julie Taymor and featuring music by Bono and The Edge of U2, the musical has been plagued with technical problems and injuries to its cast.
The most serious came on 20 December when cast member Christopher Tierney fell 30 feet during the performance, suffering a skull fracture and cracked vertebrae.
In the New York Times, Brantley admitted he was breaking a traditional embargo but said he had decided to see the show around the time it was supposed to have opened prior to the most recent postponement.
"From what I saw on Saturday night, Spider-Man is so grievously broken in every respect that it is beyond repair," he wrote.His sentiments were echoed by the Washington Post's Peter Marks, who called it "a shrill, insipid mess" with a "convoluted" story.The score, he continued, was "devoid of personality" in a show whose "optimal audience might be non-English-speaking".
The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney called it "an ungainly mess of a show that smacks of out-of-control auteurial arrogance".
"This pile-on by the critics is a huge disappointment," said Spider-Man's spokesman Rick Miramontez, adding that "changes are still being made" to the $65 million (£40.4 million) production.
"Any review that runs before the show is frozen is totally invalid," he continued.Despite the barrage of negative publicity, the show is selling out at New York's 1,928-seat Foxwoods Theatre.
Taymor's previous shows include the musical adaptation of Disney film The Lion King. Her film version of Shakespeare's The Tempest opens in the UK next month.
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| Spider-Man Musical Given Critical Mauling |
The Washington Post branded the show a "stinker", while the Hollywood Reporter called it a "web-slinging folly".
The show, currently in preview, will have its official opening on 15 March.
Directed by Julie Taymor and featuring music by Bono and The Edge of U2, the musical has been plagued with technical problems and injuries to its cast.
The most serious came on 20 December when cast member Christopher Tierney fell 30 feet during the performance, suffering a skull fracture and cracked vertebrae.
In the New York Times, Brantley admitted he was breaking a traditional embargo but said he had decided to see the show around the time it was supposed to have opened prior to the most recent postponement.
"From what I saw on Saturday night, Spider-Man is so grievously broken in every respect that it is beyond repair," he wrote.His sentiments were echoed by the Washington Post's Peter Marks, who called it "a shrill, insipid mess" with a "convoluted" story.The score, he continued, was "devoid of personality" in a show whose "optimal audience might be non-English-speaking".
The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney called it "an ungainly mess of a show that smacks of out-of-control auteurial arrogance".
"This pile-on by the critics is a huge disappointment," said Spider-Man's spokesman Rick Miramontez, adding that "changes are still being made" to the $65 million (£40.4 million) production.
"Any review that runs before the show is frozen is totally invalid," he continued.Despite the barrage of negative publicity, the show is selling out at New York's 1,928-seat Foxwoods Theatre.
Taymor's previous shows include the musical adaptation of Disney film The Lion King. Her film version of Shakespeare's The Tempest opens in the UK next month.
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World's Best Cities For Power Shoppers
Traveling and shopping go together like Prada and Bulgari, so we’ve picked out some of the hottest places to shop around the world. Even if your budget is tight, these places are great for window-shopping and people-watching.
Shopping Meccas
Milan, Italy
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Los Angeles
Paris
Chicago
Sydney
Tokyo
Zurich
Florence, Italy
Hong Kong
Copenhagen
Rome, Italy
New York
London
LiquidKeyboard - Keyboard, Which Itself Adapts to the User
Later Christian Sax and Hannes Lau began working on a system for iOS, but they claim that their software can be adapted for other platforms - products Apple has been chosen because of iPad tablet with its multi-functional. According to the creators LiquidKeyboard, the most significant advantage of the hardware keyboard is the fact that the user feels and, later, remembers the layout of buttons. Because of the lack of tactile contact, on-screen keyboard can not provide this effect, it should go the other way, namely to make the characters adapt to the position of the fingers. The keyboard, proposed by Sachs and Lau, all letters and symbols are divided into small groups for each finger. With this software can track the location of the fingers, and adjust its position blocks of keys. In addition, LiquidKeyboard adapts to the individual physical parameters of each user, such as brush size and characteristics of the location of the fingers. Currently working on a new keyboard is continuing, but the authors of the idea hope that soon they will be able to bring the technology to mind.
