What the Manolo Is…
Manolo says, it is the Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is…
It is the most earnest belief of the Manolo that it is time to give the Carl Orff the much deserved rest.
Also, while the Manolo he is critiquing… what was the Scorsese thinking? The remade Cape Fear, with the fake accented DeNiro belted to the bottom of the car, it makes the Manolo laugh when he should have been fearful. From this point it is straight down the hill to the lamentable and self-indulgent Gangs of the New York.
January 25th, 2006 at 3:57 am
The Carl Orff, he is the poor man’s Stravinsky.
January 25th, 2006 at 7:30 am
Cape Fear is ridiculously overwrought, but Juliette Lewis delivers a stellar performance.
January 25th, 2006 at 1:21 pm
I like to say (regarding movies) that when you have to resort to Carmina Burana, it’s a good bet you should’ve worked harder on the script.
It’s a lovely piece of music, but so woefully overused.
January 25th, 2006 at 3:34 pm
The Manolo is perspicacious as usual, recognizing that the Carmina Burana is better with the original tunes. None of this Orff stuff. The xiaolongnu would like to recommend the alternative recording of the ur-Carmina by the Boston Camerata on account of it has many more tracks including “Tempus adest floridum,” which later got respectable and became “Good King Wenceslas,” plus lots of other racy medieval lyrics. The xiaolongnu may be slightly biased as she was one of the singers who helped make this recording back in her misspent youth.