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In Charlie Chaplin's City Lights, timing is everything
Timing. Such is the key to comedy. Without it, punchlines become awkward and predictable. Understandably, timing plays a crucial role in the silent films of Charlie Chaplin, who obviously could not...
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For those who got to see it, Charlie Chaplin's classic was fully realized
The one-night-only Spoleto screening of Charlie Chaplin's silent masterpiece City Lights, accompanied by the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra, was the perfect way to see one of cinema's most perfect films.
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Bill Morrison's experimental film Decasia explores the divine beauty of decay
When the powers-that-be at Spoleto Festival USA began putting together this year's lineup, we seriously doubt they were taking into consideration the needs and wants of the puff-puff-pass crowd....
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Threshold Repertory Theatre's Twilight Los Angeles: 1992 is poignant, but...
On April 28, 1992, Los Angeles gang member Twilight Bey successfully organized a truce between the notoriously ruthless Bloods and Crips. After years of rivalry, this cease-fire cast a calm joy over...
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Decasia was an unforgettable Spoleto event
"Did I love that or did I hate that?" That is the question I asked my friend after Decasia mercifully ended. My body and face were both contorted, and all my thoughts on life were in question. That was...
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