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BEATLES
From Page 5
sight into words, and John captured nos-
talgia in a song. There's a reason that no
band has had more number one albums in
the United Kingdom or sold more albums
in the United States than the Beatles. They
are always applicable.
Nobody claimed that their earliest
music was technically masterful (in fact,
the drums of "She Loves You" are close to
novice and the bass is lifted directly from a
Chuck Berry song), but that was never the
point until the later years. They had qual-
ity music, so they didn't need to show off
with complex pieces. It's amazingly fortu-
nate that a single band could be composed
of four veritable musical geniuses. John,
Paul and George were inducted again as
solo artists into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame after being included as a band in 1988
(sorry Ringo, surely you'll get your just des-
serts eventually). Each filled a role vital to
the band with a different musical person-
ality, culminating in one of the greatest
bands, if not the greatest, of all time.
The Beatles didn't just alter our culture,
in a way they were the culture. They were
the British Invasion with "moptop" hair-
cuts. They were Beatlemania. They were
the Yellow Submarine, and Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band, and the Magical
Mystery Tour. Even now, they perpetuate
current art (like Cirque De Soleil's "Love"
or "Across the Universe"). So yes, the
iTunes addition is a big deal, and not for the
added profits Apple will reap. It's a big deal
simply because it's the Beatles. There could
be no greater reason than that.
Playing the blame
'Game' with Plame
ROBYN
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whelming melody heard in "Fembot." On
the track, she speaks the lyrics rhythmi-
cally over a thumping bass. The result is
an edgier, more dancehall-inspired sound,
but one that doesn't feel at all out of place
with the other songs.
The rest of the album continues to
bounce between radio-pop and techno
DJ. Tracks like "Hang with Me" ache with
predictably poppy themes, with lyrics
about infatuation and heartbreak cooing
in the choruses.
But heavier sounds soon offset these
standard pop themes. In "Love Kills" and
"Indestructible," the vocals take a back-
seat to the powerful beats and electronic
effects pulsing through the songs. Snoop
Dogg even makes a startling appearance
in "U Should Know Better," adding yet
another edge to the pop artist's work.
Even with the interplay between dif-
ferent extremes of pop and techno-based
songs, Body Talk still carries an air of
tediousness. Though the songs vary
enough in bass and vocals, this "turbo ver-
sion" of the series lacks the slower, more
vulnerable tracks of the first two edi-
tions. In fact, there isn't one slow song on
the entire album. This drains some of the
dynamism heard in Body Talk parts I and
II, which offer the listener a few softer
acoustic tracks to cleanse the eardrums
between dance beats.
If Robyn's goal for the final part of
her Body Talk series was to create a
"turbo version" of her music from 2010,
she has succeeded. Though a heart-rac-
ing album may not be a good choice for
someone suffering from high blood pres-
sure, Body Talk offers enough addictive
beats and sticky-sweet pop melodies to
satisfy Robyn devotees and newcomers
alike. And even if Robyn's latest fails to
impress, at least Snoop is there for a min-
ute or two.
The based-on-a-true-
story trend continues,
but without creativity
By IMRAN SYED
DailyArts Writer
"Fair Game," the star-powered drama-
tization of a sorry low point for American
democracy, is a decent
film, but it's also the
latest in a somewhat
alarming trend: one- Fair Game
sided accounts of true
stories sold on film as At the State
the authoritative truth Summit
without the slightest bit
of cinematic inquiry.
Based on the memoirs of Valerie Plame
and her husband, "Fair Game" tells the
story of Plame's fall and the deluded politi-
cal games that continue to drive our coun-
try today. Plame (Naomi Watts, "King
Kong") was a covert CIA operative, tasked
with finding links between Saddam Hus-
sein and nuclear weapons in the lead-up
to the Iraq War. The only player to walk
away without fault from the ensuing mess,
Plame was essentially apolitical, interested
only in doing her job well.
As she worked her contacts across the
globe, the CIA sent her husband, retired
diplomat Joe Wilson (Sean Penn, "Milk"),
to Africa to investigate claims that Hussein
was buying nuclear materials from Niger.
The claims were entirely false, and Wilson
said so in his report to the CIA. But that
wasn't the answer the White House want-
ed, and President Bush chose to ignore the
CIA's findings when he uttered the infa-
mous "16 words" tying Hussein to nuclear
weapons in his 2003 State of the Union
address.
The fallout was spectacular and it con-
tinues today. Tens of thousands of people
have died in a war that everyone now
agrees was initiated under false premises.
Wilson refused to let the lie go unchecked,
exposingit in a2003 op-ed in The New York
Times. Administration officials (including,
by some accounts, Vice President Cheney
himself) fired back, leaking Plame's secret
identity as a CIA agent, thereby destroying
her career and life.
The film runs through its motions at a
frantic pace, carefully documenting each
part of the Bush Administration's great-
est lie. But even those who agree with the
film's politics should admit that this pro-
duction is almost entirely devoid of mean-
ingful reflection or introspection - little
more than a Keith Olbermann "Special
Comment," circa 2007. (And no, that's not
a compliment.)
The point is that we all get it: Bush lied,
and what happened to Plame and Wilson
was inexcusable. But to tell a story with
such blanket political tone-deafness really
detracts from the overall presentation. The
film contributes nothing new to the con-
versation, but instead is an oversimplified
creation that will be loved by Democrats
and hated by Republicans.
Yes, there's a fascinating true story here.
But, as in other recent productions, ("Con-
viction" and "The Social Network," for
example), there's no hint of a filmmaker's
vision or creativity, just a straight regur-
gitation of source material penned by a
biased player in the original story. Film has
always been a popular medium for propa-
ganda, but the fact that independent films
suddenly lack independent thought is trou-
bling - not least because it detracts from
the quality and value of the productions
themselves.
The fact that most critics have lavished
high praise on this film (it currently has a
rating of 81 on the review aggregator Rot-
ten Tomatoes, which is far above average)
is even more troubling. The greatest les-
son from the Plame affair and from the lies
that led to the Iraq War was for the media:
an independent and free press is one that
always questions the official narrative and
never blindly accepts what it's told. How
fitting that the media has forgotten that
fact yet again as it heaps praise on a feeble,
superficial depiction of great people and
events.
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