2B - Thursday, September 6, 2012
The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com
2B - Thursday, September 6, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom
ARTS RECOMMENDS
In this feature, Daily Arts writers will give their endorsements
for the arts you need to experience to help you deal with current events.
"Red"
Mark Rothko is afraid that the black will one
day overtake the red. So goes the abstract theme
of "Red", which focuses on the later days of the
painter Rothko, who helped popularize the
abstract expressionist movement. Knowledge of
art history isn't required to enjoy this show. If you
like smart dialogue and diatribes about the power
of art, thenyou should make a date to see "Red".
CENTER THEATRE GROUP
Tigermilk
- Belle & Sebastian
When the change that comeswrth a new school
year becomes too dizzying to bear, there's noth-
ing like tuning out the hectic world and grounding
B Byourself with something familiar. Belle & Sebas-
tian's Tigermilk is worth dusting off and giving a
listen - it's sometimes peppy, sometimes sad, but
ELETTR T Hasty always warm and welcoming like a longtime friend.
"Detention"
"The Breakfast Club" was an excellent movie,
- but there's no doubt a couple of additions could've
transformed the film. Like, don't you wish it had
moretime-travelingbears? Masked slasherkillers?
Josh Hutcherson? Mother-daughter brain switch-
es? "Detention" may seem like an average heartfelt
high-school prom tale, but ends up being an unpre-
dictably satiric romp through adolescent tropes.
SONY Cancel your future, see "Detention." .
"Revolution"
Of the new series in the works, "Revolution" is
perhaps the most-anticipated pilot to debut this
September. After all the "Hunger Games" hul-
laballoo, a dystopian, end-of-the-world-as-we-
know-it, new show might be just the thing to grab
attention, but with J.J. Abrams at the helm, the
' trick will be.holding that attention. Check out an
advance viewing of the pilot on NBC.com, or catch
NBc the series when it airs beginning Sept. 17.
JUDGING
A BOOK
BY ITS
COVER
Daily Arts writers go
against the famous
idiom, choose a
random book and
make assumptions
about its contents
based on the cover art.
their crimes: death.
But as she kills her way up
the chain of command, she must
come to terms with the truth
about the life from which her
father tried to shield her ... and
decide just how much she is
truly willing to discover about
his connections to the men who
are now her victims.
And when she finally faces
the leader of her charcoal-clad
adversaries, she may find herself
facing an adversary that's much
more than he seems..
Thrilling, gripping and
thought-provoking, this page-
turner will keep you asking for
more!
-LAUREN CASERTA
Sixteen-year-old Ekaterina
"Katie" Irons thought she had a
picture-perfect life. Her loving
and doting parents were the cen-
ter of her quiet suburban world,
and only her father's long and
unexpected business trips could
put a dent in her cheery moods.
But when her parents are
suddenly and violently taken
from her one cold December
night, she can remember noth-
ing about their mysterious
masked killer - nothing but the
color of his tie.
Unwilling to let him escape
without retribution, she follows
him back to his lair -- and stum-
bles uponthe discovery of her life.
Suddenly, she is plunged into a
world of dangerous alliances and
twisted lies, as she learns of her
father's secret double life as an
accountant for the Russian mob.
Swearing to avenge her par-
ents' deaths, she begins teaching
herself to blend into the fabric
of the criminal underworld,
learning the arts of deception
and defense as she desperately
searches for the killers who
destroyed her family.
At the center of it all she finds
the Fifty Shades of Grey, Rus-
sia's most infamous necktie-clad
crime ring, who soon find them-
selves becoming the victims of
her unquenchable vengeance as
she begins dealing out the only
punishment she judges fit for
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To avoid the sluggish TV lull
that is the first week of Septem-
ber, A&E premiered a two-part,
two-night
mini-series
even fromtal-
ented produc- 'Coi
er-duo Ridley
and Tony Miniseries
Scott, direc-
or Mikael &E
Salomon and
screenwriter John J. McLaugh-
tin. Unfortunately, "Comaplays
out much like being in a coma
would feel.
The premise: First-year resi-
dent Susan Wheeler (Lauren
Ambrose) spends the first two
hours ferreting out the truth
of the numerous, mysterious
patients who fall into comas
after routine surgeries.
The next two hours are
spent in a mildly hilarious,
campy, uninspired mash-up of
what feels like every stereo-
typical "scary" or "shocking"