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01/29/20
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ACROSS
1 Like much desert
terrain
5 Constructed
10 Modeling
material
14 Latina toon
explorer
15 Bay of Bengal
nation
16 Ceviche flavoring
17 Exclusive place
for tennis
19 Slavic John
20 Come next
21 Tizzy
22 Keyboard slips
25 Unpredictable leg
joint
29 Cleaver
nickname
30 Rapper __ Rida
31 Balls in coin-op
machines, say
32 Throat condition
34 Ed who plays
Santa in “Elf”
36 Con’s opposite
37 Skeet enthusiast
40 Salary
42 Game console
button
43 Mary, Queen
of __
46 Air quality
watchdog: Abbr.
47 Poem of praise
48 “The thing is ... ”
49 Big Apple power
company
53 Big and strong
54 Roman who
wrote “The
History of Rome”
55 Puzzle-solving
asset
57 Unconscious
state
58 Gridiron
infraction, and
a hint to 17-,
25-, 37- and
49-Across
63 Quaint oath
64 Otherworldly
65 Rooms to Go
rival
66 Singer Lovett
67 One with piece
offerings?
68 Sleep in a tent
DOWN
1 Yalta Conf.
attendee
2 Mauna __
Observatory
3 Rainbow shape
4 Corporate
acquisition
5 Drill parts
6 Like some
directors’ editions
7 Car waiting at the
airport, maybe
8 Lucy who voices
Master Viper in
the “Kung Fu
Panda” films
9 It might be
opened in a bar
10 Sound of toasts
11 Walking, talking
example
12 Hobbyist
13 Urge
18 USCG rank
21 Hybrid apparel
22 “Miracle
Workers” (2019)
network
23 “Is it soup __?”
24 Fun-loving type
26 On the other
hand
27 Geppetto’s
goldfish
28 Angsty rock
genre
33 Send-up
34 Burros
35 “That’s all __
wrote”
38 Spa treatment,
for short
39 Drawn from
various sources
40 Upper-bod
muscle
41 Words of regret
44 Tyke on a trike
45 Where
thunderheads
form
50 Get away from
51 Skateboard
stunt
52 Circus clown’s
collection
53 “__ Dark
Materials”: HBO
fantasy series
56 Code carrier
57 Animation frame
58 Distant
59 SweetWater
Georgia Brown,
e.g.
60 Alias letters
61 Sleep cycle
62 Put to use
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SUDOKU
For all its subplots, the enduring
struggle of Netflix’s “The Ranch”
has always been the Bennetts
themselves.
The
tumultuous
relationship
between
Colt’s
(Ashton Kutcher, “That 70s Show”)
narcissism and the intensity of
his father, Beau (Sam Elliot, “The
Mule”), has been at the center of
it all. As the Bennetts continue to
suffer from fighting one another, so
does their beloved ranch. Nothing
grows where there is no nurturing.
Thus, the fourth season of this often
dark western comedy has arrived
and with it, the end of “The Ranch.”
The second half of the season
comes after the first half was left on
a cliffhanger: Who shot Nick (Josh
Burrow, “The Crimson Mask”)?
While both Colt and his cousin
Luke (Dax Shepard, “Bless This
Mess”) are arrested, it was actually
Colt’s ex-girlfriend Heather (Kelli
Goss, “Grey’s Anatomy”) behind the
trigger.
Season four allows the Bennets
to leave on a high note, after three
seasons of misfortunes. Colt and
Abby (Elisha Cuthbert, “24”) come
to the decision that they’d like to
have a second child. Luke comes
to terms with the death of a close
friend and to the conclusion about
where he wants to be — at the ranch
with the Bennetts. At the same
time, Colt manages to do some
sleuthing — proving the foul play
of a large agricultural corporation.
In the process, Colt not only saves
his father’s ranch, but also acquires
a new ranch next door for his new
family.
Despite its large and talented
cast,
“The
Ranch”
has
gone
relatively overlooked for each of
its four seasons. Yet, the show
has been notable for a number of
reasons, including the crassness
with which the characters speak.
The series never shied away from
f-bombs, nor introspection. Even
more notable is its subject matter.
“The Ranch” has maintained an
idle, almost offhand preoccupation
with the rural. Here the Bennetts
were, in the same town they grew
up in, in the same bar they’ve
always been drinking in, doing the
same things they’ve always done.
Perhaps it’s because of this that the
Bennetts have struggled to survive
in the onslaught of change and
misfortune. Beau’s insistence on not
moving his herd during a wildfire,
only to lose track of his family, is one
such notable example.
But I think “The Ranch” is more
than that. There are few televised
offerings that portray country living
in a way that doesn’t pander or talk
down to people with rural lifestyles.
Yet, “The Ranch” has always been
firm in portraying ruralites with
a heavy dash of humility. Yes, Colt
and Rooster are ranchers whose
names are literal farm animals,
and yes, they do get up to some
yee-haw shenanigans. But the
show also punishes its characters
for this. The narrative punishes
characters for being set in their
ways too deeply. “The Ranch” does
not praise the mischief that arises
from the itchiness that comes with
living in the middle of nowhere. But
it also doesn’t condemn it, because
that’s unreasonable and a tad
discriminatory.
Here’s to roots, to ‘Ranch’
NETFLIX
Oh, Mipso, you have my
heart.
Mipso,
a
folk/bluegrass
quartet hailing from Chapel
Hill, returned to Ann Arbor
this past Friday to perform at
the Ark and fit into this city
like a vintage, leather glove.
The evening began as quietly
and strangely as it ended, with
the astral music of openers
Bridget Kearney on electric
bass/vocals
and
Benjamin
Lazar Davis on a whole slew
of instruments. Their music
snuck up on me. These two
quiet, endearingly awkward
musicians
created
these
incredibly stark soundscapes
dotted with musical oddities
and rhythmic complications.
Kearney’s
deceptively
simple lyrics combined with
Davis’
eccentric
musical
flare made for a continually
surprising experience. It felt
simultaneously
welcoming
and isolating, like they were
inviting you to feel lonely
with them. Each song had
an
uncomfortable
element
to it, but uncomfortable in
that it made you alert, not in
a way that was unpleasant to
listen to. These oddball songs,
coupled with the performers’
awkwardly wonderful sense
of humor, made the audience
ready to receive anything.
When Mipso entered, they
slid right into their set as if they
had always been there, playing
as smooth and consistent as
river water. They didn’t stop
to acknowledge the audience
until after their third song, and
the greeting seemed less like
an introduction and more like a
continuation of a relationship.
Their set glittered with gems
from their new album, EDGES
RUN, as well as a few sneak
peaks from their upcoming
album (title TBD) and some
hilariously-picked
and
brilliantly-executed
covers.
The audience chuckled and
cackled in disbelief when the
shimmering opening chords of
a new song quickly turned into
a Death Cab for Cutie song.
Each
member
shone
brilliantly:
Jacob
Sharp’s
(mandolin,
vocals)
lyrical
depth
and
quiet,
yearning
vocals were heart-wrenching;
Wood Robinson (bass, vocals)
rooted the band with his steady
playing; Joseph Terrell (guitar,
vocals) gave the band its fun,
classically-country flair; and
Libby
Rodenbough
(fiddle,
vocals) tied it all together
with a fiddle that soared and
danced, a voice that slipped
through tight harmonies and
sweet lyrics, and an attitude
that commanded and drove the
band forward.
Though
each
was
remarkable, the most beautiful
aspect of their performance
— in addition to their quirky
quips between songs and their
friendly, intimate banter with
each other and the audience
— was how much they shared
the spotlight. The songs in
the set felt varied tonally in
a complementary, refreshing
way, and the lead singer was
constantly rotating between
the band members.
In fact, I don’t even know if I
can say there is a lead singer in
the band. Mipso accomplishes
something rare that I didn’t
realize the full extent of until
seeing them live: they all work.
Each one of them played at
least two different instruments
in the concert alone, all of them
sang beautifully, and from the
lyrical variance, it became clear
that each of them contributed
to the writing. Each band
member
is
a
musician,
a
singer, a lyricist and a vivid,
welcoming presence onstage,
making each of them essential
and irreplaceable. And that is,
for a lack of better words, truly
insane.
It
is
rare
to
see
tight
collaboration anywhere, but
what a delight it is to witness
such collaboration in action.
The
multi-talented,
symbiotic relationship between
all of the group members
coalesced
into
a
vibrant,
energetic
folk
experience.
Each song charged forward,
while retaining that sense of
laid-back ease inherent in folk
music. They met each moment
with
enthusiasm
and
then
relaxed into it. And, in turn, we
relaxed with them.
When they came back out for
their encore, the band met the
audience with an incredibly
somber song about being ready
to die. This made a few audience
members who recognized the
tune greet the encore with
scattered chuckles, but we all
quickly gave into the soothing
flow of the song.
They slipped out of the
concert and this town as
smoothly and naturally as they
had entered it, leaving the
audience with sweet memories
of well-crafted songs and a
subtle itching in the back of our
minds — a sense of waiting and
eagerness for whatever is to
come from the haunting, lively
band Mipso.
Multi-talented musicians
of Mipso return to the Ark
The Ranch
Season Four
Netflix
Streaming now
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MAXWELL SCHWARZ
Daily Arts Writer
STEPHANIE GURALNICK
Daily Arts Writer
It is rare to see
tight collaboration
anywhere, but
what a delight it
is to witness such
collaboration in
action.