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Culture 03 Shenzhen Daily Wednesday September 13, 2017 Email: [email protected] Song of the Week Song of the Week Look What You Made Me Do Taylor Swift I don’t like your little games Don’t like your tilted stage The role you made me play Of the fool, no, I don’t like you I don’t like your perfect crime How you laugh when you lie You said the gun was mine Isn’t cool, no, I don’t like you (oh!) But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time I’ve got a list of names and yours is in red underlined I check it once, then I check it twice, oh! Ooh, look what you made me do Look what you made me do ... I don’t like your kingdom keys They once belonged to me You ask me for a place to sleep Locked me out and threw a feast (what?) The world goes on, another day, another drama, drama But not for me, not for me, all I think about is karma And then the world moves on, but one thing’s for sure Maybe I got mine, but you’ll all get yours But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time I’ve got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined I check it once, then I check it twice, oh! ... I don’t trust nobody and nobody trusts me I’ll be the actress starring in your bad dreams ... “I’m sorry, the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now.” “Why?” “Oh ’cause she’s dead!” (oh!) Ooh, look what you made me do ... Review Three years after Taylor Swift released “1989” and following months of near-radio silence from the star, the singer returned with “Look What You Made Me Do,” the first single from her forthcoming new album “Reputation.” This song goes full Britney Spears in its verging-on- madness psycho pop. Star Cinema Help pivotal 关键的 unfiltered 未经过滤的 christening 洗礼 unabashedly 厚脸皮的 revere 尊敬 candor 直率 cabin 小屋 renegade 叛变的 suspicious 怀疑的 entice 吸引 prejudice 偏见 Hot Read The Sign of the Beaver 《海狸的信号》 Although he faces responsibility bravely, 13-year-old Matt is more than a little sad when his father leaves him alone to guard their new cabin* in the wilderness. His father returns East to collect the rest of the family. When a renegade* white stranger steals his gun, Matt realizes he has no way to shoot game or to protect himself. One day, Matt is brutally stung when he robs a bee tree for honey. He returns to consciousness to dis- cover that his many stings have been treated by an old Native American and his grandson Attean, a boy of the Beaver clan. Matt offers his only book as thanks, but the old man instead asks Matt to teach his grandson Attean to read. Both boys are suspicious*, but Attean comes each day for his lesson. In the mornings, Matt tries to entice* Attean with tales from Robinson Crusoe, while in the afternoons, Attean teaches Matt about wilder- ness survival and Native American culture. The boys become friends in spite of themselves, and their inevi- table parting is a moving tribute to the ability of shared experience to overcome prejudice*. Matt begins to better understand their way of life and their growing problem in adapting to the white man and the changing frontier. “The Sign of the Beaver” was a Newbery Honor Book. Author Elizabeth Speare has also won the Newbery Medal twice, for “The Witch of Blackbird Pond” and “The Bronze Bow.” The book is available at online bookstores like jd.com. (SD-Agencies) In the Netflix original documentary “Gaga: Five Foot Two,” Lady Gaga offers a vulnerable look of her life during one of the most pivotal* peri- ods in her career yet. Directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Chris Moukarbel, the film gives view- ers unfiltered*, behind-the-scenes access as Gaga spends time with close friends and family members, records and releases her 2016 album “Joanne” and deals with personal struggles. Moukarbel’s compelling portrait captures Lady Gaga’s life over a eight-month period. On top of professional triumphs, viewers will see her cope with intense emotional and physical pain. Other moments reflect more ordinary aspects of her life, whether it’s attending a family christening*, visiting her grandmother or cooking and playing with her dogs at home. The film may help viewers understand how all of these experiences contrib- ute to Gaga’s art — and how, in just a few years, the 5-foot-2 performer has become such a relatable and beloved figure worldwide. The film doesn’t have a lot of musi- cal numbers. It is all about Gaga growing up, taking a decisive turn in her pop journey, exploring a new direction as she tries, at the age of 30, to calm herself in the thrashing waters of fame. In the film, Gaga radiates a potent energy — she’s intensely funny and aware, and so unabashedly* focused on herself that, like Madonna back in the day, that’s simply who she is and who we want her to be. Speak- ing of Madonna, Gaga disses her in the movie in a not-quite-scandalous way, though it’s really payback for negative comments Madonna made about her. In “Five Foot Two” Gaga is fully and casually exposed, and what we see is a playful but vibrantly intense woman in big glasses and tied-back platinum-blonde hair who’s comfort- able with her family, who reveres* the creative process and knows how to treat herself. She’s got a couple of nice big dogs, and her Malibu man- sion is tasteful. “Five Foot Two” is certainly a docu- mentary-as-controlled-exposure-as- press-release, but just because Lady Gaga is the rock star of rock stars doesn’t mean that her candor* isn’t real. (SD-Agencies) Gaga: Five Foot Two Gaga: Five Foot Two 《女神嘎嘎：五尺二寸》
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Culture 03Shenzhen Daily Wednesday September 13, 2017
Email: [email protected]
Song of the WeekSong of the Week
Look What You Made Me Do Taylor Swift
I don’t like your little gamesDon’t like your tilted stageThe role you made me playOf the fool, no, I don’t like youI don’t like your perfect crimeHow you laugh when you lieYou said the gun was mineIsn’t cool, no, I don’t like you (oh!)
But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of timeHoney, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the timeI’ve got a list of names and yours is in red underlinedI check it once, then I check it twice, oh!
Ooh, look what you made me doLook what you made me do...I don’t like your kingdom keysThey once belonged to meYou ask me for a place to sleepLocked me out and threw a feast (what?)
The world goes on, another day, another drama, dramaBut not for me, not for me, all I think about is karmaAnd then the world moves on, but one thing’s for sureMaybe I got mine, but you’ll all get yours
But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of timeHoney, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the timeI’ve got a list of names and yours is in red, underlinedI check it once, then I check it twice, oh!
...I don’t trust nobody and nobody trusts meI’ll be the actress starring in your bad dreams...“I’m sorry, the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now.”“Why?”“Oh ’cause she’s dead!” (oh!)
Ooh, look what you made me do...
ReviewThree years after Taylor Swift released “1989” and following months of near-radio silence from the star, the singer returned with “Look What You Made Me Do,” the fi rst single from her forthcoming new album “Reputation.” This song goes full Britney Spears in its verging-on-madness psycho pop.
Star Cinema
Helppivotal 关键的 unfi ltered 未经过滤的 christening 洗礼 unabashedly 厚脸皮的 revere 尊敬 candor 直率cabin 小屋 renegade 叛变的 suspicious 怀疑的 entice 吸引 prejudice 偏见
Hot Read
The Sign of the Beaver 《海狸的信号》
Although he faces responsibility bravely, 13-year-old Matt is more than a little sad when his father leaves him alone to guard their new cabin* in the wilderness. His father returns East to collect the rest of the family.
When a renegade* white stranger steals his gun, Matt realizes he has no way to shoot game or to protect himself.
One day, Matt is brutally stung when he robs a bee tree for honey. He returns to consciousness to dis-cover that his many stings have been treated by an old Native American and his grandson Attean, a boy of the Beaver clan. Matt offers his only book as thanks, but the old man instead
asks Matt to teach his grandson Attean to read.
Both boys are suspicious*, but Attean comes each day for his lesson. In the mornings, Matt tries to entice* Attean with tales from Robinson Crusoe, while in the afternoons, Attean teaches Matt about wilder-ness survival and Native American culture. The boys become friends in spite of themselves, and their inevi-table parting is a moving tribute to the ability of shared experience to overcome prejudice*. Matt begins to better understand their way of life and their growing problem in adapting to the white man and the changing frontier.
“The Sign of the Beaver” was
a Newbery Honor Book. Author Elizabeth Speare has also won the Newbery Medal twice, for “The Witch of Blackbird Pond” and “The Bronze Bow.”
The book is available at online bookstores like jd.com.
(SD-Agencies)
In the Netfl ix original documentary “Gaga: Five Foot Two,” Lady Gaga offers a vulnerable look of her life during one of the most pivotal* peri-ods in her career yet. Directed by Emmy-nominated fi lmmaker Chris Moukarbel, the fi lm gives view-ers unfi ltered*, behind-the-scenes access as Gaga spends time with close friends and family members, records and releases her 2016 album “Joanne” and deals with personal struggles.
Moukarbel’s compelling portrait captures Lady Gaga’s life over a eight-month period.
On top of professional triumphs, viewers will see her cope with intense emotional and physical pain. Other moments refl ect more ordinary aspects of her life, whether it’s attending a family christening*, visiting her grandmother or cooking and playing with her dogs at home. The fi lm may help viewers understand how all of these experiences contrib-ute to Gaga’s art — and how, in just a few years, the 5-foot-2 performer has become such a relatable and beloved fi gure worldwide.
The fi lm doesn’t have a lot of musi-cal numbers. It is all about Gaga growing up, taking a decisive turn in her pop journey, exploring a new
direction as she tries, at the age of 30, to calm herself in the thrashing waters of fame.
In the fi lm, Gaga radiates a potent energy — she’s intensely funny and aware, and so unabashedly* focused on herself that, like Madonna back in the day, that’s simply who she is and who we want her to be. Speak-ing of Madonna, Gaga disses her in the movie in a not-quite-scandalous way, though it’s really payback for negative comments Madonna made about her.
In “Five Foot Two” Gaga is fully
and casually exposed, and what we see is a playful but vibrantly intense woman in big glasses and tied-back platinum-blonde hair who’s comfort-able with her family, who reveres* the creative process and knows how to treat herself. She’s got a couple of nice big dogs, and her Malibu man-sion is tasteful.
“Five Foot Two” is certainly a docu-mentary-as-controlled-exposure-as-press-release, but just because Lady Gaga is the rock star of rock stars doesn’t mean that her candor* isn’t real. (SD-Agencies)
Gaga: Five Foot TwoGaga: Five Foot Two《女神嘎嘎：五尺二寸》
