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DEF POETRY JAM 00000
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: : .' : 1 ' ' Neither an appreciation of poetry nor a taste for rap is required for marking the Def Poetry Jam into 1 2 . your Festival diary. All you have to appreciate is people who are driven to communicate. Put together : T. -- ' by Russell Simmons, co-founder of the legendary hip hop record label Def Jam. and unobtrusively ' w :. directed by Stan Lathan, this eight-strong rainbow coalition of performance poets have already " .z'. :' wowed audiences on Broadway, with styles, rhythms and rhyme schemes as varied as their skin :' .: ' tones. ' ; '. '.' -v With no poem lasting long enough to wear out its welcome, the mood can change from funny to ' elegiac to righteous to moving in moments. There isn‘t a weak link in this crew and. although l. '. ' everyone gets a chance to shine. the rare moments when three or more gather together. overlapping and interlacing their lines, are particularly special. There‘s a DJ stage right. but only once does he actually lay down a track for the poets to speak over, which is fine: the absence of beats just allows '1 :' " 2 t ' f we them to let their verses breathe naturally. ‘ Some critics of their Broadway run felt that their performances weren‘t up to the standard required 2. ' . . .~ -'. by live theatre, but their experience of treading the boards in the months since then must have had a 2 i" : transforming effect. This is a group full of confidence, who have no trouble lifting an audience with . : :.- w . A .«.«°..:v their vitality, humour and passion. (Alastair Mabbott)
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