When he found himself with two bands, he seems to have thought, What the heck, and, calling the piece "Split Sides," he made two separate dance sections and ordered up two lighting designs, two backdrops, and two sets of costumes.
One backdrop for the decree was the discontent of donor countries over the government's failure to stem widespread corruption, nepotism and contract profiteering.
It is hurtling toward September 2004, when Mr. Bush appears at the Republican convention in New York against an implicit, and possibly literal, ground zero backdrop.
One backdrop repeatedly replicates a woman's red lips, and elsewhere eyes and noses enter the picture; on the stage floor are positioned several trapezoidal boxes that resemble large gold ingots.
If you have more than one backdrop, buy extra support poles to store them on.
Unlike the last Met show, in 1999, tonight's will have many more sets, with nine backdrops for various performers.
The appearance of the six– and eight flag backdrops marks a significant increase in flagginess, and if the trend continues we may well see a 10-flagger before the end of the year.
But there are also immersive IMAX 3-D backdrops, striking ambiguities and irresistible moments of straight-faced lunacy.
You are going to want at least three backdrops, and two of them MUST be black and white.
The religious chants eventually morph into chants of Madonna's name, as the two main backdrop screens split open to reveal a giant confessional, covered by a scrim at the front.
