Where the original had projected an attitude of hip, wry nonchalance, this version felt frenetic, frenzied, even nightmarish.
Because if Mr. Huang spent even a third of the time cooking that he does writing funny blog posts and wry Twitter updates, posting hip-hop videos and responding to Internet friends, rivals, critics and customers, Xiao Ye might be one of the more interesting restaurants to open in New York City in the last few months.
That's us spreading our gospel of funk blending it with a wry Woody Allen humor, a post-hip-hop sensibility, a sort of ZZ Top iconography, and making it rub shoulders with electronic music.
California-born Sanford Biggers, who is the standout here, brings together art history, 1960's black power politics, world religion and hip-hop culture with a wry, urban energy.
I loved that book, with its hip design, thoughtful stories-within-the-story and wry neologisms: air family, veal-fattening pen, recreational slumming.
Rushing offstage to change into another catsuit (an iridescent pearl-pink) and add a beauty spot to her cheek, she twists her hips to the breathless "Bubblegum Bitch", flashing a wry smile for the dark undertones of "Teen Idle" for the second "act": Electra Heart.
Sanford Biggers tackles cultural convergence with a wry, urban energy, stirring art, politics and world religions together with hip-hop culture.
Fans of this gifted troupe may be surprised at the sincerity — and generosity — of the company's approach to material that a hip New York theater company might be expected to put across with a wink and a wry smile.
