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Deanne Chiu

Deanne Chiu has written 3 posts for A New Leaf Media
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THE COMEDY CHANNEL Short Film Festival Awards

By Deanne Chiu ⋅ May 8, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

The secret to a good joke? It’s all in the context, baby.
If you saw the Easter Monday Short Film Festival screening (plagued by projector issues, disgruntled audience members and rapid exits) you may have been underwhelmed. However, the Awards Night screening was blessed with a sense of pomp and ceremony. Our most convivial host, Brian [...]

Don Pasquale

By Deanne Chiu ⋅ May 5, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Audience interaction, stuffed toys, headbutting, chaos??Yes, you read correctly, this was Donizetti’s Don Pasquale. Ocker accents replaced the recitative, and jeans and saucy undies replaced conventional costumes.
Title boards amusingly informed of opera’s foibles, such as lyric repetition and overlapping ‘dialogue’ during quartets, but they eventually became distracting and depressingly self-depreciating. As blatant as the placards [...]

Zack Adams: A Complete History of Zack Adams

By Deanne Chiu ⋅ April 27, 2006 ⋅ 2 comments

A Complete History of Zack Adams must be seen by anyone who’s ever had a dream or just wants to know which word rhymes with ‘leotard’. This performer’s pathos-littered climb to superstardom starts at a year two assembly and crosses continence and continents, then ends a short but sweet hour later, leaving you wanting more.
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