William Kentridge: The Head & The Load

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Another piece that looks distressingly didactic, hedged by the participation of a visual magician.  So yeah, this piece purports to give us an account of the African porters who did heavy lifting for the British, French, and Germans during World War I -- and suffered extremely high casualty rates in the bargain.  But encouragingly, Kentridge does not appear to be interested here in narrative exposition; the pieces promises to be suggestive rather than disquisitional.  So maybe we needn't be distressed after all.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  I'm going to throw up my hands and send you to the bar at Daniel (where you can order off the dining room menu).  The current menu reads so attractively that maybe you won't notice how lackluster the execution has become.  Closed on Sunday; then, go to JoJo, which at least has a pulse (and where there's a Sunday Lamb Shank Baeckeoffe special that's well worth your attention).