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Marion Garcia
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Brown launched his act, starting, improbably, with a soul-infused version of the Frank Sinatra hit, "My Way". James Brown pulled himself together--I thought this was going to be my best--and went into his set. Throughout the show, in between songs, James Brown talked about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and encouraged 2 keep it quiet. James Brown announced the name of a song and tried to make that name fit in with some kind of rapping on Dr. Martin Luther Kings and this entire situation.
At one point, as James Brown was remembering Martin, I started crying--a couple of tears came, you know, that nobody really got to see--but like, this is when everything started to really croon in What We Lost. The introduction was a kind one from Boston Mayor Kevin White. He then told a story about how a James Brown concert did more than just keep people inside and distracted them from the unrest, he showed how James Brown was able to intervene and prevent things between the crowd and police officers that were present in the Garden itself. A few months after the Boston concert, James Brown would record Say It Loud -- I am Black, and I am Proud, an unofficial anthem for the Black Power Movement.
At the end of Untamed, James Stark makes a cameo as Zoey Redbird, who introduces Reds nascent presence for the first time in Tulsas Nights house. When James Stark first arrives at the Tulsa House of Night, he and Zoey Redbird immediately form an bond. When James Stark gets to his room, he explains that this was just a dream, and that is why he is staying with her this evening. Heath calls out to Zoey Redbird as Kalona catches Heath, Zoeys emotional bonding informs Stark something is off, he runs over to Zoey, but is too late.
James Stark is devastated after being broken, he finds out that if his soul is not reassembled and placed back into his body within seven days, Zoey Redbird is going to die. When Zoey awakens, James Stark is nearly done with his full recovery, she calls the conference, explaining they must return to Tulsas Nights House. James Stark stays with Zoey Redbird until Jakes death and some other realizations inform Zoey it is time to return to the Tulsa House of Night and confront Neferet.
At the start of Act IV, we find Jamies a lonely man, and drunk on two bottles of whisky. It seems James is using that water of life to avoid life altogether.
Just like the rest of Jamies family, it seems as though James is moving almost backwards in time throughout the play. This seems to have been the pattern for all of Jamess life, since Mary -- his wife -- constantly talks about the amount of time he spent at bars. Despite the fact that Jamies, just like his son, drinks throughout the day, he refuses to acknowledge he has a problem with any sort.
James adamantly denies this, but stage directions tell us he seems to be extremely guilty. James is also an over-functioning drunk, drinking to extremes and not showing the effects, although the toll whiskey has taken on his vigilance is not hidden at the end of the play. The first thing we notice about James is that he is actually quite charming.
James Stark is a pretty heavy sleeper in daylight hours, staying indoors in the Queens Sgiachs castle during the night. Stark has never spoken about his family, other than on The Burn, where he says that he has not spoken to them for a number of years. The only way not to dream about James Stark is to be sleeping with someone else of the opposite sex, touching each other.
James Corden initially wanted J.J. Abrams to shoot he and Reggie singing a Mark Ronson track. Jamie took a lead in the hugely successful drama, but rather than moving on and developing his talents even more, he stuck around to continue raking in money. Once James Brown is performing, you can see that Brown is the one taking the reins and being the dominant personality, but at the end of the day, this is still about a system of government using music to distract a populace from its understandable anger towards this system, and this documentary should at the very least address this.