They don't just clean up his room. They don't just clean out his room. They sell their hous...]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/news/so-long-suhm/ http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/culture/kind-of-a-drag-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert-at-dsm/ High camp: Mae West in a feather boa in She Done Him Wrong. Low camp: Jamie Farr in a dowdy dress on M*A*S*H. Camp adjacent: Every cock in a frock in the mock campy Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical, whose national tour is now at the Dallas Summer Musicals at F...]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/culture/kind-of-a-drag-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert-at-dsm/ http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/film/hangover-iii-revenge-of-the-douches/ The unlikeliest of all the Hangover trilogy's comic implausibilities might be its four pampered, rich-boy leads unironically calling themselves the "Wolf Pack" without anyone ever making fun of them.

In the slobs-versus-snobs comedies of the 1970s and '80s, the snooty rich kids wer...]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/film/hangover-iii-revenge-of-the-douches/ http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/film/what-maisie-knew-might-be-a-great-film-about-childhood/ There are times during the affecting tumult of What Maisie Knew when you may think, "At last, a first-rate American movie about what being a kid actually feels like!" And then there are times when, despite the scrupulousness of co-directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel's adherence...]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/film/what-maisie-knew-might-be-a-great-film-about-childhood/ http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/restaurants/lark-brings-lunch-to-the-park/ Downtown Dallas was starved for natural beauty. Not that a five-acre deck park built atop a busy freeway is natural, really, but there are large swaths of grass that are sometimes green alongside the plastic turf dogs seem to love. The grass would be greener if a large part of the city's populati...]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/restaurants/lark-brings-lunch-to-the-park/ http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/news/in-dallas-isd-a-fight-over-principals-race-and-a-slice-of-the-pie/ This is a good time to reflect on the difficulty of finding truth in the battle over school reform in Dallas, because at this moment I don't seem to be able to get through the front door. I am standing on the parking lot at James Madison High School on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in S...]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/news/in-dallas-isd-a-fight-over-principals-race-and-a-slice-of-the-pie/ http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/music/home-by-hovercraft-takes-dallas-dramatic-pop-tradition-somewhere-new/ Home By Hovercraft aren't afraid of going for the big finish. Led by husband-and-wife combo Seth (lead vocals, tuba) and Shawn Magill (piano, vocals, xylophone), the band also comprises Abbey Magill (percussion), Max Hartman (drums) and Johnny Sequenzia (mandolin, banjolin, harmonica). They right...]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/music/home-by-hovercraft-takes-dallas-dramatic-pop-tradition-somewhere-new/ http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/film/inside-llewyn-davis-cannes-review/ I. First, Something About the Badges (Then We’ll Get to the Coens)

Someday I’m going to write a song and call it “Ballad of the Blue Badge.” I haven’t figured out a rhyme scheme yet, let alone a melody, so please allow this outline to suffice: At Canne...]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-05-23/film/inside-llewyn-davis-cannes-review/