Carrie Mae Weems does nothing to hide the operatic stage machinery behind "When and Where I Enter-Ancient Rome, " her 2008 black-and-white photograph of a woman in a long gown silhouetted at a picture window.
"You should take this time and get a checkup for your plan and make sure that you're in the right plan, " says Kerry Weems, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
That Ms. Weems succeeds in evoking an era while revealing her props and directorial cues testifies to her skills as a magician who can tip her hand and nonetheless fool us into sharing a mood of tremulous expectancy.