Word: accents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...might be described as the Provencal Mark Twain, if that beloved "regional" writer had also made movies championed by critics and the public. He could be a French Frank Capra, if that populist filmmaker had also been his country's most popular playwright. Pagnol introduced French theatergoers to the accent of his own rural south, where Rs roll off the tongue like a river over its bed, and carted his movie camera out of the studio and into the side streets and luscious hills of Provence. The father of the French talkie, he was also the godfather of European neorealism...
...little skeptical a few sentences down however, when she referred to "the legible, proud, upright standing 'I' of April, crowned by a huge accent-like-dot, which looks like a huge wild bird, flying over the i, not yet sure of landing directly on the vowel i." Bernard started out life as an actress, and her flair for the dramatic still showed...
...West Side Story is enjoyable to watch. A capable, energetic cast; Bernstein and Sondheim's classic songs; and excellent production values make this show worth seeing. In the end, audience members will have to decide for themselves whether Eggar should have retold West Side Story with such a modern accent...
Munger offers a passable performance as Pozzo, though he tends to slip in and out of an English accent from line to line. Munger also lapses into repetitive mannerisms that limit his character's depth. As Lucky, Fish offers a hilariously disturbing rendition of his character's famous speech in the first act. Jung A-Choi gives a monochromatic performance as Godot's messenger, adding little to the show...
...production is not without its merits. Tom Chick provides a creative, exciting interpretation of Cassio as a befuddled yet well-intentioned swash-buckler. Nell Benjamin creates an attractive and spirited Desdemona, and John Haddon, with his rich accent and beautiful eloqution, is occasionally poetic in delivering Lodovico's lines...