Word: accents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last one-act, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by Dr. Seuss. Here the various citizen Whos take turns telling the tale, and both Bial and the cast skillfully intersperse the traditional storyline about the primacy of Christmas cheer with some inspired character choices. Lithgow expertly mimics the accent and demeanor of Jimmy Stewart, and Rainey's Robin [Leach] Who provides a humorous urbanity. Kanter's [Nazi] Doktor Who is splendidly drawn. "Und he whipped him und beat him," she exclaims, practically drooling in her excitement over the Grinch's evil escapades. Kudos also to producer Amy Wicklund for inspired costumes...
...loyal viewers from Jerusalem to San Jose. As the global audience for U.S.-produced entertainment has grown, producers and directors have aimed for broader, cross-cultural appeal. Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the biggest box-office stars in the world. Twenty years ago, no actor with a heavy German accent, no matter how gifted, would have topped Hollywood's talent ladder...
...colleague at arm's length. Walesa brought his resentment onto the campaign trail, complaining at one rally that though he had a special phone line installed at his Gdansk headquarters to connect him with Mazowiecki's office, "it never rang." With his hearty manner and working-class accent, Walesa derided Mazowiecki as an intellectual out of touch with ordinary Poles...
...Madonna took to the screen Tuesday morning to defend what she called a glorious celebration of sexual fantasies. Dressed conservatively and sporting her typical mall-rat accent, Madonna explained that her videos were not, in fact degrading to women. MTV, she said, should be wary of airing violent, not sexual, videos...
...Crimson's domination left little for the under-half capacity of the crowd--comprised mostly of the Dartmouth band and local Hanover High students--to get excited about. The crowd was so quiet that Harvard goalie Chuck Hughes' winy Boston accent echoed throughout the rink. It was so uninterested that when a puck flew into the crowd in the first period, nobody scrambled for the souvenir...