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Actors almost never connect or collaborate as they recite lines; instead, they always seem to be yelling across the stage at one another from atop these purposely unfinished set pieces. Their placement makes them feel even more removed from the audience. Consequently, emotional peaks in the script fall flat. Fish certainly seems more focused on his concept than the story itself...
...peaks, especially in the slow-boiling first act, by the play’s climatic moments they’ve settled into their characters. As the simmering tension finally explodes, Madoff and DaSilva in particular provide a deeply affecting finale that gets the play’s significant messages across effectively, if unsubtly...
Last Thursday, Californians bore witness to dozens of protests across cities and universities in The Golden State. These protests were part of a national day of action that was organized by groups advocating for the protection of education from injurious budget cuts. In California, the protests were especially justified; to make up for a state-wide deficit of over $20 billion, the public universities in California have sought to trim their own budgets by reducing library hours, furloughing staff, cutting teaching assistants—and, most dramatically, increasing tuition by 32 percent...
...been directed at students for having taken to the streets rather than staying in the classroom where, so it is said, a student who really cared about education would be. The academic sacrifices suffered to support these campaigns for the protection of higher education are indeed real, and students across the UC system remark they are suffering from "protest fatigue...
This new focus on plot-driven storytelling has led to an unexpected broadening of the film’s audience base across Europe and into the States. “I’m so surprised that American audiences and reviews have been that good. I was shocked that we came along with the little Danish film looking like something happening in the Midwest, talking in Danish and requiring subtitles. I thought this could only be a disaster. But I’m surprised and happy about the response we’ve gotten...