Word: acted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...adequately explain his attitude toward humanity. All too often he becomes more of an authorial mouthpiece than a coherent character, and when he says at the end that he wishes he could be sorry for what he has done it really seems as if someone is forcing Teddy to act the way he does. The scene in which Teddy directs Ryder to gallop around the restaurant like a cowboy and threatens to force him to make love to Angel on the counter while calling the terrified boy a "fag" and "queer," is psychic and physical torture reminiscent of the rape...
...times too erratic in his mood shifts, but overall carries the show with his portrayal of the psychotic hippie. Within seconds of his entrance, he galvanizes the cast, powerfully projecting the twisted alienation of his character. His movements are dynamic and his madness becomes truly chilling in the second act. When he pulls up Clarisse's shirt screaming "Tits, tits!" he horrifies with his intensity...
...generally fails to establish himself as a convincing character. Director Leslie Rose obviously has no idea what a real redneck is like, and neither does Lipson. Throughout the play Lipson fumbles lines, drops his cigarette and slips in and out of character. He is markedly better in the second act, when he is being pushed by Grumbach, but his first act scene with Susan Silverberg as Angel is painful. By the way, Silverberg is barely able to deal with her subtle part, and delivers nearly all her lines the same...
...course it takes more than words to press those buttons." (she's looking tired again). Dukakis speaks well but people are often hurt more by a politician who doesn't act. In some ways, it's simply how much money and how many endorsements you can get. The voters here are sophisticated, though. TV ads may or may not help. We've been getting good responses from the press." On August 31, Ackermann will participate in a televised debate with Dukakis and Ed King...
Unlike the U.S., neither Canada nor the U.K. has any kind of Freedom of Information Act. But in Canada, the government has promised to propose Freedom-Of-Information Legislation in the fall, and demand for similar legislation is building in Britain. Still, the chance for any real loosening is perhaps illustrated by what happened a few years ago to an internal Canadian government study on ways to increase public access: the Bureaucrats who ordered up the report promptly stamped it CONFIDENTIAL...