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...portrays a variety of characters during the course of the show, with some assuming names while others remain generic (i.e. housewife). Because characters come and go within the space of one song, individuality is marked not by any abiding and consistent creation of scripted identity but rather by the actors?? own idiosyncratic performance styles...
...actors?? bold effervescence, both in song and in action, carries the show, infusing it with provocative verbal and kinesthetic inflection. Anonymous character JC Cassis ’06 blurts out “I voted for John Kerry” during one number. Lane D. Levine ’06 takes on the musical’s burlesque motif, drawing circles in the air with his well-toned glutes as boy-toy Arthur in “Arthur in the Afternoon...
That decision plays to the movie’s primary strength—solid acting across the board that hinges on gutsy performances from a slew of younger actors??and de-emphasizes the sexed-up action scenes that regularly plague football-themed movies. But Friday Night Lights does not always escape that temptation. Tackling scenes—choreographed by Allan Graf, whose previous body of work includes Any Given Sunday and The Waterboy—are often shot at too tight an angle for dramatic effect and come off as unnatural and disorienting, while the hits themselves...
...film received widespread critical acclaim and saw two of its leading actors??Sean Penn and Tim Robbins—take home the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively...
...would like to emphasize again the one-sided nature of his review, not only in its method of criticizing Levy but also in its inefficient use of space. Rather than filling paragraphs with his own similes, Soskin would have done better had he reviewed all of the actors?? performances. Given the small size of the cast, it seems unjust to devote to four out of the seven characters a mere five lines. Daniel J. Wilner ’07, who played Hedda’s husband, certainly deserves more notice—his acting was so genuine that...