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...always seem to have a target on our back,” Fish said. “So we always seem to make people play their best against us, and we try to see that as a sign of respect.” —Staff writer Allen J. Padua can be reached at ajpadua@fas.harvard.edu...
...Fittingly, the central character in Michael Jacobs' new play Impressionism is yet another emotionally stunted middle-aged woman (Joan Allen) too obsessed with art to be able to relate to other people. The art, in this case, is a beloved collection of Impressionist paintings in the gallery she owns; the significant other is a globetrotting photographer (Jeremy Irons) who comes to work for her. Again, two excellent actors struggle to bring life to an underenergized wisp of a play whose organizing conceit - we see key incidents from their lives in flashbacks, through the images of the famous paintings...
...know how they've managed to brand the recession. I think I might start to make my own brand of cereal called Credit Crunch.' ?Lily Allen, singer...
...Staff writer Allen J. Padua can be reached at ajpadua@fas.harvard.edu...
...Eisenberg, like Superbad's Michael Cera and their soul grandfather Woody Allen, possesses that ineffable something that makes it possible for him to be both a believable romantic lead and a bleater. He bleats his way through several unsuccessful job interviews. When he finally lands a job from the odd but endearing couple that runs Adventureland (Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig), he has the temerity to bleat about his assignment. He'd prefer Adventureland's slightly more glamorous Rides division, which he believes himself more suited for than Games. They shoot him down, with kindly conviction...