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...tawny, high cheek-boned, all-American kind of girl. She’s got chocolate brown eyes and windblown, I-combed-this-with-my-fingers and washed-with-tree-bark-herbs hair that really looks good wrapped in a simple leather string. Her assorted Laura Ashley-esque flower print dresses and full petticoat skirts are unadorned, yet ethereal. Jane bakes bread. She knows how to make those Little House on the Prairie daisy chains and how to tell if it’s going to rain in a fortnight by smelling the tree moss. Jane thought of leaving...
Darryl has come aboard the submarine for two reasons: to develop the courage so crucial for spelling competitions, and to escape Ashley, his vindictive 17 year-old ex-girlfriend and the mother of infant son Andy and Andy’s 11 year-old brother, Andrew (don?...
Darryl is soon tracked down by the vengeful Ashley, who strategically befriends the local whale, aptly named Whale. As it turns out, Whale might just be the only mammal capable of defeating Darryl in the spelling championship...
...Particularly hilarious are Thomas Odell ’04 as Whale (and in a smaller role as Mr. Pemberton), Brendan Demay ’02 as the title character and Andy Pasquesi ’04 as Captain Schumacher. Carla Borras ’05 is superbly manipulative as Ashley, and Christopher Starr ’03 maximizes the comic potential in Andrew, Darryl’s precocious...
...Hanks (Get Over It) and Fisk (Snow Day), a pair of rising stars with superb Hollywood pedigrees. After all, Colin is the son of Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks, and Schuyler is the daughter of Academy Award-winner Sissy Spacek. Fisk has no trouble stepping into the role of Ashley, Shaun’s sweet-faced and sympathetic girlfriend, and Hanks successfully anchors the diverse cast with his convincing portrayal of the likable Shaun. The audience can’t help but care about the kind-hearted idealist who pursues his dreams with reckless abandon. He seems real, because...