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...sitcom standards, much of its humor is based on the sudden ironic entrance of various cast members. For example, in the midst of a weighty discussion between the "Unidentified Guest" and Edward Chamberlayne (Sam Shaw '99), the troubled husband whose marriage is the subject of the play, the hysterical, aunt-like Julia (Emily Stone '99) rushes in to retrieve her lost umbrella and maternally questions Edward about his seemingly drunken companion. We wish we could parrot her seeming naivete...
...comedic. Loud and shrill, she is always having everyone search for her glasses (once literally, but constantly figuratively), only to find that they were actually in her purse all along. Stone is thoroughly funny, assuming endearing drunkenness without lessening her character's dignity. She is complemented by the similarly aunt-like character, Alex, played by Mark Field-Marsham '99, who himself emanates a perpetual joke in the lilting updrafts of his scolding voice...
...though, has been a source of many traumas. Justine Yang '98 recalls how a chic Newbury Street salon sheared her luscious locks. "Sophomore year, when the Jennifer Aniston cut was popular, I got my hair cut like that," she confesses. "I looked like a boy. I almost cried. My aunt said I looked like a weed." Eventually, though, her roommate Lana Lee '98 suggested that they go to Leonard Stephen in the Square. "Now I'm happy," Yang says of her layered bob. "I get it cut like every 6 weeks. I like my hair to be nice and sharp...
Along with the recent advances in digital switching and storage technologies, this means a future in which all forms of content--movies, music, shows, books, data, magazines, newspapers, your aunt's recipes and home videos--will be instantly available anywhere on demand. Anyone will be able to be a producer of any content; you'll be able to create a movie or magazine, make it available to the world and charge for it, just like Time Warner...
...juvenile reported that her mother beat her with a shoe repeatedly, made threats and held a knife to her throat. The child is now living with her aunt...