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...dialogue, other than Rosencrantz repeating "heads" every time he picks up the coin. Although this action will eventually introduce some of Stoppard's playfully theoretical elements, what's happening on stage doesn't yet seem important enough for the audience to stop chattering and pay attention. There is an awkward moment when the audience realizes that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's coin tossing has actually marked the beginning of the play, creating a bemused pity for these two ignored souls...
...Vietnamese strumming which accompanies her dance is beautiful; the same musical theme recurred throughout the play. Certain sound effects, however, are less appropriate, becoming jarring and awkward and forming perhaps the one weak aspect of the play's presentation...
...hate that term 'in the closet,'" says Ellen DeGeneres, the aforementioned sitcom star whose all-pants wardrobe and sometimes awkward chemistry with male ingenues was provoking curiosity from fans and reporters long before her sexuality became a minor national obsession. "Until recently I hated the word lesbian too," she continues. "I've said it enough now that it doesn't bother me. But lesbian sounded like somebody with some kind of disease. I didn't like that, so I used the word gay more often...
...that big a fire, it was just in an awkward spot," Boyle said...
...poet Donald Hall. Dulcamara's vendor antics completely undercut his dramatic entrance and resonant "udite" ("listen!"), and his abracadabra, Darkwing Duck gesturings made one laugh out loud. If it hadn't been for the skillful comic acting of these two, the farcical plot would have been in awkward tension with the gorgeous music. Though Donizetti saves his very best for Nemorino's duets with Adina, every major character enjoys at least a few minutes of choice aria...