Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hugh Edwards' portrayal of Piggy as a plodding unwanted little boy is realistic in every gesture and expression. Despite a few awkward movements, Tom Chapin presents a realistic Jack (the bully who becomes a beast). The part of Ralph--the nice, normal boy -- offers fewer striking characteristics; James Aubrey is, however, a believably nice, normal boy. Although a little of their ad libbing seems forced, the crowd of boys generally reacts realistically...
Strong Spirit. Performances, as things turned out, were as varied in quality as they were in style, and though some of the troupes were crippled by the hyperkinetic choreography that can make a dance an awkward, literal joke, others brought to the park performances as good as anything in the coat-and-tie winter seasons. The dancers suffered some difficulties-hot afternoon rehearsals in the sun, damp boards to dance on at night, and a 40-by-50-ft. stage that was a shade too small for the prodigious leaps of a dancer like Villella. But all were eager...
Koelb too often substituted shouting for intensity, and his arms dangled uselessly at his side throughout most of the play. His motion, like that of practically everyone else, was occasionally very awkward and poorly blocked...
Miranda expects to be murdered or raped. But her gangling, awkward captor blushes at the slightest hint of indecency. He assures her he just wants her to love him. He seldom lets her out of her room, and then only after he has bound and gagged her. But he heaps her with presents: expensive foods, dresses, a phonograph. When she asks for some perfume, he brings her 14 bottles. "It's like living in The Arabian Nights," Miranda muses in bewilderment. "Being the favorite in the harem. But the perfume you really want is freedom...
...guitar player, running through a wide and varied repertory that should be greeted as a valuable primer by Atkins-style pickers, as his many imitators call themselves. No one could play The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise better than Atkins does here, but he does seem a bit awkward with La Dolce Vita and other tunes of that...