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Despite the abundance of talent in the play, however, not all of the acting resonates. Salter’s performance as Taylor is particularly grating. She has the difficult task of playing an awkward character with many psychological and personal issues whose behavior annoys nearly everyone in the play, and she overacts the part. Her lines are occasionally too forceful, her emotional reactions too choppy, and her gestures barely contained within the bounds of the set. In the first scene in which she drunkenly verbally spars with Benton, Salter is uncomfortable to watch, gesturing dramatically, speaking too angrily, and overacting...

Author: By Araba A. Appiagyei-Dankah, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HTC's 'Stick' Flies in the Face of Racism | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...Neal Morgan who did the percussion. How much input did they have? They were there from the beginning. Ryan and Neal came to my house and we crawled through the songs bar by bar. We talked a lot about meaning and mood and thematic stuff, going into some awkward realms of discussions. I find it awkward to talk about song meaning. The way we got around that awkwardness was for Ryan to interview me. Somewhere he must have some very incriminating piles of notes for things I'd never talk about in a real interview but it was important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joanna Newsom | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...took her 20 minutes to find something on the menu she could eat. She is also exercising regularly. "Whenever I'd try to do a sport at home, there'd always be really skinny people who were always really good at it, and I'd feel kind of awkward," she says. "Here I can give 100% without looking stupid." In November, she and Fahl walked a half marathon. (See how the world's top chefs lost weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Obesity Rehab for Kids Work? | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...Stop doing that awkward avoid-the-elephant-in-the-room mumble whenever someone tries to bring up blocking...

Author: By Sara Joe Wolansky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Housing Market: How to Banish Blocking Drama | 2/27/2010 | See Source »

...into living in a comfortable, safe, homey environment, then please don't block with your current romantic interest. If you're into awkward post-breakup dhall run-ins and hearing alleged ex-romantic interest consummate his love with alleged new-romantic interest through traumatically thin walls, then by all means go ahead...

Author: By Sara Joe Wolansky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Housing Market: How to Banish Blocking Drama | 2/27/2010 | See Source »

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