Word: badly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ever since Mozart's Cosi Fan tutte was produced at Leverett House two years ago, musical theatre at Harvard has suffered from a bad case of escalation. L'Histoire du Soldat, Don Giovanni; and The Marriage of Figaro followed-in quick succession, and one shuddered to think where Harvard musicians would go from there...
...might expect a movie with so many creators to suffer from a certain unevenness of style. Not so. Casino Royale is guided through its 131 minutes by the same matchless bad taste. My own suspicion is that the budget, huge as it must have been, somehow ran out before Feldmann had thought to hire a screenwriter. Or maybe he split up what he had three ways, on the theory that invention is additive...
...When things get so bad that people are dissatisfied," said the Justice official, "it's time to rack up and start over again. The only real danger is that the government might not let the policy be talked about. The press and other news media are a real check and balance to keep the government form running roughshod. It's only when a political state forgets why it does something that it becomes a real threat...
Alone: In bad company...
There are many very bad actors in the -production and several very good ones. Theseus and his court bumble about, recalling the less palmy days of high school. The fairies acquit themselves no better...