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...much use of training in Shakespeare or Method-style character analysis. But they say acting study helps nonetheless. Kevin Kraft, 22, is a University of Southern California junior in his second summer as a clown and juggler at Hersheypark; he has also toured with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Says Kraft: "If I pretend in slow motion to grab for a nonexistent ball, I'd better have a real intention to catch it, which is acting technique, or the comedy falls flat...
...city defenders. The rabble rousing on the celebrity cocktail circuit has brought thousands of protest letters from around the world pouring into the B.I.E.'s Paris office. In Venice the city council remains categorically opposed, as do 63 organizations ranging from police to town planners. "Mounting a spectacular Barnum & Bailey circus is no way to solve real problems of sanitation, transport and tourism," says Alvise Zorzi, author of seven books on Venice and leader of the "No Expo" groups...
...part it is a double entendre because the animals in the Burgess Shale are so peculiar and wonderful. It is also because the movie illustrates this fundamental concept of contingency: that is, George Bailey is about to commit suicide because Mr. Potter has stolen some money, which is going to drive Bailey's firm into bankruptcy, and he figures his life has been utterly insignificant. He says, "I wish I had never been born," and then follows that famous ten-minute scene that shows the town of Bedford Falls had George Bailey never been born. It is an alternate reality...
...houselights dim in the Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery, the ! ringmaster's voice rattles the rafters: "Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages! Producer Kenneth Feld proudly presents the 119th edition of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the Greatest Show on Earth! Take one! We're rolling! Lights! Camera! Action!" But wait -- what kind of show is this? Flickering lights in Ring 2 reveal a scene right out of a silent film. Two Keystone Kop cars have collided, while clowns dressed as cops and criminals strike up a dance...
...Bailey tried manfully for the better analogy. It required him to posit 1) a pre-glasnost Soviet Union, 2) a communist Mexico demanding the return of "occupied Mexican" territory lost in the Mexican War (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California) and 3) insurrection by former Mexicans living in these territories demanding secession from the Union. Then imagine, Bailey continued, that the insurrectionists, supported and financed by Mexico and other communist states in Latin America, obstruct communications; attack civilians and police with stones and fire bombs; kill former Mexicans holding U.S. Government jobs ("collaborators"); and then begin...