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...PLAY SAGS during the home scenes at the beginning of the second act, however. Part of the blame must go to Stoppard, who is clearly more at home with the frothy pub banter than with the unfolding human drama. But there's not enough oppressiveness here, not enough love wrestling with the frustration. We have no sense of a 25-year relationship between husband and wife, or of what must have been deep affection between father and daughter. As a result, much of the poignancy of George Riley's plight goes by the wayside. It is an unfortunate letdown...
...ducked into Al's Deli to pick up my obligatory cup of coffee before work, more for the early morning banter among the regulars in Al's than the caffeine. Delis--especially the all-nighters--embody the New York experience. Seven in the morning or three at night, I'd always be guaranteed a sandwich, a run-in with the run down, and west-side talk...
...horns. Turning back toward my new acquaintances, they seemed for a moment to be my friends in Tommy's, but the rays of the sun affected me. When I roused from my reverie, I realized that the gibberish they uttered was German, not the vacuous, unintelligible, pinball-punctuated banter overheard on Bow Street. I smiled, shaking my head at my own silliness, and, as Oscar was fairly imploring me, I decided to try a piece of the plum cake after...
...Wilderness has a leisurely pace. We don't meet Richard's beloved (Marsha B. McCoy, in a charming cameo) until the final act. But though "Ah, Wilderness" dawdles, it doesn't drag. Skilfully plotted, the events--though tame--transpire quickly, with many rapid scene changes. The constant familial banter speeds up the action; Ah, Wilderness doesn't seem as long as it is. Indeed, Daniel Sherman even gets away with lengthening one scene, in a nice directorial touch. While the family at home worries aobut Richard's absence during his spree, Sherman has the oldest brother sing two turn...
...year of riding five shifts a week on police patrols in Atlanta, Remmington concluded that males cope with the presence of females on the force by dealing with them as natural subordinates -and the females accept the situation. A policeman talks to a policewoman in a teasing kind of banter, as if the female cop were a tomboyish kid sister. Because women cops were not trained in the martial arts or encouraged to handle tough assignments, they often showed a lack of confidence, and sometimes deliberately drove slowly to a potentially violent call. Says Remmington: "Either the view of females...