Word: batted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nightclub, where the bartender, played by John Frederick, does an admirable acting job both as Launcelot Gobbo and the tippling drinkmaker Salerio (Richard Rutowski) and Solanio (Peter Vrooman) clown remarkably well in these scenes: they are especially endearing when they mock Shylock's cry of "My daughter, my ducats," bat somewhat abrasive when they snort cocaine or simulate intercourse on stage to make fun of the courting couple Jessica and Lorenzo...
...costumes, worth the price of admission in themselves, are a cross between commedia dell'arte and Oriental styles, corresponding to no known time or place. Some, like Tartaglia's shimmering, black, bat-winged cape, are sumptuous and frightening. Truffaldino, the simple-minded bird catcher, on the other hand, looks hilariously like Big Bird with a truffle-shaped head. The characters' exotic masks, with their fixed and staring eyes, give even the humans in King Stag an entrancing and surreal beauty. When the characters speak from bodies not their own, as when Tartaglia inhabits Deramo's body to deceive Angela...
Wipprecht admitted not liking the idea at first, but added she now sees it as "the more efficient of two weapons," describing the return as a "stilletto to the heart," as opposed to the "baseball bat" technique of staying off the job. "Both would get the job done," she said...
...first quarter, the aquamen immediately attacked their punchless opponents. Junior Rob Strauss scored three of his four goals right off the bat and Scherrer added two more to put the Cantabs on track...
...boasts 20 red leatherette barber chairs, and the young customers wait in line seven days a week. The elaborate cuts start at only $6 for men and $8 for women. The atmosphere is, as they say, informal. "There's no etiquette here," says Vezzo. "I keep a baseball bat next to the door in case there's trouble...