Word: beholding
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...interesting thing about running into Reich is the first you behold an incredibly short, mature adult and then you notice that the incredibly short adult is Robert Reich, one of the most powerful people in the executive branch. Searching desperately for a provocative, newsworthy question to ask him, my mind goes blank. Before I can pull myself together, two HRTV people whisk him away to do an interview. Their camera looks remarkably like the palmcorder my parents received as a gift for their 20th anniversary...
...because it spoke to this issue. We are told that the Day of Judgment is heralded, first, by the blowing of a ram's horn and, second, by "a still, small voice." This same image is used in First Kings when G-d speaks to Elijah. It reads: "And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire...
Olga Talyn's version of Madame Giry is another marvel to behold. Her simple presence as well as her voice breathes ominous foreboding, yet perfect control. Lawrence Anderson also gives a wonderful performance as Raoul--strong, yet not too over-powering...
...behold, a kindly geneticist notices Kinney's plight and decides to help him--by cloning him. Uh huh. But the more cartoonish this movie gets--a coffee pot bubbles among the complicated looking test-tubes involved in the cloning process--the better it becomes. As Doug, and Doug, and Doug, and Doug try to solve all of the original's problems, they find that the logistics of their parallel existences cause more difficulties than they can handle...
...Lilac Fairy, danced by Emily Gresh, was a vision of regal magnificence. The majestic power she brought to her role was a marvelous sight to behold, yet she seemed slightly out of place. She appeared even more royal and dignified than the monarchs themselves...