Word: bishops
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Those close to him say the Pope retains all the mental drive of his early days. Vatican aides say he has not dropped any of the reins of church government. "I've watched him deal with extremely complicated decisions," says a Vatican bishop, "and the way he works them through shows that he's still very sharp and in full control." Important decisions are "the Pope's and his alone...
...contemporary Hoboken, New Jersey, the play opens as Julie (Edith H. Bishop '00) confesses her longtime obsession with computers and technology to friend and neighbor Claire (Claire E. Farley '01). With little experience in high school and even less self-confidence, Julie explains that she fears her own stupidity and inability to succeed. Though Claire initially lets her know that school doesn't have to be her thing, Julie eventually agrees to join her for night classes at a local community college. Telling neither her husband or her children, Julie quietly sets out on her efforts to redirect her life...
Julie Johnson is at its best when characters are allowed to interact and deal with the daily challenges of mundane life. Bishop, who displayed spectacular passion and fervor earlier this term as Lady Macbeth, turns her emotional intensity inwards as a quietly powerful individual. Julie's frustration with herself and her surroundings is brilliantly portrayed by Bishop; she slowly builds up her confidence while retaining her sensitivity and empathy...
Farley is brilliant in her depiction of Claire, moderating comical absurdity and adding intensity to simplistically earnest emotions. With some dangerously cliched lines yet displaying incredible depth of character the novice to Harvard drama proves a worthy opposite to Bishop's Julie...
...Ocean's Eleven (1960). The Rat Pack. Rat Pack movies are tough. Frank, Dean, Sammy, Lawford and Bishop: you try so hard to love them as much as they loved themselves. Ocean's Eleven is the prototype, and probably the best of them. Good plot (army buddies knock over five Vegas casinos), and Cesar Romero is great icing as kingpin Duke Santos. But it's stiffly paced and self-indulgent. Go ahead and see it anyway...