Word: blamed
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...telling the story of a woman (Megan Uebelacker) who wishes she didn't have to dance with a particular suitor (Evan Sicuranza). As the music plays and couples swirl around the dance floor, the man repeatedly steps on her toes, and she denies any pain and takes all the blame. Uebelacker's asides to the audience are funny, but eventually it becomes clear that she is stuck in a courtship ritual and simply unable to breach the laws of a too-polite so ciety...
...little high when people told me they liked my last column crashed and burned when they asked, with a puzzled look on their face, "Fornicate-with-me red?" I can't blame them. I mean, come on, there are just too many syllables. It's awkward, it's not clean, it doesn't create the right image. People who rename nailpolish colors for their provocative tendencies don't use words like "fornicate" (okay, maybe they do if they're Harvard students, but I didn...
When the trial ended, Clark confesses, she fell into a "malaise," and who can blame her? She lost what she thought was a winnable case, and, as she puts it, "My old life was gone." She acknowledges that she did not want to write Without a Doubt but that the money she received to do so will at last allow her to be a "soccer mom." Fair enough. But in a book that offers up an assortment of intimate details, it is hard not to feel that the real Marcia Clark is still hidden...
...responsibility of parenthood encompasses 24 hours and holds much decision making. Is it fair to lay all the blame on the doctors' side in connection with where children should sleep and at what age? To follow the norm and so-called expert advice blindly is a convenient way to cover up a lack of personal development. Ideally, parents should have educated themselves from a variety of sources, and then open their heart and listen to their intuition. In the end, every individual is responsible for his or her own decisions. Caring for children is the most significant responsibility a human...
...something dark lingers throughout the performance. Perhaps Prokofiev's score, which haunts even the most romantic moments at the flick of a violin bow, is partially to blame. Perhaps it's the costumes, dark navy uniform gowns for the ladies and drab tuxedoes for the men in the eerily-lit ballroom scene, also add to the mood. Perhaps the unexplained variations in the story-line, which Corder himself hopes create "a feeling of mystery and magic," cause a slightly unsettling feeling instead. Whatever the reason, Cinderella remains a delightful, if somewhat dark, performance piece...