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...satisfying conclusion. In the final analysis, however, Shakespeare himself makes this show a success, for the script of The Tempest contains an abundance of good lines and absurd situations, all delivered in unique blank verse. The Adams/Quincy troupe rallies around the play and finishes triumphantly; despite some bogus effects, this Tempest is an interesting, innovative production that almost surmounts the difficult challenge that is the legacy of William Shakespeare...
...that's where the parity ends. Harvard players went to the box eight times last night, to only five for B.U. That's bogus; it's as if officials take for granted that the Terriers will play rough and concentrate on the mistakes of the skating-passing clubs...
When a St. Louis newspaper man named Stilson Hutchins first came to Washington in 1877 to found the city's sixth daily newspaper, he intended his fledgling Post to be a Democratic daily. The paper was certainly Democratic--it called then-president Rutherford B. Hayes, a Republican, "the bogus president"--and it was moderately successful until Hutchins sold it in 1889. But under a succession of owners, The Post became more and more sensational and relied on the wire services and the New York papers for most of its serious news coverage...
...Nigeria at an indefinite time--there are references to modern nuisances such as television, yet the characters suggest a more traditional era. Brother Jero is the rough equivalent of an American storefront preacher, a "beachfront divine." His world is one of tongue-in-cheek contrasts, for like all slightly bogus religious leaders, he sees through the pretensions of his livelihood and of his enraptured flock...
...self-aware villain, scoring stunning acting points without carrying complete emotional conviction. And Stefan Gierasch's Orgon is not quite the ideal foil. He seems more like an exacerbated paterfamilias who wants Tartuffe to cow his recalcitrant brood rather than a breathless gull hopelessly infatuated by a bogus saint...