Word: boredoms
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...latter include the somber and acerbic hymn of hate to the boredom French lefty intellectuals always attribute to respectable middle-class life, Sunday, 1888-1890. (Does the worthy proletariat ever suffer from ennui? Apparently not.) Nothing is happening. A young husband in a stiff jacket and striped pants is poking the fireplace in a desultory way. His wife stares out the window, her back to us. The folds and pleats of her costume, intensely formal, suggest a caryatid--but a caryatid with nothing at all to support and nothing whatever to do. An equally bored-looking cat, if cats...
...length of the street next to this park. Newly remodeled houses with perfectly manicured shrubs shaped like bonsai are just around the corner. These aren't kids driven to the streets by abusive homes or grinding poverty. What Kayoko and her friends are rebelling against is the simple boredom, the predictability represented by those neat, little suburban houses. These girls know that if they play by the rules, pass all the right exams, marry the right guy, then all that awaits them is one of those tiny, three-bedroom homes with the little genkan and the slippers neatly lined...
...remarkable narrative skill. Egan mixes flashbacks, stream of consciousness narratives and intellectual diatribes with careless ease to create a fitfully paced, engaging narrative that gradually builds in power. Her descriptions are precise and highly evocative. Charlotte details the reawakening of her memory: “The boredom and stasis of my present circumstances were driving me to retrospect in the desultory way that a person cooped up in an old house will eventually make her way to the attic and upend a few boxes.” Egan’s tone shifts, often humorously, to reflect the personality...
...routine has changed for the better. Previously, boredom usually led to the hatching of elaborate plans to get food, generally chocolate or something, as soon as possible. This food-search generally had nothing to do with actual hunger and everything to do with deprivation, breaking rules...
Despite the sluggish progression of the plot and the generally mundane dialogue, the performers enliven a play that tends towards death by boredom. Though the Effects of Gamma Rays on the audience could easily have been sleep, the talented cast rescued the production. Particularly noteworthy are the performances of Doku and Okunseinde...