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...show's star is a corpse: John Bradshaw, head of the court that sentenced Charles I to death, is exhumed, drawn and quartered as the play begins, a symbol of ravaged nationhood. So Davis must settle for the part of his wife, Susan, who spends the play scavenging for her husband's remains. Despite great slabs of satire on the nature of monarchy, banking and literature, Victory turns on her journey - and what a journey it turns out to be. "Any fool can rob his enemy," she says, caught stealing from a band of fellow Puritans. "Where's the victory...
Compliance is not a characteristic normally associated with Davis, whose performances on film have often bristled against the constraints of the medium. But here her character's emotions are allowed the color and scope of the events that sweep Mrs. Bradshaw along, molding her but also being molded by her "lovely quick hands." The speech in which she passionately defends her compliance ("no is misery and lonely nights") is but one of a half-dozen moments when the seemingly sparrow-sized Davis holds the 300-seat theater in the palm of her hand. It's spellbinding stuff. No doubt some...
...Sims has long been the antithesis of plot-driven games, like Everything or Nothing, in that you can control much of what happens to your virtual family. "When you talk to Sims players, they start telling you the story of their Sims," says Bradshaw. That gave her an idea. Why not let players film the story of their Sims...
Movie Maker spreads cameras through your Sims family's house: you click on one to start recording digital footage of your self-created character. Bradshaw's team has been experimenting with its own home movies. Her favorite: Maxis Revolutions, starring a family of Sims that all resemble Keanu Reeves' character Neo. Sims 2 lets you edit your Sims' looks and personality in detail, so you've got all you need to create almost any movie star you want. Hollywood can only dream of doing that...
...York City socialite who served 13 years in prison for persuading her 17-year-old son Marc to kill her father; of chronic pulmonary disease; in San Diego. Prosecutors alleged that in 1978 Schreuder feared her profligate spending would cause her to be disinherited by her wealthy father Franklin Bradshaw. Her son's murder of his grandfather inspired two books and two TV mini-series...