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...goofy dancing turns Matt’s serious Simon and Garfunkel rendition into a shtick. The incident defines the characters too, who haven’t much outlived that immaturity, and the play itself, whose humor could be likened to that of a very good TV sitcom: not brilliant, not incredibly sophisticated, but—considering the big gimmicks here, this is significant—not the kind that depends on cheap tricks either. And, Matt and Ben aside, perhaps the same should be said for the real Matt...
...defensive side of the field, senior goalkeeper Aliaa Remtilla made six saves, most of them brilliant ones. The Big Green offense, predicated on making long passes ahead in hopes of gaining breakaway opportunities, had a few chances for goals, but, stabbing a high hard shot, diving to her right and left, and dropping to the turf with her legs split, Remtilla repeatedly denied the Dartmouth charge...
...Hurwitz cast a brilliant group of character actors, such as Tambor (sidekick Hank Kingsley on HBO's Larry Sanders Show), David Cross (of HBO's Mr. Show) as George's fey doctor-turned-actor son-in-law Tobias Fünke and Will Arnett, who steals his every scene as rebellious son Gob (pronounced like the biblical Job), a preening, self-absorbed magician. The most traditional sitcom actor is Bateman (Silver Spoons), whom Hurwitz was reluctant to cast for precisely that reason. "But he came in and gave this dry, confident performance," Hurwitz says. "There aren't many actors who will...
Additionally, Armageddon is an important piece of art. Bay’s neo-baroque aesthetic prioritizes the primacy of visual language over plodding dialogue. For example, instead of commenting on current debates in the field of cosmology, Bay sends a small asteroid flying into Grand Central Station. Brilliant...
...moment the Boston Red Sox got the final out of their brilliant 10-3 victory over the New York Yankees last week, undergraduates poured into the Yard, proving that, yes, Harvard kids can have fun. Yet these festivities do more than suggest that students at the College can occasionally break out of the mold and get a little rowdy. They also show that revelry after a sports victory can be safe—in sharp contrast with the riots at the same time downtown...