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...this modern adaptation, cigarette girl Carmen becomes a Quebecois protestor and smuggler, Jose a riot policeman and Escamillo “a Wall Street trader and well-meaning liberal working the proletariat agenda from within the corporate structure”—who, rather cleverly, takes on the “bull market...

Author: By Michelle Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Updated ‘Carmen’ Fails to Take Bull by the Horns | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

...When Carmen emerges in a seductive, red-frilled dress, she clashes with the environs. This Carmen looks as though she stepped straight from the streets of Seville, not from the smoke and gassing of a street riot...

Author: By Michelle Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Updated ‘Carmen’ Fails to Take Bull by the Horns | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

It’s not surprising that Carmen doesn’t fit in as a protester. Adding political motivation to her already complex character serves not to illuminate, but rather muddle, her personality. As this is the case, the transported setting appears inexplicable...

Author: By Michelle Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Updated ‘Carmen’ Fails to Take Bull by the Horns | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

...Carmen, played by Cliona M. McKenna ’02, the sole undergraduate in a lead, holds her own amongst the others. Her voice is sultry and seductive, in nice contrast with the clarity and sweetness of the innocent Mica?...

Author: By Michelle Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Updated ‘Carmen’ Fails to Take Bull by the Horns | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

...appearance of James E. Jordan (HLS) as El Dancairo and Michael E. Moss ’03 as El Remendado, smugglers and friends of Carmen, offer comic relief and a refreshing dose of confident acting; Jordan and Moss are clearly comfortable in their movements and in delivering their lines with a focus on the dramatic effect...

Author: By Michelle Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Updated ‘Carmen’ Fails to Take Bull by the Horns | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

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