Word: caste
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rest of the cast rises to meet Damon's challenge. Williams is a wonder here--he clearly has invested immense passion in his role as Sean McGuire. His interactions with Will are wonderfully entertaining--each of them is lightning quick, perceiving what the other is about to say before it comes flying out of his mouth. Ben Affleck, who cowrote the screenplay, has a small but important part here as Will's main buddy (He swears that in the next movie they write he'll get to play the Romeo). Affleck has the funniest lines in the movie...
...Well Minnie Driver claimed that Claire Danes was the first choice for her role. Did you have any choice over who was cast...
...business executives juggling briefcases and cell phones. Of course, some also claim that the more things change, the more they stay the same. And that's probably the real reason that this clever, high-energy production is just so gosh-darned entertaining. The Mikado, as presented by this exuberant cast, is still funny after all these years...
With its ridiculously large cast of characters, this production might easily have been allowed to ride on the abilities of a few, letting mediocrity slide by around the edges. Fortunately, that isn't an issue here; each of the central players demonstrate a startlingly high level of energy. As the young romantic protagonists Yum-Yum and Nanki-Poo, Yamakawa and Shuman are thoroughly engaging, projecting the strange blend of world-wisdom and innocence that make Gilbert and Sullivan's heroes so appealing--by the time he's finished his introductory song, "A Wandering Minstrel I," Shuman has won us over...
However, Jablon eventually cast her vote via e-mail ballot...