Word: caste
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Harvard has a full cast leading it into the tournament. Much of the scoring is done by sophomore Missy Ford, a first team all-East selection, and junior Ana Dujmovic, likewise a first team all-East pick...
Tadros begins his argument by claiming that he does not intend to "raise questions about Israel's raison d'etre, legitimacy or right to exist." He then proceeds to attempt to cast doubt about Israel's legitimacy by referring to the War of Independence as "so-called," and continuing throughout the article to put quotation marks around the word "independence" when referring to the establishment of Israel. Tadros then attempts a calculating revision of history by arguing that Zionism and the birth of Israel depended above all on the forcible expulsion and terrorizing of Palestinians...
...Agassiz production of A Streetcar Named Desire bravely seeks to resurrect Tenessee Williams' play from its status as a silver screen sacred cow. The production is buoyed by a strong cast and well-wrought set, but lacks the direction to challenge Elia Kazan's 1951 interpretation or reclaim it for a modern audience...
...cast's sense of timing is also underdeveloped. Some of Williams' most beautiful, human moments escape while others are emphasized with misguided zeal. The scenes' natural tensions are often not allowed to build. At times, a character who was whispering rememberances just moments before suddenly turns into a shrieking wall of sound, leaving the audience confused and disoriented...
Individually, the cast is solid. But by the third act and hour, their inability to fully connect with each other makes the play's building tensions difficult to maintain. The final scene, in which Blanche struggles with the other characters to hold onto her fantasies, suffers from this tendency. We have never really believed anyone on stage is inhabiting the same world to begin with...