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Layers of despair call for both depth and nuance, and luckily the production is graced with a skilled cast. Smolinsky, in particular, moves from rowdy son to introspective poet with invigorating ease. His monologues come across both poignant and casual; he is the production’s most likeable character inhabited by the show’s most capable actor...
...tradition of Minimalism, Horn’s work has traces of the movement—seriality, utilitarian materials, and austere simplicity and beauty. Perhaps some of the most Minimalist pieces in the exhibit, collectively called “White Dickinson,” six bars of cast aluminum and white plastic stand propped in a room evenly spaced from each other. Despite the solidity of the bars, this propping invokes fragility and impermanence, producing an enigma...
...outlandish plot offers the characters the chance to confront unique and hilarious situations as they try to “kick some past,” as the film’s tagline states. The cast acknowledges, for example, that little heed is paid to the theoretical laws of time travel in the movie. When asked about how the hot tub is able to travel through time, Duke, of “Greek” and “Superbad” fame, says, “There is little to no explanation...
...year ago, with the prospect of a second Great Depression terrifyingly real, many were quick to cast Barack Obama as another FDR. The prospect of a 21st century New Deal formed part of a larger narrative about the 2008 election. Fueled by anger over two unpopular wars, an economy in meltdown and simple Bush fatigue, voters weren't merely repudiating the status quo. In choosing Obama, they had transformed a center-right country into a center-left one. (See TIME's special report on the legacy of F.D.R...
...expects Bashir to quietly accept an unfavorable result, for instance, something that is a small but rising possibility with the entrance of some heavyweight rivals in the presidential race. There are concerns about how confusing the vote will be - in the south, voters will be asked to cast 12 separate votes for various national and regional institutions - and the competence of the election officials. And a poll alone can hardly turn the south into a fully functioning nation. After decades of war and chronic underdevelopment, David Gressly, the U.N.'s regional coordinator for southern Sudan, reckons that it will take...