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Direction, by the acclaimed Jerry Zaks, seems strongest when the scenes demand the most. When the quickest pace and the most chaotic action are required, Zaks orchestrates the madness beautifully. Occasionally, however, when things are at less than fever pitch, the action seems stagy, or just not very engaging; the very first scene, in which the two Asian actors introduce their plan to sneak into The Real Manchu in white face, is the least interesting five minutes of the whole play, in terms of both writing and directing. The actors seem to still be finding their beats, and laughs...
...script seems confined at first by the boundaries he had set for himself. The show really begins in the second scene where the silly tunes become the perfect complement for the slippery dialogue. After a brief intermission the pace keeps up at a careless rate that borders on the chaotic...
...going wrong. But what does Berger himself really value? "His family, the Baltimore Orioles and human rights," quips a friend. Central to his thinking, Berger says, is the conviction that pursuing American values abroad -- democracy, human rights, free markets -- "is very much in our interests. It's a chaotic world, but one that's also filled with opportunities, because American leadership is not only unquestioned but actively desired by many countries...
...three packs a day, and he usually worked deep into the night, wearing out ranks of stenographers as he manically dictated memos, stream-of- consciousness-style, in an attempt to maintain control over every detail of his films and of a business and personal life that yearly grew more chaotic. Eventually Selznick managed to fritter away financial interest in his greatest claim to fame, Gone With the Wind, a carelessness that cost him millions he could have used in his desperate final days...
...administrative and faculty experts on health care issues, needs to be referred to committee for a second time? Again, it is hard not to reach the conclusion that the University's approach to the consideration of complex health care issues is not comprehensive or inclusive, but remains chaotic and confused...