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...girls, but the façade is never fully convincing. There is something lurking behind the smile. The keen observer knows from the beginning, owing to the tortured duality of Green’s acting, that Miss G is no Jean Brodie—she lacks that famous character??s intelligence, refinement, and life-experience. The shallow allure that Green conveys is not to be mistaken as depthless acting—it is the indeed the very crux of her character and the lynchpin of the film entire...
...such as her distracted dismissal of her son: “Can’t you go play with the dead bodies or something? You’re eleven; you should like that sort of thing.” Palmer rises to the occasion in every scene, softening her character??s sharp and inaccessible edges and bringing empathy and nuance to a difficult part...
...solid center for the many intertwining stories. A Sondheim veteran, Bendorf (who also acted as Johanna in 2008’s Mainstage production of Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd”) creates a character that is equal parts practical and provocative. While maintaining her character??s witty charm, she effectively poses the moral questions of the play, at one point singing, “If the end is right, it justifies the beans...
Another snafu last year wasn’t so easy to cover up. During a scene of Haile’s character??s execution, the mood-setting fog machine set off a fire alarm. “Suddenly all of the lights go on, and we all just froze,” she says in a fit of laughter...
...people to come to a party. It’s an exercise in trust and friendship between giver and receiver. It’s a show of strength, endurance, and blatant disregard for one’s health and liver. It’s a mark of true character??there is nothing like the respect earned by going down on an ice luge. But most importantly, it’s a great way to get absolutely obliterated on plastic-bottle booze without actually tasting a thing...