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...Smith’s day. Travis eschews chronological order and groups the tracks instead for tonal coherence (though the first and final songs, “Chinese Blues” and “Before You Were Young,” do mark the beginning and end of the character??s day).Fusing together a multitude of influences and showcasing a fair share of erudite literary allusions, “Ode to J. Smith” is by far Travis’s most grand and ambitious work to date. Even the album title sets the stakes high...
...Forty Year-Old Virgin.” His performance is, at once, comfortably familiar and perceptibly lethargic. Meanwhile, Scott is given very little material to work with, and it shows. His Wheeler is extremely one-note, and while the actor does an adequate job, his character??s lack of development is a serious flaw. The script went through several revisions, with the help of four different writers, including Rudd and director David Wain. Nonetheless, the plot is still rather predictable. In parallel fashion, both men bond with their young charges, disappoint them, and ultimately emerge as more mature...
...someone new. Moreover, although Cappellani’s casual language gives the voices of his characters and his narrator a very realistic, modern flavor, he seems to think that profanity is one of the most important parts of colloquial speech. By putting a constant flow of curses into every character??s mouth, he has a harder time creating distinct voices for each one. While “ball buster” may be a colorful way to describe someone, when practically every character uses the expression, the words become tired and uninteresting (and not particularly descriptive, either...
...when to quit, but the fact is that David Chase and the rest of the “Sopranos” team realized the limits of their storyline. Shows driven by complex antihero protagonists thrive on anticipation, with loyal viewers tuning in each week to see when the main character??s internal conflict will finally reach its boiling point and lead to either his downfall or triumph. The problem is that once the peak of the character??s storyline is reached, much of their intrigue is lost. “The Sopranos” addressed this...
...when she impersonated Henriette Mutigwarba, a Rwandan genocide survivor. Smith as Mutigwarba recounted how her mother begged militiamen, with arms outstretched, to spare to her son’s life—only to have her arms cut off so she could no longer beg. As she told her character??s story, Smith bent over in her chair and raised her left hand to her face, letting her body tremble in pain. But, when a photograph of the real Henriette Mutigwarba appeared on a screen, it suddenly became clear that Anna Deveare Smith was an impersonator...