Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS. A piano duo, stranded between anonymity and unemployment, needs a sexy vocalist to spruce up the act. Good career move; bad for the boys. Jeff and Beau Bridges and Michelle Pfeiffer are better than fabulous in this wry, rare comedy of character.
Students of the American character will find plenty to chew on here, since the intrusive survey asks its recipients how old they were when they first made love (51% were under 18); whether they look behind the shower curtain or door when using someone else's bathroom (7% do); whether...
Legal Ethics Start Young: More than 200 law students gathered in Harkness Commons last Thursday night for the much-anticipated season premiere of the hit TV show "L.A. Law." But at least one observer was a little worried about the future of the legal profession when cries of agreement greeted...
The murder scenes are also handled particularly well; often a character will expire so unobtrusively that the audience discovers their death at about the same time as the actors do. Through it all, the nursery rhyme hangs over the mantle, predicting each crime and challenging both the actors and the...
These quality performances are enhanced by Bishop's direction: she manages to move nine characters around with a minimum of upstaging, and she skillfully juxtaposes the inner feelings of the characters with what is occuring on stage. A second-act candle-light scene is especially eerie; the shadows of doubt...