Word: characterizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The main reason for this odd and often frustrating approach probably lies in Miller's view of his masterwork, Death of a Salesman. Although what lingers with many spectators is the play's powerful naturalistic evocation of family mistrust and disappointment, Miller emphasizes its nonrealistic side, the scenes of recollection...
The acting in Dragon runs the gamut. The character of Mattie is handled adeptly. Though she sometimes stumbles on lines and can be soppy at emotional moments, Choi really conveys the portrait of the girl who's made it, a glitzy woman who turns her cultural heritage to profit. Mattie...
But the best of the bunch are the old people. As Mama, Chungjoon Lee struts across the stage as a matriarch, conversing cutely with her family. And Sagara's ingenious accent and ability to dotter make the character of the grumpy old Chinatown boss. Chen in the silent role of...
It is too bad that for the only Caucasian character in the play Shin chose Jeff Karpel, who can hardly keep a straight face, cannot decide whether to deliver his lines to the audience or the other characters and has no real stage presence.
Richard Dawson plays the ratings-hungry game show host to near perfection, combining the geniality he used with contestants on "Family Feud" with the perspective of a prima donna power fiend. Schwarzenegger has some trouble when he has to string together several sentences at a time, but once the action...