Word: charactersã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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When The Fellowship of the Ring was first released, literary critic Edmund Wilson assailed Tolkien for creating polarized characters??characters that were either good or evil, and nothing in between. Sauron and his servants are the utter embodiment of evil, with no goal other than to dominate the world under a pall of darkness. Frodo, Gandalf and Aragorn, the protagonists of the novel, have no wish other than to see Middle Earth live in peace and are willing to sacrifice themselves to attain that goal...
...family, but I hadn’t studied them as much as I did after I met Nancy. So I started to study how great women characters had been written, and what I found that it came down to was letting every character—not just the women characters??have their private moments, where you could just be with them and see how they react to the world, and see their private joy and pain. Kate and Penélope both have this great ability to make you feel like you were watching them live a whole...
...performances of Hosfield and Lerch are also well-tuned, highlighted by sharp comic timing and a good understanding of the characters?? sarcasm. Lerch particularly impresses in “Franklin Sheppard, Inc.,” a fast-paced number in which he breaks down on national television, effectively ending his friendship with Frank by exposing how his friend’s lust for money has led to the deterioration of their creative efforts and personal relationship...
...Though the film has no great and important statement to make, it is certainly a good time for the audience. It provides a nice change of pace, because it is an easygoing sex comedy of the kind Hollywood has been unable to produce. Frank in its portrayal of the characters?? sexuality and free of “Sex in the City”-style neuroses, it is a simple and touching story of two young adults who want something more from life but are afraid to admit it. —Alex Potapov
...must effectively depict the shifts in power that lie at the play’s center. An idea for reimagining a play can intrigue without working dramatically. Above all else, a play must succeed in creating conflict—and that is where this production is most lacking. The characters?? relationships lack the initial tension that the rest of the play needs to thrive. And without conflict, there is no drama...