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Perhaps this will clear things up. Much of his charisma stems from the fact that, though his name isn’t in lights, David comes off like a bona fide, A-list star. Everything from his boyish charm and stammering self-effacement to his hawkish concern about which of his quotes are and are not on the record add to the package. As does the number of people who fell comfortably into the role of unofficial press agent when asked to describe their close friend. “I think performing on stage helps me to not perform when...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Can You Dig It? | 12/6/2001 | See Source »

Probably the best way to round out this or that perception of Mr. Personality is to just walk up to him and say hello. You’ll notice the charm and smile at the wit. And once you’ve dug yourself into conversations about his cute baby cousin or his gut, named Joe, you’ll realize that it’s actually pretty easy to talk to this somebody who just might be somebody someday...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Can You Dig It? | 12/6/2001 | See Source »

Poised to take the art world by storm, Agens Chu proves that posh style and a discerning eye can go hand in hand with a self-assured charm and intuition about the road ahead...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: The Photographic Ms. Chu | 12/6/2001 | See Source »

...bildungsroman tossed in. More Tom Sawyer than Huckleberry Finn, with the accent on a soft center rather than on gritty harder edges, the formerly "re-educated" Dai Sijie's first novel?a best seller in France?is still a diverting bagatelle abounding in gentle humor, warm bonhomie and appealing charm. No small triumph for a tale set in that unhappy era not too long ago when "every nook and cranny of the land came under the all-seeing eye of the dictatorship of the proletariat, which had cast its gigantic fine-meshed net over the whole of China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Twist on Balzac | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...something to do with over-consumption of resources and the unsustainable lifestyle of man. And yet, the show’s point isn’t quite the point. Every plot twist is an opportunity to mock a theatrical device or style of theater. Urinetown is possessed of such charm and generates such tremendous good will that even old jokes like the deliberate misunderstanding of idiomatic language seem fresh and welcome

Author: By Adam R. Perlman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: With a Name Like Urinetown, It's Gotta Be Good | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

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