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...Wasserstein is loathe to be anything but familiar. Much has been made of her vulnerability and the charm that comes straight out of her work. Part of it is her affection for honesty bordering on self-deprecation, part of it is a healthy modesty about the scope of her work. Mostly Wasserstein offers a lot of witty warmth. Questions she finds irrelevant to her unassuming style, like those asking her to speak as an artiste, she merely deflects with a joke...

Author: By Thomas Madsen, | Title: Getting Personal (and Political) with Wendy | 10/26/1995 | See Source »

...difficult to imagine anyone would be pissed about a play's out come after meeting Wasserstein in person and being treated to her sanguine laughter, her quick wit and affable desire to entertain and charm at the same time. Her artistry and personality seem directed toward the same personal, not political...

Author: By Thomas Madsen, | Title: Getting Personal (and Political) with Wendy | 10/26/1995 | See Source »

STEVE FORBES G.O.P. presidential dark horse vaults to No. 3 in New Hampshire polls on nothing but charm, grit and $25 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: Oct. 23, 1995 | 10/23/1995 | See Source »

Davis' sincerity compensates for an underdeveloped script, and his usually unassuming charm makes up for spotty execution. It's neither offensive nor challenging--it is a mild version of familiar ideas without a lot of importance attached. It's one guy's sincere confession and the gesture is refreshing...

Author: By Thomas Madsen, | Title: Missing the Sixties, An Apocalypse Of His Own | 10/12/1995 | See Source »

Beethoven's contemporaries declared that the Seventh Symphony could only have been composed by one who was drunk, perhaps alluding to Beethoven's unusual obsession with the rhythmic qualities of this composition. In that light, Kleiber presents a reading replete with charm and joyful abandon, tempered with sensitivity and intelligence...

Author: By Dan Altman and Brian D. Koh, S | Title: War Horse Beaten Back to Life on DG | 10/5/1995 | See Source »

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