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...mere act of registering for a driver's license in a new state--a real state, I might note--I feel a justified sense of moral superiority surging through my veins. Just by packing up and moving across the country I have become a better person, a clearer-eyed political visionary, a more patriotic American. And, of course, less smug. What's more, I have been transformed from victimizer to victim. I'm newly empowered to whine and complain about high taxes (though now my taxes are, in fact, lower) and about wasteful government spending of my hard-earned dollars...
...Guard's problems are obvious. To begin with, the orchestra is needlessly large and too often competes with the singing. There are some moments in the show where you just can't hear what is coming out of the singers' mouths, though the instruments' blasts couldn't be any clearer. In much of the first act, Blair's fine but tentative voice does not reach the audience with the strength it should, and it's hard to blame her. Outdoing an army of brass, wind, reeds, and percussion is no easy task, especially since the Agassiz has no pit; instead...
...informed Smith's ambivalent response to the praise he ultimately garnered from the artistic community. Some critics have argued that Smith's stormy relations with contemporary artistic "authorities" represented a refusal to fit his work within the contemporary parameters of art discourse. But after viewing this exhibit, it becomes clearer that Smith's concerns were more specific than simply a complete rejection of artistic aspirations...
...aspect in which the film could be clearer is Camille's dissatisfaction with Martin. At first, Camille and Martin's relationship seems mutually rewarding. Yet, almost immediately after Camille meets Petra, she starts visibly to withdraw from him. The transition from satisfied heterosexuality to accepted homosexuality seems too abrupt...
...night saying that if any member of your family is against your running, don't do it. Powell knew that for the first time in 33 years, his family had a husband and father, someone who was around for the grandchildren. In the final days, it was also becoming clearer that Alma's opposition was "deep, heartfelt, immutable," says Armitage. "And without his family's being squared away, I don't see how he could develop the necessary passion...