Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Feinstein enhances the book's charm with his clever anecdotes about the game's many characters. His style rivals some of the country's best columnists...
Luckily, the original clever, funny and downright likable core of this play has managed to emerge from each remake unscathed, and, if this slightly updated Currier House stage production is any indicator, there's still plenty of life left to keep new audiences happy...
Characters from all three works cavort simultaneously amidst the vegetation of the Currier House dining hall's terrarium, wearing tie-dyed clothing (and tie-dyed faces) and uttering clever, non sequitur one-liners. A strobe light gradually speeds up throughout the play. In the background plays what sounds like Satan's own version of the score from Flute, diced and spliced, with an electronic drum track. Every half-minute or so, the music becomes so loud that the actors stop talking and start dancing...
...think that coming up with clever ads necessarily is something that qualifies you to be President. I think there are many aspects of the campaign that have been run well, but there are some that haven't. But one of the great strengths of the campaign has been a field organization that I think is better than I've seen in a long time and certainly far superior to the other side's. We have not been as good as we should have been in developing media and that kind of thing, and I think we acknowledge that. I mean...
...spite of the clever script's vivid characters, the rest of the actors give uneven performances. Linda Klaamas, who plays the Clara the maid, has a few truly comic moments, but these brief seconds do not constitute a great performance...