Word: clichã
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...believe that these people are as one-dimensional as Amidon makes them out to be?As his characters hang on to whatever fact they can, Amidon himself refuses to lose control. His reliance on formula comes across more as reluctance to hazard outside of the safe bounds of clich?? than lack of talent. In “Security,” Amidon demonstrates that he has a flair for plot and an eye for intrigue. If only he would just relax and let go.—Staff writer Madeleine M. Schwartz can be reached at mschwartz@fas.harvard.edu...
...individual stories and a forum in which to integrate them all.This musical, however, is less of a chronicling of college students’ escapades and drama than it is an exploration of human emotions and the raw struggle that all individuals face. Though it contains scenes bordering on the clich??, the acting, humor, and storyline are not contrived, but they are both entertaining and provocative.“The Quad” neatly packages a four-year experience into a 2-hour performance. Just as the play began with the fresh optimism of that first year of college...
...class time we give up on this basic intellectual ideal. The nuances that get cut with an economic approach to class time are what make the Harvard academic experience more than four years of test prep. When we drop them, we drop learning for its own sake, that clich??ed goal that we laud but clearly do not internalize as we fail the simple laptop-lecture attention test...
From time to time, every team must admit the clich??, but inevitable mantra: “There’s always next season...
...example, why Cleveland is involved), he relies on its existence to compensate for the poorly developed elements of the flaccid plot. If Art is vapid, it is because he lives in the shadow of a gangster; a scene with a pistol juxtaposes cheerful bonding in the hope that clich?? plus clich?? might make some real life. Acting does not add complexity to the situation. Granted, the actors are not given much (one of Jane’s key moments repeats the word “what” eight times in about 20 seconds), but they do little...