Word: climaxing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...usual suspects--Christopher Marlowe (crafty Rupert Everett), Queen Elizabeth (Judi Dench, a sly dominatrix)--and some ageless show-biz types: the poverty-pleading producer (Geoffrey Rush), the backer with a lust for limelight (Tom Wilkinson). Director John Madden works in jokes about profit sharing and credit hogging, and a climax in which the real star steps in for an indisposed leading lady...
...lighting scheme that is not only excruciatingly intricate but also a key player in the production's narrative thrills. Each scene fades into complete darkness (and when the Pool Theater goes dark, we learn, it really goes dark), adding to the sense of mystery and building towards the final climax. In fact, when the lights go out for good, DeCleene and the directors seem to have all their bases covered; they play with a number of tricky light devices in order to prevent the audience's eyes from becoming accustomed to the dark (thus making set changes visible). Ultimately...
...actors, moreover, contribute performances that continually build tension as the play hurries towards its frenetic climax. As Suzy Hendrix, Julie L. Rattey '01 pulls off an exceedingly difficult role--she is a striking mix of inner strength and physical vulnerability. Though helpless once the contest turns physical, Suzy's always one step ahead of her stalkers (and Rattey's pensive pauses and subtle gesturing give us the sense that her character is always thinking, always plotting). As Gloria, Suzy's teenage helper, Kate Johnsen '01 is appropriately petulant (though she is unfortunately saddled with a number of hackneyed, static lines...
...compromising positions. He owned magazines, restaurants, resorts--an empire worth $30 million that critics claimed was built on nothing more than "sex and carrots." At age 45, he met, hired and later married a comely 19-year-old swimming champion with whom he toured Europe in an act whose climax was her jumping from a 7-ft. platform onto his flexed, trampoline-like stomach...
...coming to believe that one is a murderer. Reeve is touching, in part, because the role echoes his own story, but his talents seem undiminished, and his performance is very appealing in its own right. Unfortunately the movie itself is a disappointment, with a suspenseful set-up but flat climax...