Word: climaxing
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...some tragedy—is for a character’s solution to a simple problem to prove worse than the problem itself. Rather than accept the consequences of a mistake, the hero comes up with a solution that makes things worse, until things escalate into a climax either with hilarious consequences, or catastrophe, depending on the genre. Either way, it’s becoming a familiar script for this White House, which now routinely embarrasses itself not just by making the wrong choices, but by refusing to face them later on. Some poor decision-making in the White House...
...performances on her résumé, treading the boards in London's West End can be a scary experience. And it doesn't help when a member of the audience is urging her co-star to kill her. For Julia Stiles, that unnerving moment came at the dramatic climax of the first preview show of the David Mamet play Oleanna, her London debut. She plays the student protagonist, who tenuously accuses her teacher of sexual harassment, and torments him until he snaps. As Stiles lay on the stage and her co-star, fellow Hollywood denizen Aaron Eckhart (Erin Brockovich...
...most desolate, heart-wrenching songs I’ve heard this year. The simple piano playing modulating broken chords in the background with the soft, hesitant voice is incomparable. When drums come in and the piano becomes more active, the sadness reaches a climax, then fades to a soft end. There is nothing I would add or take away from the 14-track album and that is the highest praise I can give...
...best and sexiest song on the album, On the Couch, is a slow jam that has Prince begging from the living room. It starts with a "Come on, baaaaaaaby," proceeds to a line about how "it's undignified to sleep alone" and reaches its climax--yeah, yeah--with a grand moment when the backup singers go "bip-bip-a-bip-a-dee-dip," the horns wail away and Prince slides down the begging scale from falsetto to a great big rumbling roar. It's the best James Brown song in years...
...devastating 4-3 double-overtime loss to Minnesota-Duluth in the NCAA championship cooled the reaction right when Harvard’s play had reached its climax...