Word: comicality
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...many in Taiwan, Lee Teng-Hui is a hero, a role he is quite comfortable with. Lee once described himself as a Moses leading Taiwan to the promised land. Last week, the former President adopted another role model: Heihachi Edajima, a character in a popular Japanese comic series. Edajima, a bull-headed kendo master, teaches troubled youths to be warriors. Lee, 81, appeared in photos dressed as the martial artist?complete with snarling sidekicks...
...proindependence party, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, is fielding 43 candidates. The Kuomintang party (KMT), which Lee led before being expelled in 2001 for supporting the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, has downplayed Lee's gimmick. "No matter who Lee Teng-hui likes to dress as?be it a clown or comic character?that's his choice," shrugs KMT legislator Lin Yi-shih. "I believe it has a limited impact on young voters." Possibly Lee could pick up senior votes: Edajima is also an octogenarian...
...liveliness and manifest enthusiasm which the actors display and the poise and confidence with which they engage each other, to say nothing of the production’s highly toned style, all testify to a directorial vision and ability like few others on campus. That, on an opening night, comic timing could be as precise as it was had been unthinkable for me prior to attendance. The extent to which I found myself drawn into the performance rivaled what only rarely happens to me in observing professional, ‘real-world’ theater. Indeed, Donahue?...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players are at it again—this time bringing to life one of Gilbert & Sullivan’s brilliant comic operetta, The Pirates of Penzance, that follows the hilarious story of one pirate as he attempts to give up the pirate life. Matinee Tickets $4. Night show tickets $8-12. Showing through Dec. 11. 8 p.m., Agassiz Theater...
...then jetting to a tropical island paradise to enjoy their retirement. Unbeknownst to them, FBI agent Stanley Lloyd (Woody Harrelson), still simmering from his botched attempt to prevent their robbery, has tracked them down and means to nab them with a brilliant scheme. There are a few decent comic moments thanks mostly to Harrelson, who seemingly takes on the daunting task of playing himself. But the sad truth is you would be better served catching up on some sleep than finding out what happens in this mind-numbing...