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...athletes go through the crucial on-scene practices, the skating debacle has contorted the entire event. Kerrigan, never really poised, arrived to confront a solid wall of press. Asked of her feelings toward her rival last week, Kerrigan said, "I think it's personal, and between the two of us and not you guys." When she chatted with her coaches and doctor at rinkside, someone lowered a boom mike to pick up the conversation. "Can they do that?" she asked. Says Evy Scotvold: "She just can't get any space. She's never had this kind of impact." Now that...
...anything should have persuaded sports authorities to confront their unprecedented dilemma earlier, it is the effect on other competitors. Most are well known and would like a little press attention that the folks back home could share in. They are almost completely ignored. Kurt Browning, a Canadian contender for the men's title, would normally be surrounded by reporters, but he only gets asked about Harding/Kerrigan. Says he: "It's not about figure skating anymore...
...challenge, however, is not to your detective skills but to your memory. Who went out what door, at what time? Suspicious actions and meaningful words are sprinkled throughout the first half-hour of the play, leaving you the remaining hour to feel really observant as you confront the characters with their deeds. The production takes care of every detail to ensure your satisfaction and allay any doubts: at one point, a member of the audience is summoned to the stage to place a phone call to verify Mrs. Shubert's alibi. After running for ten years, no accusation...
Blue, however, is neither a sermon on AIDS nor a tirade against the healthy: it is a personal meditation of enormous poetry. The director, with disturbing honesty, addresses the irreconcilable differences between those who are terminally ill and those who are not. The film forces the viewer to confront the hypocrisy surrounding AIDS. While awareness is necessary, there is a gulf separating those exhibiting a quilt and those whose names are inscribed on it. Reflecting on living with disease and on mortality, Jarman concludes, "For blue, there are no boundaries or solutions...
Sexual harassment is a difficult topic, and allegations of sexual harassment in the workplace are always difficult to confront. Whether or not the accuser is telling the truth, he or she will face a tough working environment once the charges become public. Whether or not the accused is guilty as charged, he or she will likely be considered with suspicion by colleagues. And whatever happens, the impact on workplace morale and productivity is bound to be substantial--and negative...