Word: connections
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Saturday night, Bok--a former varsity basketball player at Stanford--and the IAB crowd of 1000 saw Tom Mannix connect on one of his patented 20-ft. jump shots 4:57 into the first overtime period to push the Crimson past highly regarded Cornell...
Once again, Harvard passes failed to connect, just as they had in the second period. Despite Brown's numberous penalties, Harvard just could not seem to capitalize on power play situations...
Cornuelle successfully captures the characters' isolation, but at the expense of any ensemble feeling: just because the characters don't connect doesn't mean the actors can't play off each other. Thus, the third act upheaval doesn't build to anything, the actors standing around listlessly between histrionics. The storm, of course, is brought in by the arrival of Serebriakov and Elena, and foreshadows the emotional storm in the third act; but when the rain is abruptly turned off after the two depart it cheapens a very subtle metaphor. And I confess I don't really understand the point...
...approval, cautiously search for a palatable topic of conversation. Finally Kate asks, "What color dress are you wearing (to the wedding)?" The older woman looks surprised by the question's inanity. "Blue," she answers. "Lovely," says Kate. What else can they say? Another opportunity for two human beings to "connect" has slipped...
...current project, a design for an art museum in Portland, Maine. Again, the urban context complicates the demands of the program. Cobb's design is an attempt to assimilate the new building into the site: a large brick facade encloses a public square; the stepped levels of the rear connect the vast new structure with the smaller existing museum building. Red brick was chosen to match the vernacular buildings of the city...