Word: conscious
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...very conscious of the fact that a big chunk is from Hamlet, and part of is still very hackneyed, like “Alas, poor Yorick,” and “Get thee to a nunnery,” but these phrases have become so ingrained in our culture that it is hard to look at them differently. I looked at the word, what the characters were thinking and doing, and just let the blocking come from that. In the “To be or not to be” speech, all of it has been...
...wanted to be Tiger Woods. Especially Tiger, with his cafE-au-lait complexion and American serviceman father. Today, Eurasians are the flavor du jour, not only in the U.S., where mixed-race citizens personify the American melting pot, but even more so in Asia, where race-conscious policies are often encoded in law. In Indonesia, where until recently ethnic Chinese were barred from writing in their own script, the hottest celebrities are indos, or mixed-race folks like actors Karina Suwandi and Ari Wibowo. In Bangkok, where the local skin trade has spawned a multitude of luk kreung, or half...
...best are those who have given themselves over to the messiness of matrimony and child rearing: the cellulite and sinks-full-of-dishes part of family life where there are no "rules" and where couples decide, sometimes daily, to "stick it out." Krasnow believes, and I agree, that a conscious commitment to marriage can help couples transcend the grind of everyday life and create a marriage that is happily imperfect. Especially poignant are her accounts of people who have fled marriages to be with that elusive soul mate of their middle-aged fantasy. Not surprisingly, the soul mates turn into...
...theater space itself helps to make the room seem more homey and comfortable contributing to the plausibility of the ensuing events. Furthermore, the costumes are impressive, they managing to convey nudity without actually revealing anything that would make for an R-rated performance. Occasionally, sound effects and self-conscious thearicality detract from the strength of the performance. Flashbacks introduced by the sound of a ringing phone occasionally become confusing, when at times the ringing indicated a phone call, and sometimes even seems to be ringing for no reason. Also, there are moments in the play, such as when Ruth...
...Jason Marsalis from the band, Los Hombres have focused a lot more attention on Mayfield. This is quite fitting, as Mayfield has much of the technical virtuosity and bluesy style associated with New Orleans trumpeters such as Louis Armstrong and Wynton Marsalis. However, his showmanship seems overly self-conscious, as he tends to overuse stage techniques such as circular breathing...