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Even strategists who doubt Caddell's formulation that a political party, like a French noun, can connote gender, concede that the Democrats must strive to convey toughness if they are to attract the defectors and younger men who contributed heavily to both Reagan landslides. Pollster Stanley Greenberg, after studying switch voters, points out, "Younger voters, even more than others, respond strongly to candidates who seem determined to pursue clear goals -- regardless of what those goals are." It worked for Reagan and for Oliver North...
...performances match the tone. Cox and Ferrer are two sides of the same counterfeit corporate coin, and Kurtwood Smith (the most prominent punk) is one baaad malefactor. Weller, as the one good gunslinger in town, manages to convey emotion through the merest slit in his helmet. But the film is less an actors' showcase than a smart, grim satire. The only TV program to be seen is a slapstick variety show. Commercials peddle the 6000 SUX, the car of the future that brags about getting only 8.2 m.p.g., and a holocaust home-video game called Nukem. Giggly anchors read news...
...trouble for player and audience alike is that all of the action-violent, sexual and otherwise-occurs off-stage, and director Oleson has few ideas on how to make the play's lengthy, demanding speeches very affecting. Too often, the actors race through their tirades in effort to convey passion and fury; they end up losing their audience instead...
...difficulties of staging The Bacchae are compounded by some casting restraints. For instance, the chorus of scantily dressed Asian Bacchae, usually made up of at least five players, here had to be reduced to two, Heather Gunn and Nicole Galland. Working overtime, they can't quite convey the sensual grace and exoticism of their roles. Furthermore, they are left with little to do but look engaged as the parade of Thebans passes...
...presidential authority. Kim Young Sam, for example, insisted on meeting with Chun and pointedly refused to deal with his designated successor. But Roh began holding talks with lower-ranking members of the opposition, as well as a wide range of other South Koreans. Roh says he did not convey his momentous conclusion to Chun before going public with it on Monday. Longtime observers of the South Korean political scene, however, find that contention hard to believe. Says a Western diplomat in Seoul: "In an Asian culture such as this, it is unthinkable that he would take such a step without...