Word: conveyed
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Brown has been able to convey an authentic outsider mentality despite the fact that two years ago he was the head procurer for the Sacramento branch of the professional political class. The chairmanship of the California Democratic Party was an odd job for someone who had never slapped a back and who once vowed to limit state lobbyists to "two hamburgers and a Coke." His tenure there is now held up by party regulars as an example of unprincipled ambition. But Brown looks back at the two-year stint as party chairman like an alcoholic at his last binge...
Cara Polites, who plays the lead, lends admirable poise and sensitivity to a demanding role. As Indra's daughter, she is taken through myriad images in a dream, a voyage of revelation and discovery on Earth. Canosa uses skillful imagery to convey these scenes. Brightly colored cloths are used repeatedly in stark contrast to the darkness that fills the dream world of the Ex. They portray flowers, knowledge, shelter... Canosa sketches one vivid, transient image after another...
...superficial images of Earthly life and suffering as a dream. Throughout the forty minutes of the play, the overwhelming feeling is one of unreality, as though one were indeed sharing in the dream that Strindberg created. Chaotic, rapid, conflicting and often esoteric images are drawn upon by Canosa to convey this feeling of semiconsciousness...
...amazing thing about Miss Julie is that the play needs little scenery (only the steps of Leverett House's Old Library, two ladders and a table are used) to convey its societed commentary. August Strindberg wrote Miss Julie as a social narrative that exemplifies the striking similarities between rich and poor...
Kilbey's attempt to convey the hypocrisy of the hero's mission through a series of "disturbing" paradoxes reveals a cliched motive and an inept...