Word: counterpointing
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...colleagues. Strang senses the sexual and emotional impotence of his putative healer, using his instinctive acumen as a weapon to retaliate against Dysart's incursions into his own psyche. Strang's special qualities compound the difficulty of the shrink's task; the adolescent's mercurial nature furnishes a painful counterpoint to his doctor's sterile intellectualism. Strang forces Dysart to tackle his own neuroses--which seem so pallid by comparison--while grappling with the wrenching monomania of the young patient. He is, in a clinical sense, the judge and the judged, by his own will...
...into a few bedrooms as well. But somewhere along the way, Westerby begins thinking unsoldierish thoughts, railing not only against the moves of the high-handed CIA "cousins" he runs up against, but also against his own training and beliefs. What results is an intense emotional conflict to play counterpoint to the usual shoot-em-up spy duel, a remarkable spy story that ruthlessly dissects the tortured moral rationalizations that make up the mind of a cloak-and-dagger king...
Regrettably, the director largely abandons the altruistic thread in the narrative as he increasingly dwells on Dunn's plunge into the hedonist ethic. The repeated humiliation accorded Theresa by her handsome sexual swordsman (Richard Gere) is designed to serve as a counterpoint to the unrequited love showered on her by the enraptured James Morrissey (William Atherton), but the novelty of the contrast quickly wears off as the subjugation of Theresa becomes progressively uglier. She throws herself into cocaine-sniffing, prostituting herself for the thrill of the act, and blowing off Morrissey out of sheer spite. The schoolteacher identity is tossed...
...with the play (he played Brother Jero in the original New York production several years ago), his strong effort comes as no surprise. He can claim the distinction of conquering the Mainstage in a controlled manner. And Scott does not stop there, for after an intermission comes Shout!, a counterpoint to The Trials of Brother Jero bearing his own stamp...
...Fields, Neville Marriner conductor, Philips). Bach was the field marshal of the concerto form, regimenting the fluid lines of such Italian masters as Vivaldi and Corelli into complex string masterpieces. Szeryng, the Polish-born virtuoso, and Second Fiddle Hasson demonstrate great authority within Bach's polyphonic ranks. Their counterpoint in the double concerto is superb, as is the accompaniment led throughout by Neville Marriner. One quibble: Szeryng's treatment of the slow movements tends to be brooding rather than introspective...