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...Hanson, the production has a look and feel that is the perfect backdrop for its high-society hijinks. The split indoor/outdoor stage brings the Lord's posh country mansion to life, though lighting difficulties detract from the reality of some outdoor scenes. The wide-open stage, while a visual delight, makes partial fades inadequate in concealing actors' exists and entrances. Despite these technical difficulties, however, The Philadelphia Story remains an enjoyable one, with a wistful feel created by both actors and stage. Its slightly contrived, perfect-for-Hollywood ending may stretch believability...
...real issue, according to Turchiano, is thebehavior of the president of the Harvard Club,Donald L. Shapiro '57. According to Turchiano,Shapiro "takes delight in going out and tauntingthe workers...
...sudden delight, however, I noticed that but for myself, groups of parents, and few students, Blodgett's cold, concrete stands were empty...
...Music Hall spectacles, the Ziegfeld Follies and Fourth of July at Disney World. You may be amused, you may be appalled, but you cannot fail to be agape. The one thing this riot of color and noise does not bring to mind is the modern Broadway musical, which can delight in scenery and special effects but is most concerned with evoking emotion and telling a story...
...French writer named Denis de Rougemont attended a Nazi rally in Nuremburg and recorded a stunning experience. The long-awaited arrival of Adolf Hitler threw the crowd into a frenzy. Screams of delight mounted to a ferver pitch as the man drew nearer, until the surging mass of the people gave way to utter hysteria. Rougemont felt something uncontrollable stir within him--the thrill of mass hysteria--and so powerful was the feeling that he almost succumbed. But something withing him rebelled. Ionesco relates Rougemont's story with curiosity in his notes from November 1960; "just then...