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These elements detract from some of the better performances. Jennifer Sun is excellent as Medea. Her portrayal of the sorceress as a strong, driven and bizarrely triumphant woman is convincing. She succeeds at the difficult feat of making an unrepentant infanticidal mother a compelling and even sympathetic character. J.C. Wolfgang Murad, as Medea's wayward husband Jason, is a little hesitant in the early sections, but reaches a convincingly enraged pitch by the final scenes...
Gurney also uses Cole Porter songs in an effort to keep the play moving. However wonderful the songs may be, they do not fit well with the rest of the play. Although each final note evoked applause from the audience, the songs detract from the cohesiveness of "The Fourth Wall...
These flaws are not fatal, but they do detract from some of the skilled performance and the power of the script. Entertaining, even hysterical in places this production of Loot never quite achieve the deeply bitter effect of Orton's play...
...This [loss] shouldn't detract from theseason," Co-Captain Maura Healey said. "We came onwell despite all the obstacles we faced...
...Hurricane of 1938 didn't have a catchy name like Hugo, or Gloria--this was before they began naming storms like children. But that does not detract from its place in the collective memory of the Class...