Word: dextrous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...through the Dorset flora and fauna includes side trips into the thickets of political and social theory. He announces his presence at every plot turn-probing his characters' thoughts on one page, shrugging genially that he's no mind reader on the next. And finally, this most dextrous of card sharks trumps his story. He provides three contradictory endings to his tale: in the first, Charles marries his fiancée, in the second Charles and Sarah are blissfully reconciled, in the third they part, never to see each other again...
...communication: the gulf between Brecht's selfish characters clawing away at each other on the stage and the dainty gourmet shops sitting outside on Brattle St. seems wide enough to swallow Seven Deadly Sins' compact message. The great virtue of Alvin Epstein's American Repertory Theatre production is its dextrous explication of Brecht's easily garbled multiple ironies. Epstein uses his performers, music, dance, mime and even neon signs to illuminate Brecht's critique of the half-life of the bourgeoisie; he gives it such sober clarity that even the most plumped matron must follow Brecht point by point...
...than the "Spiv" of his first two efforts. Those concentrated on a poppy guitar, steady beat, and musical hooks, with songs about women, the working class, and the media. Suddenly, Jackson's oft-avowed affection for reggae has taken over. Graham Maby, one of rock's most melodic and dextrous bassists, assumes center stage, as Jackson acknowledges by allowing him to sing the title track. And Maby holds it well--the bass lines are entrancing, polished, and danceable...