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...Likewise, the cast lacks a musical weak link. Aside from some fairly distracting microphone problems, the harmonies and diction were delivered clearly. Thomas R. Compton ’09 easily has the best voice in the cast as the romantically frustrated, three-breasted “Lotta Boobies” (get it?!). His forlorn lament “A Lotta Love” ranges from passages of delicate melodicism to “Stand and Deliver”-level force...
...Roberts ’09—mix and match, first to seek vengeance against those who have cheated on them, and second, to pair up successfully with the object of their affections.Kapusta plays the clever Figaro superbly, with expression that rivals any skilled comedian’s. His diction is so good that the screen flashing the aria’s lyrics–well-placed to the side of the stage–becomes superfluous. Most memorable of all is his energy and playfulness, which shines in “If You Are After a Little Amusement...
...grown up watching her as the wise and indulgent matriarch of Father Knows Best. I didn?t want her to be my mother (I had, and have, a fabulous one, thank you), but I recognized in Jane an emissary from a vanished age of better manners, cleaner diction, gentleness and gentility. She was a lady, when that word could be the ultimate compliment for a woman. This was so long ago, children...
...people talk is very different than the way we think people talk. When you're watching a TV show like Friends, the dialogue from the script is nothing like the way people actually talk to one another - random and full of non-sequiturs. OHinNY tries to capture authentic speech, diction and syntax, making it a fun, living record of how people talk. Imagine if OHinNY existed in 1906... The blog is an interesting contribution to an archive of what life is like today, as well as a re-creation of what it's like to walk down the street...
Honesty, insight, enviable diction, and an even more enviable economy of language have made the magazine better for as long as Annie’s contributed. A fortuitous catch...