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...this problem, director Matt Hudson found the simplest solution: he cut. The cast was reduced to about half its prescribed size, Timon's speeches were shortened or eliminated and the verbal exchanges between characters were reduced to the bare minimum. This aides comprehension, and the production is an effective digest of the original Timon, retaining all the original pathos in significantly fewer words...

Author: By Irina Serbanescu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: William Shakespeare's Other Tragedy | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

...this is problematic not simply for our democratic participation but also for our pretensions of empiricism, for our ability to distinguish facts. Our digest-happy modern world has taught us to accept news, facts and truth abstracted and condensed to such a level that nothing but opinion remains...

Author: By Maryanthe E. Malliaris, | Title: Character in the News | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

Jackie Chan is considered cool, and despite the fact that Legend of Drunken Master has long been a favorite among his Asian fans and won Best Action Choreography (Chia-Liang Liu) at the 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, it's a difficult film to digest if you're in a semi-serious or just a typical mood. It's very difficult not to appreciate the humor of a line (and I am serious that this line was in the movie) that goes, "Fei-Hung, don't be ashamed. When we were little kids, we used to go naked...

Author: By Christine Tran, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Chan Plays It Cool in 'Legend of Drunken Master' | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

...haven't had time to digest the issue but I am definitely a supporter of their taking action," he said. "It's worth it to get the word...

Author: By William M. Rasmussen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Deliver Open Letter to University Protesting Swearshops | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

...hugely popular Blackthorne Inn on Point Reyes Peninsula in Inverness, Calif., were featured in, say, Architectural Digest, its style might be characterized as Tree-House Chic. Built four stories up a hillside teeming with 180-ft. Douglas firs, the Blackthorne is a combination of rustic and posh (read: a hot tub set amid the clouds) that has led fans to dub it a "treetop fantasy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: A Treetop Fantasy | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

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