Word: dragging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some Clinton victories buried in the procedures. First, the managers are limited to what is already in the record. They must request witnesses en bloc, which means they must be careful about whom they call. The Senate will vote on the complete set, so just one objectionable witness could drag the whole bloc down. "That's a huge victory for the Democrats," said a Democratic strategist on the Hill, "and I'm not sure the White House gets it." And even if a majority votes yes on the set of witnesses, the vote only authorizes depositions; it will take another...
...think it's important to keep tabs on what else the Republican party is going to do to drag this out and assault the democratic process," he said...
...light-pop duo Captain and Tennille (of "Love Will Keep Us Together" and "Muskrat Love" fame), is passable as Victoria but lacks the je ne sais quoi that would justify the adulation her character supposedly receives. It seems hard to believe Gay Pah-ree could not produce any drag queens more fabulous than her "Victor." The idea of play-acting as a liberating experience has been done in plays from As You Like It and before, but Tennille hardly seems as emancipated as she claims to feel. She never experiences any trouble being Victor, but that is chiefly because...
...supporting cast redeems the musical, preventing it from being a complete drag (and that pun reflects the musical's general level of humor). Admittedly, as the effete Toddy, Ross signals half his jokes and is forced to deliver some of the show's worst groaners--in response to Victoria's "I don't want to be a man anymore", he replies "Neither do I." But Dana Lynn Mauro as Norma, King's moll, elicits huge laughs with her brassy style, all malapropisms and mangled French ("You know French?" "Oh sure, I just don't speak it"). Flashy and loud, MaBBuro...
...HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH John Cameron Mitchell, who co-wrote this off-Broadway hit, also plays the "internationally ignored" song stylist who changed sexes to escape East Germany. Part nightclub monologue, part drag musical, the show has a score that outrocks Rent and a script that is by turns funny, outrageous and poignant...