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While Stone fails to control Toope carefully enough, he certainly clamps down on Lizellen La Follette, who plays the virginal Agnes. Her dull monotone and glazed stare were intended, one supposes, to convey her innocence. But we only know that she embodies purity and goodness because others characters tell us she does. Soft violin music accompanies her entrances. All La Follette's performance suggests is that Agnes lacks personality...
...FRANCISCO--How can you pick L.A.? They're disgustingly talented and obnoxiously dull. The Giants, on the other hand, are way cool...
...mental illness, scientists have not really understood how they worked. Now all that is changing. A miraculous pharmacopoeia is being explored to deal with every kind of ailment in the mind and body. Not too far off may be tailor-made drugs that will lull insomniacs into peaceful sleep, dull the throbbing of pain, organize a schizophrenic's thoughts and perhaps even simulate the pleasures...
Researchers are convinced that such chemicals may explain many behavioral mysteries. During World War II, Army medics were astonished by some soldiers who had lost limbs yet did not complain of pain; scientists now believe that these wounded men produced extra endorphins to dull the agony. Similar chemical magic may explain how Indian fakirs walk over hot coals and how acupuncture and placebos work...
...what of Dickens? It is fine to be "after Dickens," but in this case the distance is embarrassing. Great Expectations would seem to offer rich and practical material for an opera. Pip's progress through the world is eventful, and he does not meet a single dull soul on his road to self-knowledge. Yet the novel is not so diffuse that it could not be contained in a manageable number of scenes...