Word: dumbstruck
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like being knighted when you reach the stage where you can call him George," says Choreographer Donald Saddler, who has worked with him on many shows and now enjoys that privilege. A few weeks ago, Abbott extended the invitation to Gerald Freedman, artistic director of the Cleveland troupe. The dumbstruck Freedman -- Sir Gerry now -- could only respond, "I'll try, Mr. Abbott...
...about the causes of the events in the morning's media footage. When Reagan spoke to the nation, he refered to the day's human tragedy and canonized new heroes. One simply couldn't come out and say it: our rocket had blown up. The nation was emasculated, bewildered, dumbstruck as glorious pride turned to impotence in a blinding flash...
...only begins to describe the perfection of the Royal Shakespeare Company's ambitious endeavor. The richness of the production is unforgettable and beyond price. Perhaps the most exhilarating moment of the entire day came at the curtain call, when an obviously overjoyed company appeared to be dumbstruck by the deafening cheers from the standing audience...
...problem here is a familiar one: reverence for a literary source, a delicate novella by Tillie Olsen, has rendered its adapters dumbstruck. Trying to remain faithful to her realistic surfaces and unable-except through uninformative flashbacks-to reveal the inner workings of Eva's sensibility, the film makers have avoided anything that might be melodramatic or even openly emotional. All the suffering in Tell Me a Riddle is thus stoic, all triumphs without joy. Movement is glacial, dialogue wooden, characterizations blurred. One has a feeling that this project-brought to fruition without the financial support of the film industry...