Word: duos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like Serban, Strehler introduces anachronisms into his production - the commedia dell'arte for the comic duo of Trinculo and Stephano, for example, and a hint of Peking opera mannerism for Ariel - but they effectively underscore the contrasts between the spirit and human worlds, making the confrontation even more pointed. This is a Tempest of clarity, strength and purpose - exactly what was lacking in the Royal Opera's Turandot. The cross-cultural irony is inescapable: the English company presenting the Italian opera had failed, but the Italians staging an English classic had made a glorious success...
...Charlie (Mickey Rourke) risks all for his rather dim witted cousin Paulie (Eric Roberts) is more complicated than the simple "blood runs thicker than water" explanation the more mature Charlie often gives. The subtle depths to the duo's relationship is constantly revealed throughout the film, made exquisitely palpable by the two leads. Rourke puts in a superb performance as the more stable Charlie, a man in his mid-twenties with extravagant tastes, especially for natty suits and a greased hair-do. He already has a son by a previous marriage and dreams of owning his own restaurant some...
...left to beat but themselves. The two film makers have had a hand in the six biggest-grossing pictures of all time (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Star Wars, Return of the Jedi, The Empire Strikes Back, Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark). Last week the dominant duo shattered some earnings records again with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, directed by Spielberg and co-produced by Lucas. The new film sold $45.7 million worth of tickets during its first week in theaters, compared with $45.3 million for the previous record holder, Lucas' 1983 Star Wars sequel, Return...
...Duarte ran for President against Colonel Arturo Armando Molina Barraza, the candidate of El Salvador's ruling military-landowner alliance. Duarte's running mate was a high school chum, Guillermo Ungo.* Conservative businessmen were aghast at the duo's election promises of land reform and support for organized labor, and by the fact that a front organization for the illegal Communist Party was participating in its National Opposition Union. When Duarte appeared to be pulling into the lead, the government blacked out television coverage of the ballot counting and announced the following day that Molina...
Despite Maine's duo of top-rank hurlers, Crimson Captain Bruce Weller said yesterday it really didn't make any difference" which team won the ECAC. "The teams who get to the playoffs get there because of good pitching," he said, citing top-pitchers at Temple and Seton Hall as examples "You just can't expect to get that many runs...