Word: elementals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...willing suspension of disbelief that lies at the heart of the theater can become practically cryogenic under the spell of all that glitter. Complete strangers start singing in harmony, villains start tapdancing--no one will bat an eye if it's snappy enough. A.W.O.L. has all of the elements required for a good musical--maybe too many--but one begins to suspect that even though the cast and orchestra know what they are doing, the director got lost somewhere. The only element of musical comedy that cannot be toyed with is the pacing--and that is just where A.W.O.L...
...near-unconsciousness and drops names instinctively without realizing it. (Ringo keeps telling me he's trying to stop but I just don't believe him) Nor do the references make any sense whatsoever: they become for the dropper as (God, I hope things work out for Theda) vital an element of speech as inhaling and exhaling--occurring inexorably and reflexively. (Why won't Woody just realize he's peaked?) This is a horrifying state (I wonder if Marion will ever work again) of affairs because the dropper's speech and thought patterns are rendered virtually (I do so miss Scott...
...absence of the Trumbull was not the only reason for the Crimson defeat. The most important element may have been the absence of rest...
...musical myth diffuses not only the present world of the characters but the plot of the novel as well. The Biblical allegories and the legendsare themselves so radiant that they divert the reader from the much flatter characters who sift through this mystic past. Time becomes a very confusing element with dead characters too closely blended to living ones, adding incoherence to the work...
...that those who traveled with the President, whether staff or Secret Service agents, genuinely liked him. That aura, created in large part by Reagan's humor and courtesy, was a great health benefit. Ruge was also convinced that Nancy Reagan's dedication to her husband was another element in his excellent state of mind and body...