Word: excessive
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...have marauded the stage during the Dunster House Opera Society’s (DHO) rendition of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide (which ended its run in Dunster Dining Hall this weekend), but in the end, love and wisdom ruled the day. In a production of lovely postmodern excess reminiscent of Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge , the actors shone, the songs soared, and the audience was left bubbling with enjoyment after watching the story of an extra enamored with a movie star named Cundegonde...
Particularly dedicated Michigans with an excess of free time on their hands aside, the consistent and widespread downplaying of Grumet-Morris’ performance this season is mind boggling. That’s not to say, of course, that Tarkki, Northeastern’s Keni Gibson, Bowling Green’s Jordan Sigalet—curently trailing only Tarkki in fan voting—and a host of other goaltenders from around the country aren’t having fine seasons. Many of them are, of course, as is the case each year. But a cursory glance...
...won’t Baby win? Consider the cultural currency of The Aviator, which combines tabloid gossip with big business and social elites. If the story of an heir’s trials and tribulations isn’t contemporary, what is? Paparazzi, excess, glamour and decay: replace Howard Hughes with Paris Hilton and you would have an eerily similar film. The Hotelier...
That said, the show is far from perfect. There are times when the show’s sheer excess stops being fun and just starts being, well, overwhelming—and it is safe to say that Frontierment has its share of those times...
...excess space will be converted into a place for additional weight and cardiovascular equipment. The plan is to “more than double” the amount of fitness equipment and upgrade existing equipment to “state-of-the-art replacements,” according to a press release...