Word: expressionlessness
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...horrible effects. Othello first enters from beneath an electronic Bud Lite sign. The sound, though well-prepared, goes sour when whimsical musical moments and a garish announcement of the Venetian victory accompanied by disco lay waste to Shakespeare's play. Two guards, listed as "Mechanicals" in the program, wear expressionless masks, and the Herald speaks his lines in a deliberate monotone. Iago's deception of Othello occurs before a projection of Magritte's painting, "The Wind and the Song," and, before the first intermission, an actor walks onto the stage with a sign reading, "Take your belongings with...
...woman sat surrounded by audience laughter as the protesters continued their demonstration and the lecturers remained expressionless on stage...
...American Gothic. The picture that made his reputation was earlier, and better. Painted in 1862, it is a portrait of his Irish lover, Jo Hiffernan, Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl. Shown in London first and then in Paris, it provoked a buzz of irrelevant interpretation. The expressionless young woman in virginal white, standing on a wolfskin with a lily in her hand (that floral emblem of the Aesthetic Movement), was declared to be a bride the night after; or a fallen ex-maiden; or a victim of mesmerism--anything, except what she was, a model posing...
Aaron Caughey plays the Captain in suitable slapstick fashion, although his accent change in the final scene is a bit bewildering. His singing is nevertheless very solid and done with great gusto. Sarah Cullins as Josephine has a sweet, pleasant voice, but is expressionless throughout. She seems unable to sing and act simultaneously. Stephen Curtis as Josephine's suitor gives a good performance as a bumbling old fool, although his voice is a bit timid to start...
...defendants, sitting beside two social workers, listen with pale and expressionless faces. Both come from broken homes, with parents reported to have alcohol problems. While Boy B's parents have both been in court, sometimes crying as the grisly murder was described, neither A's mother nor his father has attended the trial. Boy A has kept his composure for the most part, but his companion has sobbed and clutched at the social worker beside him. James' father, Ralph Bulger, listens intently, occasionally closing his eyes...