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...Hans effect"-a phenomenon named for a turn-of-the-century German circus horse that astounded audiences by tapping out with his hoofs the correct answers to complex mathematical and verbal problems. In fact, as a German psychologist finally discerned, Clever Hans was picking up unintentional cues-changes in facial expression, breathing patterns and even eye-pupil size-from his questioner telling him when and how many times to stomp (or, more precisely, when to stop stomping...
Like Harpo, Gerald Hiken as Strider trots out a herd of hilarious facial contortions as he narrates his own sad story. Born a piebald--spotted with two colors--Strider can outrace but not outgrace his rival, Darling the stallion, who leaps and pirouettes with Baryshnikov's physical elegance. Strider loses his love and his potency when he receives harsh punishment from his masters for raping his girlfriend/mare. Then commence several years of gentility and peace with Prince Serpuhosky and the glory of winning a fantastic race against a fierce opponent. But Strider's fortunes collapse again and he returns finally...
...only female character who comes off well is Ward's Granny, who, with her growls and broomsticks, chases after the nerd. Since there is no such character in the original play, she is more free than most of the other characters to give her role an unconstrained interpretation. Her facial expressions are themselves almost worth the price of admission...
...suffer excessive weight loss, insomnia, loss of sex drive and energy, or threaten or attempt suicide. Other patients, for example, the elderly or those with heart conditions, cannot tolerate the medications. Drugs also tend to act more slowly and sometimes produce unpleasant side effects, notably tardive dyskinesia, uncontrollable facial and body contortions caused by lengthy use of antipsychotics. Says Dr. Stuart Yudofsky of the New York State Psychiatric Institute: "I'm not pushing the therapy. I don't work for the electric company...
...When he ventures to emulate the style of another production, it is the oft-shown movies--itself remarkably faithful to the script. In the film version, hundreds of upper-crust stiffs assemble for the Ascot opening day races and stand at attention in overly starched collars without flexing a facial muscle...