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...sometimes it’s because the actor and director are trying to emphasize a theme or heighten the work’s atmosphere. But not many actors can build a compelling character out of such stuff; for every Tobey Maguire that succeeds, there are fifty Keanu Reeveses that fail...

Author: By Benjamin J. Soskin, ON THEATRE | Title: Review: 'Zucco' Succeeds Despite Script | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...dark” literally as the audience is figuratively. A brief moment of light from the flashlight reveals a half-crazed Stanley attacking Lulu, but little else of the evening’s events can be discerned. To add to the confusion, most of the characters fail to remember the evening’s alcohol-fueled mayhem the next morning. All that remains is Lulu’s indignant sense of violation and Stanley’s chilling descent into madness...

Author: By Marin J. Orlosky, | Title: Review: The Birthday Party | 3/19/2004 | See Source »

...dark” literally as the audience is figuratively. A brief moment of light from the flashlight reveals a half-crazed Stanley attacking Lulu, but little else of the evening’s events can be discerned. To add to the confusion, most of the characters fail to remember the evening’s alcohol-fueled mayhem the next morning. All that remains is Lulu’s indignant sense of violation and Stanley’s chilling descent into madness...

Author: By Marin J. Orlosky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Review: The Birthday Party | 3/19/2004 | See Source »

...terrorism, and that it cannot stand alone in defense against it. I think this is largely understood, but in order to achieve effective international cooperation, the United States cannot casually disregard international sentiment as it did before attacking Iraq. A successful global coalition must be cultivated or it will fail to serve its purpose...

Author: By Nathan G. Bernhard, | Title: March 11, Madrid | 3/18/2004 | See Source »

Second-place Harvard was followed by Stanford, Yale and Duke. Brown, Dartmouth and the University of Pennsylvania were the only three Ivy League schools to fail to crack...

Author: By Adam J. Katz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: NYU Tops New ‘Dream’ Rankings | 3/18/2004 | See Source »

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