Word: flaw
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Moral Reasoning, however, has a fatal flaw. You must read Kant. You just can't avoid it in a Moral Reasoning class. Kant hurts. Kant is boring. Nobody can read Kant and emerge unscathed. Not even Kant read Kant. He tried to, but he decided not to as soon as he realized that he would not want to impose that fate universally on all rational beings...
...greatest flaw in the show is a product of the format. Seeing Tim Krochuk, Rouse, and Giering recreate "Bobby & Jackie & Jack," a song they sang together in last month's magnificent production of Merrily We Roll Along, reminds us that each of these songs was written for a specific moment in a specific play. Removing a song from its surroundings must weaken it, especially in a piece as dependent on the situation as "Pretty Women" from Sweeny Todd. Perhaps spoken introductions would restore some of the lost context...
...painful politeness and unwavering loyalty to Ronald Reagan through mountainous deficits and Iran-contra bumbling raised the question of his backbone. He waffled on issues like abortion and taxes, and even his supporters wondered in dark moments about his inner stuff. What this may suggest is one more flaw in our system of political assessment. In our dizzy campaigns we analyze a candidate too much from a few one-liners lofted by adversaries or twits. In the debate over terribly complex domestic issues, we frequently heap scorn on even marginally open minds that waver...
Rushdie uses original, surprising and often quirky language to tell this story. And he does not present the moral in a heavy-handed manner. Haroun's only flaw is the shallowness of its characters, who while amusing have no developed personalities...
...atmosphere of this first one-act is depressing, and its moody manner alienated many of the small children in attendance. This is not of itself a flaw--the murky moral conflict and mediocre acting hurt this production more than the play's tone does. Only Lithgow, as the black-clad, cigarette-smoking Death, brings vigor to his character, but his grave voice fits the part more exactly than his mannerisms...