Word: flaws
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While the violence and sex scenes are handled tastefully and form an essential part of the picture, a clunky narrative device serves as Prick Up Your Ears' only major flaw. Based on a 1978 biography of the same title by John Lahr, the tale is told in vignettes as Lahr composes his book...
...character flaw as old as Icarus was in evidence last week. Behind all the revelations lurked arrogance, a modern hubris. Hart dared the press to stalk him, as though no disclosure could wound him. Secord disdainfully asserted that he could run foreign policy better than those designated to do so. And all along, the President assumed that no one would find out he was sending arms to Iran and evading, rather than enforcing, the ban on aid to the contras. They all wrapped themselves in their own misguided certainty, believing they were immune not only from harm but from public...
...peculiarities of their individual tables on this night, share all the tips collected. I had to write a program that would tell how much money each one should receive. Using the commands I had memorized, in the order I had memorized them, I wrote the program without a flaw. Then I went to the computer and typed in the program, logging into Harvard's system by using another series of memorized commands...
...most colorful people on campus. He was a dramatic character, one who stood out in a crowd. He thought of himself as a celebrity--powerful, elegant, witty. But he was so flamboyant, and so egotistical, that it seemed at once a tip off to some hidden flaw," Leslie says...
...this basically sound production, the most apparent flaw is with the character of Tracy. Some of this might be attributable to a slow start on opening night, for Halper did seem to improves as the play wore on. But Halper's performance consistently lacked vocal or facial life and expression. Because Tracy Lord is the central character of the play, this partially flawed performance casts a shadow over the entire production...