Word: foiling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...adolescent self-discovery: a cub becomes a lion; a mermaid becomes a maid; a geek kid becomes a Greek god. Hercules (voiced by Tate Donovan) is your basic mythic hybrid--half man, half deity--recast as a clumsy teen. Superman-strong and Bambi-naive, Herc is an ideal foil for wily Meg (a subtle siren, wonderfully voiced by Susan Egan). She plays Barbara Stanwyck to his Eddie Bracken, while a gruff satyr (Danny DeVito) acts as Herc's mentor and parries the anti-Olympus scheming of Hades (James Woods...
...Crimson racked up numerous individual honors, especially in the Ivy League. Seniors Jill Katz (18-2 Ivy) and Viki Danics took home first team foil honors...
...captain Mallory Stewart garnered First Team Epee honors, as did Valerie Uzzell. Co-captain Brindisi Chan snared a spot on the Second Team Foil squad as well...
Several individuals stood out for Harvard despite the team's lackluster second half. Senior Greg Chang occupied a spot on the First Team Foil, and junior Michal Gattnar held a place on the First Team Epee with an 11-1 Ivy mark (27-3 overall). Captain Lee Scheffler garnered Second Team Sabre honors
...players vary in the quality of their performance, both from individual to individual and within the play itself. The main characters are generally strong: Nguyen is a disarmingly pathetic and likable Wu Min, providing a strong character foil for Tan's marvelously cocky portrayal of Little Jade (whose self-assured manner and sexual self-confidence provides many of the play's laughs). But Borey, as a perpetually quiet and responsive Hawk, might add more to the play by being a more participatory and active central character. He's usually hard to read, and his portrayal of an innocent reacting...