Word: franticness
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...story line remains basically the same as that of the classic play: four star-crossed lovers run away to a forest inhabited by fairies. Thanks to the Fairy King's mischevious helper Puck, the mortal lovers become even more discombobulated and frantic until the deux-es-machina ending. Meanwhile, the Fairy King squabbles with Queen Titania over custody of their child until Puck's spell causes the queen to temporarily fall in love with Bottom the Ass, a man with the head of a donkey. Once all the confusion subsides, however, a very happy ending ensues...
...some point, we have to step back and ask if all the scrambling for prestigious summer jobs, all the recruiting, all the frantic visits to OCS are worth...
Southerland's direction was interesting. He used flashes of bright white light and well-situated still action to show the passage of time, and the frantic, disturbing opening was well conceived. However, the constraints of the space and the lack of good tech clouded any conceptual clarity. Also helping to prevent a tight production were the actors, who fumbled their lines several times...
...stands a chance. Intent on both dazzling and punishing the viewer, Gilliam gets lost in creepy spectacle and plenty of old film clips (notably Vertigo). But at the sight of three giraffes crossing a city bridge, you'll think of a more recent movie. A bad one. In its frantic mix of chaos, carnage and zoo animals, 12 Monkeys is Jumanji for adults...
That forced the frantic father to hunt for insurance even as his son Justin was undergoing the four-hour operation. "There should have been nothing more important than being with my son," Lindsay says, "and I'm on the phone trying to figure out what happened to my insurance and how I'm going to pay for this." He's still not sure. The Lindsays owe $150,000 in medical bills, for which they are suing the Aetna insurance company and the owners who ran Regina. And while Lindsay has found another job, his new health plan doesn't cover...