Word: fuschia
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...production leaves little room for talented acting. When Woyzeck cowers, wrings his hands and agonizes with incredible fervency, there is little opportunity to foster an emotional connection. Sharon Scruggs plays an impassioned and torn wife to Woyzeck, yet her languishing is overshadowed by the distracting fuschia and turquoise flood lights or the constant background music...
...yeah. Right, right. Cool. What's your newspaper called again? The Fuschia...
...woman's clothing is a more complex matter. Necklines are low, low, low: no turtlenecks here. The dresses frequently seem inappropriately bright for the historical period. The acidic green gown on the cover of Frontier Flame...the obnoxiously fuschia dress pictured on Lawless...the electric, leathery blue gown shown on The Spitfire... probably anachronistic, but sexy...
...sidekicks produce some of the show's lewdest gems. Flapper waitresses Trixie deTrade (Sherwin Parikh '90), a Joisey homegirl in a clingy jade satin mini and fuschia bikini top, and Sheila Lowitt, with sinister eye makeup, deftly trade bedtime barbs. When Trixie is scared by Sheila's desire to be a thespian, Sheila wonders, "How can you be so shallow?" "My boyfriend says I'm deep," Trixie retorts...
...problem with most of the songs--and most of the show--is that the words fail the actors. Although seductress Amanda Pleasme swivels her fuschia panties and star-covered chest, nothing can be done to make her lyrics stand out in "You've Got My Vote." Typical of her lines are snoozers like, "You've got my vote/As long as I'm able/And when it comes to love/My motion's on the table...