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...Williams fails to fuse these individual performances into a strong vision of Othello--indeed, she fails to display any profound vision at all. It is unfortunate that such a vital and ever-timely script must, like Othello himself, be smote thus...
...scene ought to be agony. Yet each time Bella rearranges the seating, dictates the flow of conversation or interrupts her tongue-tied tale to say, "This is not the way I pictured it," her frustration gets a mounting laugh. At the climax, her staccato pleadings fuse into an aria of justified rage and saintly forgiveness toward the limits imposed on her by life and by her loved ones. Abruptly, spectators who were crying with laughter are simply crying, without any sense of being manipulated. The ability to find humor in unlikely places, then shift emotional gears with no machinery showing...
...Graham is no stranger to influential positions. Education leaders say that Graham's nine years here have made a definite impact, not only on the School of Education, but also on national trends in education. Colleagues have praised Graham's ability to fuse research and practice in the field of education, as well as her initiative in shifting the Education School's focus back to the classroom...
...here, in the ruined face of such a man, that The Godfather Part III locates an emotional gravity rare in American movies. The film is a slow fuse with a big bang -- one that echoes through every family whose own tragedy is an aching for things past and loved ones lost...
RoboDeer does have some defects. His head has blown a fuse or two, and his hide has been perforated by bullets. But while the DNR readily displays the deer, it insists on keeping one detail absolutely secret: the location of its motor. DNR's Ransom would say only, "It is in an area that typically would not be shot...