Word: gail
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...Gail Strumpf dropped in 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds, Ayanna Brown had 11 points and blocked three shots and Holli Tapley contributed 17 points, connecting on four three-pointers...
...play opens as Tom's wife Nora and her youngest daughter Gail find Gail's husband, Junior, lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor. From the first moment it is clear that Nora is off her rocker, an impression wonderfully conveyed by Brittani Sonnenberg '03, whose character manages to remain light and amusing even in the most insane situations. A case in point is the discovery of Junior's body. As Gail tries to help her husband, Nora talks incessantly, theorizing about calling 911, about the seriousness of Junior's bruises, about her relationship with Gail...
...semi-comatose state. This man is, in fact, Tom himself, who 10 years prior had abused the family, tried to burn the house down and abandoned them, and who is now back and recognized by everybody save for his wife. His daughters' reactions to him are mixed. Gail, who is tough, street-smart and devoted to the family, has forgiven him and even cooks for him. Mary Ann, the middle daughter, is a fantastically distressed young woman who fears her father and periodically abandons her husband and child to take refuge in a fantasy world. Elizabeth, the oldest...
...reform Mary Ann with elaborate guilt trips about motherhood and Elizabeth frantically searches for any household product that can give her a quick high. The current of hostility running between the three sisters is sharp and well done. Less convincing are the few sentimental moments, as the chemistry between Gail (Alex Cooley '02) and Elizabeth (Jessica Shapiro '01) seems to be lacking. Eva Furrow '03 plays a self-absorbed Mary Ann, whose hysterics sound authentic, yet who lacks the gentleness needed for the character's compulsive apologies. When Furrow talks about baking cakes and doing "the little things," we bear...
...basement and arrest Nora. To this challenge, the other characters respond each in her own fashion. Elizabeth captures and tortures one of Junior's assailants in the hope of making him confess to the drug dealership. Mary Ann confronts her father and finally comes to terms with him. Gail fetches Junior from the hospital, who, in an ironic twist, proves to have been in a secret alliance with Tom to clean the neighborhood of delinquency...