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...It’s a long road of fundraising, of training,” Evans said, “but it’s just so much fun when you get there and realize how much you’ve accomplished...
...with graduate actors at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) Institute and the introduction of professional directors. New to this year’s festival are the inclusion of undergraduate actors and the performance of original works. Evans wants budding playwrights to “think entrepreneurially about how to get their work out there in the future, and that all comes from collaboration...
Where the movie does falls short, however, is in its often confusing and poorly-written script. Among the antics, the movie seems to lose its focus on the reason why the family is gathered in the first place—a funeral. Instead, the actors get lost in the numerous subplots which, though funny, often seem excessively tangential. A gay midget, a high boyfriend, a stubborn ex, and a financially irresponsible brother dominate the plot throughout, and while in some ways the circuitous nature of the film is intentional, one can’t help but picture the actors...
...Having seen the grading standards, you don’t really have to do much to get a C-,” the student said, referencing the lowest grade possible to earn a satisfactory score. “I think a lot of the people in the class will wind up learning nothing or nearly nothing...
Lovely though the end result may be, it is difficult to get past the sense of guilt accompanying the release of these undead films. The question transcends aesthetic merit and becomes personal: does a significant contribution to the genre outweigh the ethical concerns of intruding on an artist’s personal work? every artist has the prerogative to decide which ideas to pursue. It’s a right as basic as keeping one’s thoughts to oneself, and to produce someone’s unfinished work feels, at some level, like an extremely personal type...