Word: heightens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wide--resembles a box, framed at left and right by huge bookcases and poorly lit by desk and floor lamps. In the director's mind, this design concept probably seemed like a great imaginative flourish, the small claustrophobic set symbolizing the title. Or, perhaps, Kean meant to heighten the immediacy of Ibsen's "living room tragedy...
...women have escaped rape by pleading that they are pregnant, menstruating or have a venereal disease. Other experts contend that talk is useless; Patsy Klaus, a researcher at the Justice Department's National Institute of Justice, believes "a sudden violent scream" is better. Tears, however, are likely to heighten a rapist's sadistic impulses. One possible deterrent is for the victim to try to disgust the attacker by putting a finger down her throat to induce vomiting, or by urinating or defecating. Finally, however, a woman may have no choice. Says Klaus: "If I saw it was hopeless...
...twelve-day Asian trip. Japan has only a tiny Roman Catholic flock (406,000 people out of 117 mil lion) and, like the weather, the crowds were cool after the exuberance of the Philippines. But, if anything, the absence of roaring throngs and John Paul T shirts seemed to heighten the seriousness of the Pope's message...
...profound expression of violently contradictory emotions; her quick, reluctant smile exudes poignancy. Physically, she is the perfect realization of Polanski's idea of "provocative beauty." Her full lips suggest a smoldering sensuality, undetectable in those Bambi-esque eyes. Even the tiny scar on her left cheek seems to heighten her beauty, like Gene Tierney's over-bite. The trouble with Kinski is her voice, a wonderfully funny, squeaky little thing. It quivers and gurgles and struggles to capture an English accent but sounds oddly Irish instead. She rushes to finish many of her lines, as though by hurrying, she could...
...lost on the mammoth stage, this scaled-down version of Eugene Lee's foundry set hovers overhead preventing any air from invigorating the denizens of London's sordid slums. Ken Billington's lighting generally succeeds where the score fails by sharply evoking the character's moods. Piercing spotlights heighten Sweeney's agonizing inner turmoil, while a stupefying pinkish orange haze overpowers mottled ground tones to emphasize the community's moral desolation and confusion. Flashes of sunshine intrude briefly, but the furnace's Hellish red glow settles on Fleet Street and damns it irrevocably...