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...from Africa to return the talisman to its rightful owner. Taylor has said in interviews that Raphah was meant to atone for the paucity of black heroes in children’s literature. An admirable goal, but in the novel, anyway, Taylor fails to address the implications of his hero??s origins—even when Demurral takes the step of branding him. The appearance of an African on the coast of Yorkshire elicits relatively mild surprise from the local inhabitants. Indeed, Raphah’s skin color and its evocation of the mysterious African continent appear...
Bonilla decides to follow up on the lynching story, and he pays a visit to the driver in jail. The driver, who we learn is called Vinicio (Damián Alcázar) implores Bonilla to be his “hero?? once more by running a story that will result in his release from custody: the worst malefactors from the lynch mob have been imprisoned alongside him and make daily attempts against his life. What follows is a cat-and-mouse exchange between Bonilla and Vinicio, in which Vinicio promises information about the “Monster...
...worry, we are told, because Harry, our hero??now called the “Chosen One”—has something even better: the power of love...
...California, the legislators pick the people, and not the other way around. The Governor’s highest priority this fall is to fix this flawed system. Whether the “Last Action Hero?? can use his brawn to make Sacramento a more down-to-earth place is anybody’s guess. But he’s flexing all of his political muscle to make it more democratic...
Each member of the cast continues the accentuation of exaggerated hilarity, making sure their take on the theme is appropriate to their role. Sarah E. Stein ’08 plays Domina, Hero??s overbearing mother, with appropriately overblown hauteur. The sleazy profligacy of Lycus, the slave-owner (embodied by Justin V. Rodriguez ’07) contrasts well with the wistfully innocent Hero and the glib Pseudolus. Each individual character’s excesses are played to the fullest in their songs. Here, Sondheim’s score is as snappy and melodic as ever...