Word: humors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...latest musical offerings, to see See America First last." Stung by the reviews, Porter retreated to France and did not compose a full score for the American theater until he was 35. Coward affected a brittle, malicious wit and was a lifelong bachelor. Porter had a ready, indulgent humor and was married for 35 years to Linda Lee Thomas, a famous society beauty...
Barich embellishes the moment ("It was like somebody weeping in a darkened the ater long after the movie's ended"), and the effect is corny, but nice, like a good fishing trip. His race-track humor slides in and out of straight-faced paragraphs so deftly you hardly realize you've been stung. The author reports of an unhurried race horse, for instance, that "Sterling Drive broke from the rail, with infinite care, and headed directly for the parking lot, going so wide on the first turn that several fans groaned." The deftness and dryness here, an infinitely...
...long hours, the extensive run, and the heavy tradition behind it, all acknowledge that the show is essentially just fun to do. This is due to the basic irreverence of the plays themselves, it's hard to be pretentious with a name like Missionary Position. Yet even the humor can provide challenges for the cast, most notably the challenge of acting like a woman when you're just an ordinary...
...Aggy, who finds herself attracted once again to the life and values her upbringing condemns? Not really. It is difficult to mix tragedy and comedy, and while it works sometimes, perhaps Innaurato should stick to light laughs. The pathos of the second act just doesn't mesh with the humor of the first...
...While on first impression these lines seem trite and overused in themselves, our reactions most likely stem from the cynicism and self centered values Innaurato is attacking. Perhaps this is the true serious social message of passions. While watching the lives of the characters unfold, fueled part by humor, part by drama, we see a certain realism beneath the cliche, cardboard characters. We can feel some of Aggy's pain, brought to life by Lynda Robinson in a strong, almost poignant performance. Our lives are a mixture of both comedy and tragedy; perhaps neither can rise to gradiose levels...