Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grace. Wendy can't take him seriously, so instead she delivers a monologue thanking God for the food they are about to gorge themselves upon, and then begins rambling about war and politics. Something is forcing this family seriously out of joint, but no one has any idea how to remedy the situation...
...final complete film was a premiere of "Sex Without Love." Perhaps offering a play on the "in too deep" idea, the film interposes footage of preadolescent children diving into a swimming pool with Sharon Olds' recitation of her poem of the same name. But "Sex Without Love" is not so sophisticated cinematically as the other two films shown, and the result seems a bit more like a home video soundtracked with poetry than an actual cohesive performance. In addition, Olds' words are spoken much too solemnly for the context of the visual images and, indeed, for the message...
...With a $115 million projected annual operating budget, a staff of over 400 full-time employees and additional sponsorship from Focus on the Family and the Christian Coalition, the Promise Keepers are hardly just a bad idea," she said...
...overarching theme of the play seems to be the not-exactly-earthshaking idea that inspiration lies behind great discoveries, and that inspiration is the same for scientists and artists. While it might be argued that Martin suggests Einstein's work influenced Picasso's and vice versa, the play is more concerned with entertaining the audience than delving into any more cerebral speculations. Martin is a natural entertainer, and he knows how to hold an audience--which proves his greatest asset here. Picasso at the Lapin Agile is ultimately a lighthearted discourse on a broad range of topics, but above...
...this whiny near-hysteria of Macbeth's conscious effort on somebody's part, then? Have we been handed somebody's idea of a deliberate re-reading of the character--a postmodern comedy, perhaps, along the lines of a Tom Stoppard play? If this is the idea, it doesn't seem to be working. The rest of the production interprets the text at face value; as a result, the bizarre behavior of Colapinto's Macbeth gradually renders its audience unsure whether any given line or scene is meant to be interpreted as straight drama or as comedy. The audience starts...