Word: imperfectly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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These shortcomings do not blunt Nickleby's potent storytelling; they affirm it. In 1981 the show seemed a magic moment in which acting, directing and design had come together to create something wonderful yet ephemeral. The passage of time and the revival by other hands, even if imperfect, allow audiences to see that Nickleby is a permanent, and major, contribution to the literature of the stage...
...cuts up the continuum of information into bite-size bits, selects pieces and presents them back glued together to simulate the original continuum. That makes for efficiency. Because numbers can be instantly checked for errors and instantly re-sent, digital information can be transmitted over vast distances and through imperfect media without distortion. It arrives intact at the other end, ready to be turned back into a whole. But not quite the whole...
...this imperfect world, most real problems don't have obvious solutions. The biblical teaching on homosexuality will continue to exist; so will a great many serious, committed Jews, who, looking within themselves, conclude in all honesty that their fundamental sexual nature runs contrary to this teaching. However great the tension, there must be a place for both within the Jewish community. I believe we can find...
...lives in Paris but commutes to Tokyo for four monthlong visits each year. His clothes, which feature sharp lines and muted colors, have a worldliness that combines Eastern ease with Western tailoring. "I have tried to bring different cultures together," he remarks. Kumagai sees contemporary Japan as an imperfect blend of the traditional and the new: "I have tried to mix them the right way. In the '80s, many designers have tried to destroy balance. I wouldn't want to remove the real balance of the human body...
...dancing in the opening number, though marred slightly by imperfect lighting, casts a magical spell which lasts for much of the show...