Word: jacked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bullets Over Broadway," is, however, generally a success, and Cusack is generally quite good. He plays David Shayne, an aspiring playwright in 1920's New York, whose second play will be staged on Broadway, thanks to a deal made by a respected producer (Jack Warden) with the gangster Nick Valente (Joe Viterelli). The deal is this: Nick will bankroll the play in return for a role for his girlfriend, Olive (Jennifer Tilly...
...Friel implies this lighthearted gloss constitutes not a denial of the reality, but just as necessary a component. Indeed, he begs the question: isn't the perception just as, if not more, real than the reality? The sisters' uncle, Father Jack, embodies this sentiment. For 25 years, Father Jack worked as a Catholic missionary in Africa, earning himself a folk-hero status in the ardently religious community. Finally, his superiors send him home, ostensibly due to his poor health. But when he settles in with his nieces to recuperate, it gradually dawns on them that he was ejected from...
...School Drama Society's production, Kevin Oliver, as Father Jack, further complicates his ambiguous character by portraying him as the most gleeful, warm-hearted and endearing of men. Despite his dishevelled appearance and shambolic demeanor, he exudes joie de vivre and good nature. He undercuts his sinister seduction by the forces of primitive religion with his childlike innocence and enthusiasm...
Laura Putney completes the circle of ambiguity by playing Jack's eldest neice, Kate as superficially severe towards his heresy while secretly devoted to her once-idolized uncle. She explicitly acknowledges the contrast between their past as the eligible belles of the town and their reduced current circumstances. Despite her projected persona as the most serious and dour of the sisters, she conceals the most tender affection of all the characters...
...million deficit in its budget. Today about 40 workers agreed to come in voluntarily.Ben Chavis was fired this Augustfrom his executive director post under a cloud of financial mismanagement and sexual harassment charges. But an even bigger shakeup is around the corner, predicts TIME national correspondent Jack E. White. "Now the pressure is on to change the chair of the board, William Gibson," he says. Gibson is considered aChavis allyand has himself been charged with using NAACP funds for personal purposes. "The organization needs to get rid of Gibson to restore corporate confidence" in order to attract donors who will...