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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson travelled to Penn the following weekend in poor mental condition, a result of fatigue and post-Princeton let-down. The outcome was a 1-3 loss to the Quakers, the only truly bad part of this "bad" season. The key to the defeat was the absence of Desaulniers, who had undergone foot surgery following the Princeton encounter. As Reese reflected later, "Losing the 'D' was critical. His presence means one match is in the bag and, also, having a player of that caliber makes you feel a little more impregnable." Without Desaulniers, who was recently elected captain of next...
...possibly be read as internal monologues--led them to this. At any rate, Dobal comes across as exactly what he is--a 20-year-old actor with silver paint in his hair. He doesn't convey enough of the decrepitude or pathos inherent in Gabriel's character. In a key scene with Serge at the end, however, he manages to expand into his role, and that helps forgive much of his performance...
...minuet turned to disco level. There is also a strange mish-mash of modern and antique costuming that, despite its cuteness, is distracting. And though designer Tamar Zimmerman constructed an adequately elegant sitting-room for the only set, her lighting often darkens half the stage, shadowing actors at key moments...
...key to writing good comedy is knowing when to stop. One obvious pun that makes the audience hiss may be entertaining; two or three or even four may not. One comic gesture may go over well, but a whole chorus line full makes you turn away. Somewhere in the forest of one-liners, most importantly, there's got to be a story that makes the audience eager to know what happens next. But nobody bothered to tell Andy Borowitz, author and lyricist of No Net, about overkill...
...popular music field; b) giving up on music and starving as recluses; or c) simply dying young. Jaki Byard represents a growing number of jazz figures who have averted both personal and artistic disaster by "taking it easy" and weathering this hyper decade as music educators and occasional low-key local performers...