Word: korff
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...earnestness in the role of Harvey lent humorous believability to the appearance of absurd objects such as a purse filled with cooked oatmeal. Both directors and actors are to be commended for their ability to walk the fine line between zaniness and implausibility. Particularly arresting were Michael R. Von Korff ’07’s wacky performance as a madcap duck enthusiast in “Duck” and Ellen C. Quigley ’07’s mercurial shifts in emotional expression as the cagey, egotistical Jen in “The Lifeboat is Sinking...
Mainstream interest in science fiction, said von Korff, has grown in recent years thanks to several key movies...
...Science fiction] might have become so big lately just because of a few movies that were done really well—X-men, Spiderman, and then you have Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings,” von Korff, the guest coordinator for Vericon said. “They got the public imagination going...
...It’s not necessarily cool to be a geek about something [anywhere]—to be very very into something that’s not productive,” von Korff said, adding, “Unless its something like baseball or football...
Though von Korff said science fiction would always “to some extent be a fringe culture,” he maintained that Vericon has a broad appeal...