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...cast fails to bring to the production any of the vitality and bravado that one associates with jocks. Admittedly these are broken men, shells of their former selves as the cliche goes, but here there are not even any shells. Particularly lacking in the energy department is Laquidara. Romano, with his good looks, money, and women should be bursting with at least the appearance of arrogance, but Laquidara, either because of poor direction or his own inabilities, fails to exude anything but timidity. His final confession of emptiness--he describes his love of 145 mph drives in his "porche...
...Laquidara's failures take their toll on the rest of the cast. Jon Terry as James captures the essence of the resentful, mediocre man in his every movement and expression. As he ambles around the stage, shoulders slightly hunched, you can feel it in his bearing: These people are using me. They are out to humiliate me. And his occasional outbursts of rage create a varied texture in his performance; but these moments, which should be the strongest, are ruined, since Laquidara in confronting him is so unforceful. James's "impotent" tantrums appear overwhelming in contrast...
WBCN's Charles Laquidara loves Poco's music almost beyond the legal limit. So whenever they come into town, he introduces them. It's just as well. George Davis couldn't do them justice. Besides, Laquidara's liner notes to their live album, Deliverin', are as adequate a description of Poco as any I've ever seen, "Laughing- eyed, high-bouncing Poco--creating images of green hills, amber fields, rolling white clouds, and a balanced planet...