Word: leathem
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Operation Stronghold, as the policy is known, was approved by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe in mid-1985, when less violent attempts to arrest poachers proved ineffective. Most of the rhino hunters cross the border from Zambia. Rangers try to stop them without bloodshed, insists Blondie Leathem, 29, who coordinates the Zambezi Valley patrols, but "trying to arrest a man with an AK-47 is like trying to grab a lion with your bare hands. We must often shoot first to protect our lives...
There are several others, I think, who deserve special mention. All of the choruses were excellent, following their cues with firecracker timing. The backdrops by John Ratte were strikingly fresh, as was the short but effective appearance of Dorothea Schmidt. The frequent dances of Carol Corby and Patricia Leathem were not frequent enough, and although Gondoliers warrants a trip to Winthrop House, the presence of the two young ladies should be a final clincher...
...plays him as something of a crochet and far too sharp a thinker. Colgate Salsbury lacks the proper touch of fatuous pomposity and caricature in his version of a bumptuous farm manager. But neither man is at all bad in his role. Lee Jeffries and Patricia Leathem are good at saying their lines but have done little to improve on them in a way that might capture attention. The general fault of these highly competent actors is a tendency to make their characters overly intellectual, partly the result of declaiming, rather than feeling, lines...
| 1 |