Word: lensky
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...actresses who are increasingly turning to TV for "mature" roles. As Alexandra Bergson, the Swedish farmer's daughter who tames the "wild land," she has a steely grace. But what was grand and moving in the novel comes out small and ordinary. Maybe it's because screenwriter Robert W. Lenski and director Glenn Jordan treat every event in Alexandra's life (a family quarrel, a sudden death) as if it were a scene from Knots Landing. Or maybe it's just that Cather's bittersweet picture of frontier life can't be reduced to greeting-card sentiments...