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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Talk is cheap, nowadays, so cheap you'd be amazed at the level of conversation which the remake thinks is worth your time. Forced to be expressive in a medium in which dialogue could only be written on intermittent frames, Buster Keaton, film pioneer and comedy legend, relied instead on visual complexity and sophistication: carefully wrought facial reactions, exquisitely timed double takes, graceful slapstick and outrageous acrobatics. He was a master of both subtlety and extravagance--he was called "Old Stoneface" for his constant deadpan which could somehowwhere the facade of a house falls over on him but doesn...

Author: By Jonathan B. Dinerstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bachelor for Life: O'Donnell Flops Again | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...These nuances constitute a pleasure, but the inclusion of the touches of modernization is nonetheless slightly problematic. An understanding of McClelland's final vision counts more on some level than the exhibition of the play. I am not speaking of the portrayal but more of the device. But this criticism aside, Dr. Faustus was a thoroughly engaging piece that brought some of the highest possibilities of innovative theater back to the Loeb Experimental Theater...

Author: By Teri Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faustus Takes a Turn for the Darker | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...When we played Dartmouth in the scrimmage [a 2-1 Crimson win], I was impressed with its skill level," Mazzoleni said. "It was a pretty darn close matchup...

Author: By Jennifer L. Sullivan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: First Home Weekend for M. Hockey | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...what drove otherwise reasonable German citizens to embrace and support the Nazi regime of Hitler. Good is a study of the gradual acquiescence of a nation toward the hatred and genocide that took place in '30s Germany, culminating in the Holocaust. It explores this theme on a personal, individual level--through the character of John Halder (Diego Arciniegas), a humanities professor and a fundamentally good man who ultimately dons an S.S. uniform and heads off for his new position at the Auschwitz death camp. Halder's ascent (or descent) is recounted in a series of disconnected episodes that recall...

Author: By Adriana Martinez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Good is Better Than Good | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...formerly makeshift shelter in the church's basement was redesigned into a welcoming and accommodating space. Before the renovations, guests of the shelter entered through a set of fire stairs next to a dumpster, one of the only ways to access the church's basement level...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Renovated Unilu Shelter Ready to Re-Open | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

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