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...were Thomas Jefferson and numerous other prestigious Americans. Their greatness does not legitimize the fact that they owned slaves, but that ownership does not make them degenerate rapists. I also though that it was a bit presumptuous of Mr. Brown to call two sitting United States Senators "jabbering Neanderthals." Lord knows that many people disagree with Sen. Jesse Helms' and Sen. Strom Thurmond's views, but I believe that the office they hold deserves some respect, even from the Harvard-educated...
...failed marriage as famed as any in history, the unexampled source of sustenance to the tabloid press and a wish-book chronicle that has nourished the fantasies of people on several continents for 15 years. The Establishment lost no time in expressing suitably pious sentiments. Said Lord St. John of Fawsley, a constitution expert and an unquenchable royals commentator: "My main feeling is relief. Insofar as there has been a War of the Waleses, it will enable both of them to remake their own lives...
...Lord Windemere who immediately recognizes it there, the fan signifies lost honor and he demands explanation. Someone must come claim the fan and rescue virtue. Mrs. Erlynne, who, prior to that moment, had done nothing soft-hearted or commendable in her entire life, saves the day. For one crucial moment when honor will most certainly be challenged, Erlynne shows courage. That's Wilde's kind of hero...
...problem with this production is that half the cast has not picked up on the sense of mirth that overrides the bitterness. It as if we were not watching a comedy at all. Lady Windemere and her suitor Lord Darlington play their unhappiness straight as if she were a trapped maid and he her sentimental savior. The two have such a hard time with Wilde's snappy dialogue that their love affair of miscues is in mortal danger of never getting off the ground...
...sense enough to see her husband's basic good will, and freights Lady Windemere with melancholy. Her lines make her seem flighty and naive, but Amendola spaces them, pausing between delivery so that rather meaningless observations lilt in her mouth with undo contemplation. From her opening scenes with Lord Darlington, one expects a tragic conclusion based simply on Amendola's tone of voice...