Word: loudnesses
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Even her voice is different. From the moment she takes the stage, the tiny theater booms with the sound of her lines. Her voice is aggressive, aloof, somewhat sarcastic and above all, loud. This is a woman who wants to be heard, even though her emphatic cry for attention is unnecessary. Alone on stage for most of the evening, all audience attention is focused on her, whether we want to focus on her or not. The minimal scenery--white curtains, a hospital bed, an IV machine--and small supporting cast ensures that nothing diverts our concentration from Dr. Bearing...
Enter Road Dogg, a rather chubby but enthusiastic wrestler with a few missing teeth. He prances towards the ring, and, at the top of his lungs, shouts something loud and incomprehensible, but I'm sure very manly. I can only understand every fifth word he yells, but the pure volume of his five-minute-long rant pumps me up for his forthcoming match. His opponent is Chris Jericho, a leaner, and certainly less crude wrestler. I know the Dogg will win this one. He does. Not a spectacular fight, but you can't expect too much from the first match...
...marvelous realization: I don't have to be politically correct--this is professional wrestling! It'sokay to be an asshole. No, it's expected to be an asshole! _Slaughter those disrespectful foreigners! Shame on them for being from Japan!_ Of course, I don't say any of this out loud; Christina looks appalled enough. I can tell she finds these fans quite uncouth...
...time has come for a Republican president and a Republican Congress," he told the crowd, to loud applause...
...Harvard men's hockey Coach Mark Mazzoleni needed a goal in the resurrection of the men's hockey program, the 2,000 Cornell fans at Friday's home game gave it loud and clear...