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...offset the unusually long running time. As the film progresses, the tone remains predominantly serious (befitting a story set on Death Row), interspersed with lighter scenes of optimism and hope. Edgecomb's urinary problems, painful as they are to watch, provide a small degree of comic relief, but the main source of smiles comes in the form of a mouse named Mr. Jingles. The curious mouse, discovered on the floor of the Green Mile by the guards, becomes the pet of one of the inmates, Eduard Delacroix (Michael Jeter). The image of a convicted killer giggling uncontrollable over the antics...
...Weller's idea of developing this theme consist of having his protagonist Bob (Jay Chaffin '01) summoned for a medical exam, act like he is dead for a month, and then forget the issue entirely. The draft is not mentioned again, though one would assume it would be the main cause for worry among five healthy male college seniors. In fact, there are no real issues addressed during the play. Each of the characters is barely a sketch of an individual. Bob is supposed to be written with slightly more depth than the others, but we don't realize this...
...rumor, which Rowling has refused to deny, is that one of the main characters will die in the next book...
...directors latest, the fanciful Sweet and Lowdown, is in most respects a minor work of art, though it is pleasant and interesting. But enthusiasts should note that it represents something of a breakthrough for Allen, in that the main character, fictional 30s jazz guitarist Emmet Ray (Sean Penn), is a brooding, inarticulate, freewheeling figure motivated by moody emotions. Sure, hes neurotic as hell, but not in the style of nebbishy self-analysis that has informed so many Allen protagonists. Emmets comic/pathetic exploits are governed by the cadences of jazz, which has always been a background presence in Allens movies...
...cast, headed by Bobby Childs (Matt Romero '00?) and Polly Baker (Tara Carella ??), functions as one continuous unit; the funniest and most memorable scenes involve either arguments, fights, love spats, or romance between the members of the company. This is certainly a group-oriented musical, for although the main plot involves Bobby and Polly's complicated--or, as it turns out, not so complicated--romantic relationship, it is the host of side plots and secondary characters that make the musical so completely enjoyable: each actor is ideally cast, completely taking on his or her character's quirks, flaws, woes...