Word: mama
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Haas is not the only performer who feels at home in her acting skin. When a cellphone in the audience burped up a loud, Latin ring in the middle of Act II, the heavily rouged, corset-clad Matron Mama Morton (Julia E. Cassis ’06) didn’t miss a beat. Casually turning to Haas, she remarked, “Some people should learn to turn be respectful and turn off their cellphones in shows,” and then breezily finished her lines before launching into a spirited, hearty duet of “Class...
...this year?s successes. Best Actor winner Philip Seymour Hoffman gave a shout out to his mom, who raised him and three siblings on her own. Crash director Paul Haggis shared that he was wearing his late mother?s ring. Best Director Ang Lee sent a message to his Mama in Mandarin. Just about every winner named Mom as an inspiration. Hopefully Dads cleaned up at the Technical Awards...
Mindful of the manners my mama taught me, however, I am careful not to overstay my welcome, and I am always looking for ways to repay the kindness that I have been shown. This is the real reason I am so eager to return to New Orleans. I have learned so much in my time here, including the real difference that students can make. There is a zeal for service at Harvard unlike I have ever seen, and I hope I can carry that back to New Orleans to help restore the city that is so close to my heart...
...submitted a manuscript to then Random House editor Theodor Geisel--better known as Dr. Seuss--and The Big Honey Hunt, published in 1962, became the first of some 250 books in a series that has since sold nearly 300 million copies. The bears generated some criticism for stereotypical roles--Mama Bear tends to the cubs, for example, and Papa is a bit of a buffoon--to which the creators routinely replied, "But that's the way it is in Bear Country...
...words into ten aching, urgent syllables ("Sheh-eh-eh-eh-eh-er-ry bay-yay-bee") over half of the four-line chorus. / Sheh-eh-ry, can you come out tonight?" The falsetto is used to establish the singer as the proper young gent ("You better ask your mama. / Tell her everything is all right"). Then the tenor shout in the bridge reveals him as the panting teen wolf ("With your red dress on, / Mmm, you look so fine. / Move it nice and easy. / Girl, you'll make me lose my mind"). That party he's invited her to: Twist...