Word: manneredness
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But this version of Show Boat does ring with excellent voices nevertheless: Mark Jacoby's charming but feckless Ravenal, Rebecca Luker's steely Magnolia, Gretha Boston's ebullient Queenie and Lonette McKee's glorious Julie. (As Joe, Michel Bell sports an impressive basso profundo, but spoils Ol' Man River with...
Aristide remains a mystery to many. The life of a controversial exile only increased his natural diffidence with strangers. A profile in the New York Times described him as "wan, distracted . . . gentle-mannered to the point of caricature." Haitians who know Aristide are confounded by such descriptions. "There must be...
Yet rare is the story that does lead to concrete action. Chicago bureau chief Jon Hull's cover story "A Boy and His Gun," (Aug. 2, 1993), about the deadly love affair between America's kids and their guns, is one such exception. Hull spent five weeks last summer hanging...
Fruit of Islam members often appear mild-mannered, yet they simmer with antiwhite rage. Sharod Baker, a Columbia sophomore involved with the Nation since he was 14, is a diligent student and former volunteer tutor. His mother remembers his adolescent anger when he first joined the sect, but she believes...
Robards' braying and bluster are adroit but familiar. Plummer's fussiness and dither are a natural outgrowth of the feline, even feminine, nature of many of his heroes (and most of his villains). But his raddled face, Einstein coiffure and teetery walk are new and, surprisingly from this most mannered...