Word: mannerize
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...Williams is still acclaimed for batting .406 in a season. It was a magical year where he produced a hit at more than 40 percent of the opportunities at the plate that were given to him. Harvard senior defenseman Dave McCulloch is just as prolific, in a manner of speaking...
...unkind bone in his body, but he's deeply passive and just wants everybody to pretend things are fine, and the fact that he can call himself on it isn't helping him change. "I'm one to leap up from the mat to aid all manner of strangers and tourists and other wide-eyed foreigners," he admits, "but when it comes to loved ones and family I can hardly ungear myself from the La-Z-Boy, and want only succor and happy sufferance in return." The only place he feels truly at peace is in the air, where...
...lines sound like a speech or sermon. His physical acting, however, is simply magnetic, especially in the second act as Stanley’s nervous breakdown becomes complete. Terence Rigby is the play’s “straight man,” whose dry wit and easygoing manner evolves into endearing confidence, culminating in his last line to Stanley: “Don’t let them tell you what...
...lines sound like a speech or sermon. His physical acting, however, is simply magnetic, especially in the second act as Stanley’s nervous breakdown becomes complete. Terence Rigby is the play’s “straight man,” whose dry wit and easygoing manner evolves into endearing confidence, culminating in his last line to Stanley: “Don’t let them tell you what...
...began the evening effortlessly as Frank the therapist, rattling off one-liners with a refreshing sense of irony. As the play wore on, however, Martinez failed to develop his role and exploit the full potential of his well-written lines. Line after line repeated in the same sing-song manner began to grow tiresome soon into the second...