Word: marino
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...antiquity" of the 1920s was not simply a rehash of the antiquity venerated by neoclassicists a century before. Provincial antiquity seemed less mined out and more alive than mainstream classicism. Thus in Italy -- Massimo Campigli's painting, for instance, or Marino Marini's sculpture -- the % emphasis shifted from Roman marbles and Greek urns to the rougher, more vital- looking frescoes and terra-cottas of the Etruscans. The idea was to recapture a sense of antiquity that connoted a spirit of place, an Arcadian flavor, more Hesiodic than Augustan...
...mainly aspire, as James J. Marino '91 wrote in his letter on March 14, to "the honorable trade of college reviewers: helping readers decide how to spend their weekend." It would be shame if readers take our reviews as consumer guides, or as anything other than our careful observations of a certain production...
...Marino argued that 18 inches of news copy is not enough space to explain the ambitious goals of experimental theater, which he suggests "an undergraduate reviewer" cannot understand. But college reviewers--with adequate background--can grasp the elements of theater as well as any director...
...Marino also contended that plot summary in a review is useless, and discussing the themes and intentions of a play is gratuitous. But describing the content of a play makes a review coherent, and what is sometimes viewed as "plot summary" are often important illustrative details...
...Marino's romancing of the naive and earnest Luciana (Shana N. Alexander) shines as one of the more masterful and controlled scenes in Comedy of Errors. The body language and reactions of both players are convincing, and the scene does not rely on the physical comedy so much of the play does...