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This is basically what his mentor, the Genie, tells him all along. The Genie assumes the role of so many other Disney characters--caretaker of the protagonist. Robin Williams plays the role with his characteristic verve. Animation is the first medium to capture the frenetic quality of Williams' genius. The animator follows his transformations from character to character, voice to voice with grace and style. Apparently only animation seems capable of keeping up with Robin Williams' vitality...
...advanced age of some of the performers, what is remarkable is how ordinary most of the playing is. Only the dazzling if sometimes clumsy Rosenthal and the elegant Jose Vianna da Motta would get a second listen today. Friedheim, in particular, is appalling in selections by his mentor and Chopin. Memory does play tricks...
Tawhid Ali '93, one of Fiering's researchassistants, described Fiering as a "mentor" whosesincere concern for undergraduates will be missed...
...Drawings William W. Robinson says that in the 1630s, Rembrandt developed his technique by creating hundreds of studies and drawings. His style juxtaposes "summarily indicated areas" in the subject's body with "intricately detailed penwork" that creates an expressive face. Rembrandt's pupils Doomer, Backer and Flinck reflected their mentor's style in their work. The exhibit contains six similar works by these artists--sketchy yet expressive chalk figure drawings on blue paper...
...Alabama, Wilson encountered an academicenvironment well-suited to his interests. Inaddition to studying under an influentialprofessor who served as his early mentor, Wilson"had the good fortune of becoming buddies with asmall gang of other budding entomologists." Hereceived a good education at Alabama--"evenwithout Nobel Laureates teaching me. We didn'thave a giant accelerator or a great laboratory ofbiochemistry, but we had the Alabama naturalenvironment and that was as good as anylaboratory...