Word: mien
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...done by Mr. Onassis it is a Greek streak, by any Welshman a leek streak. In the Middle East Henry Kissinger has doubtless seen a sheik streak. Men of humble mien do a meek streak, while those running fully clothed through a nudist colony do a freak streak. If the act is performed in Bergdorf's, it is, no doubt, a chic streak, and in any high fashion store, a boutique streak. The solo act is a unique streak; a group performs a clique streak. The chosen footwear suggests the sneaker streaker. The possibilities appear limitless...
...containing portions of his previous works such as The King of Spain, The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud and Deafman Glance. But considering its sprawling length, Stalin is remarkably free from boredom. This is a token of its visual mesmerism and incessant variety. One moment the stern, noble mien of the aged Sigmund Freud will appear as he walks about the stage on his wife's arm in supportive dignity; the next moment, 32 dancing ostriches; and the next, Wilson's 88-year-old grandmother from Waco, Texas, in a walk-on, talk-on bit. Playwright...
...stocky man with a serious mien and a sharp, witty manner, Anderson, 50, is so obsessive about his work that he has remained a determined bachelor; marriage, he says, "would be fatal. I would have obligations elsewhere." He has holed up in the same book-littered flat for 16 years, sometimes choosing not even to answer his phone. He dresses with studied shabbiness and cultivates an aversion for big hotels, big parties and fancy restaurants. "He hates anything fashionable," says Actor Malcolm McDowell. "If we go to a restaurant and there are socialites there, he gets up and leaves...
...Angelo of Philip Kerr, who was graduated from Harvard a decade ago and who shone so splendidly in the Roman plays here last summer, is the most memorable feature of this Measure for Measure. Kerr is visually arresting--garbed in black, craggy of mien, and as completely bald as Sibelius. He provides a remarkable portrait of a strict-constructionist (who loves to carry a lawbook in his hand), of a principled man rather surprised at his own slide into treachery. In view of the play's "happy" ending. Kerr quite rightly makes Angelo not an arch-villain but a probably...
Director Capobianco's inventions are infinitely more than acceptable for the oldest reason known to show business: they work. Given the incomparable team of Treigle and Sills, he has the added advantage of dealing from strength. Sills is in superb voice and thespian mien, as usual. She somehow manages, for instance, to make the viewer simultaneously amused by and sorry for the doll Olympia. Wind her up, and oh, how she warbles-even standing on one foot. Take her hand too passionately, and oh, how she runs away...