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Word: mime (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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DESPITE Frayn's basically witty dialogue and the realistic two-story Brent summer home designed by director John Claflin, most of Act I drags. Act III, due to no fault of the actors, is also a let-down. Act II, however, fraught with fast-paced action and funny mime sequences, is definitely the most entertaining part of the show...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: And on the Eighth Day, God Took His Valium | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

...disparate as The Wizard of Oz and Chantal Akerman's avant-garde French musical The '80s. But everything blends neatly in the witty, zippy script; everybody has a good time. Davis, a living windup doll, plays Everygal to Goldblum as he exercises his ingratiating leer. Carrey (a randy mime) and Wayans (with his turbo terpsichore) give unearthly pleasure. So does Earth Girls, the tastiest thing to come out of a space program since Tang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Tasty Hi-Cal Pop-Tart to Go | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

Strindberg's 1887 drama about a one-night affair between an aristocrat and her servant, Miss Julie details the emerging European concepts of Darwinism, psychology and the collapsing aristocracy of Europe. This play in the North House Dining Hall should prove an interesting combination of action, mime and dance in what was, in the nineteenth century, a highly innovative and ground-breaking play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arts on Campus | 4/7/1989 | See Source »

Poetry, seen and not heard, filled Sever Hall last night at a Deaf Poetry presentation that combined mime, signing and sound effects...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 10/18/1988 | See Source »

Cook used ASL and mime in the reading while Lerner interpreted it verbally and added sound effects...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 10/18/1988 | See Source »

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