Word: minority
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their use of vocals in addition to saxophone in the other compositions of the collection. To hear the beautiful Braxton saxophone suddenly interrupted by vocalists that are trying too hard not to sound like vocalists damages the overall dreamy mood of the album. It's indeed only a minor tragedy though, as vocal intrusion occurs in less than half of the songs...
...performing the same kind of frenetic dashes that he made so hilarious in last semester's What the Butler Saw. Carmichael maintains a terrific energy level, and constantly sends his high-strung character into wild fits of obsession and indignation. Kirk Hanson '99 follows close behind as Basque, a minor figure who is expanded into a wacky butler who constantly barges in on amorous couples. Between the two of them, Hanson and Carmichael wreak havoc on the set as they scurry from place to place...
...crisp, the atmosphere even better, Nothing beats night games, regardless of how many people show up. For me, there's something pure and honest in standing under the lights and watching your team play (okay, I had gone to Malden Catholic, not Malden High, but that's a minor detail). I talked to people I hadn't seen in years while enduring both the chill New England weather and the noise of the subway (the station wasn't that far away). I hadn't felt an intimacy like this in awhile. Sometimes Harvard can feel as cold as the biting...
...harder for their personalities to shine. To be sure, Derek Jeter, the previously Mariah Carey-dating shortstop, seems kind of slick, and Paul O'Neill has a warrior self-hatred thing, banging into walls and throwing down his helmet whenever he grounds out. And Shane Spencer, a lifetime minor leaguer who was called up at the end of the season to hit a barrage of grand slams, seemed like the Natural. But this team kept even Strawberry and Wells politely restrained. They got the ridiculously self-monikered Rock Raines to go back to Tim Raines. None of them wanted...
Howells' best is definitely saved for last. In order to play Hamlet backwards, forwards, and backwards and forwards again even faster, she takes more minor roles in the first act, saving up for the emotional drain of playing the Prince. When the time comes, she is ready. Her Hamlet is worthy of the real RSC, and is thus the perfect target for the ravages of the ridiculous minor characters. Shakespeare frequently exploited the humor in those who take themselves too seriously, and Howells had the difficult role of doing just this throughout the play...