Word: mississippi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...himself, notably in the South, where many voters may find both Mondale and Hart too liberal. But his resources are coming under strain. In order to switch money and effort into the Super Tuesday primaries in Florida, Georgia and Alabama on March 13 and the March 17 caucuses in Mississippi, where he must run strongly to survive, Glenn last week had to put his campaigns in Texas and Michigan on hold, temporarily closing offices and stopping pay for staffers in those states...
...Mississippi C 43 Glenn rates with Delta Democrats. Jackson hopes to do well in predominantly black counties (22 of the state...
...different frames takes us from St. Petersburg. Mo., down the Mississippi--"flowing" into the middle of the stage in Heidi Landesman's creative sets. Following the well-known plot, Jim and Huck join forces in running away; Jim hopes to escape slavery, while Huck is running away from folk who want to "civilize" him. Ironically, the production falters precisely because Huck is too civilized. Huck's dual role as both narrator and protagonist is, at times, problematic. While in the "active" mode, he is scrambling about to keep the action going. Then, stopping dead in his tracks, he turns...
Robert Joy, while a fine actor, seems somewhat miscast as Huckleberry. He seems too uncomfortably Eastern to make a convincing Mississippi urchin Big River's Huck lacks the lazy, shrewd kind of cool that made I wam's hero so memorable...
...River does not capture the leisurely pace and complexity Twain's Mississippi. It features some excellent acting and sparkling scenes, however, enough to make it worth a trip to Brattle...