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Traditionally, Todd is portrayed as a commanding force—his mere presence terrifies. Here the demonic barber, played by Benjamin D. Margo ’04, is a child in a monster??€™s body. The loss of his wife to the sexual deviance of Judge Turpin (George F. Broadwater ’04) has left him spiritless and empty. Upon his first entrance he sits on the front of the stage, his right arm in a sling—a physical disability that mirrors an internal one. His mission, to avenge the destruction of his family, emerges...
...where she is mothered by a kind surgeon (played with quiet warmth by Julie Christie). Fully recovered from her injuries, she sets out to find the remote village where her boyfriend was last seen alive, only to be drugged by villagers and left naked as a sacrifice at the monster??€™s doorstep...
...commentary on the future of humanity after Sept. 11, No Such Thing serves as an alternative to the current spate of nationalistic war movies. However, for all its whimsical parody, the film falls far short of a clear conclusion about monsters and mayhem in the modern world. The monster??€™s disgust with history and evolution is so exagerrated that we lose out on any millenial 2001: A Space Odyessey-type insights. Perhaps if his character hadn’t been written so inebriated and whiny, the monster could have held up a more penetrating criticism of his human...
...hand, will probably miss out on a nomination for his unimpressive and largely unrewarded performance in the meandering Ali. A chance at the Oscar will also elude Billy Bob Thornton, whose support is apt to be split between his roles in The Man Who Wasn’t There, Monster??€™s Ball and Bandits...