Word: murph
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Indian Wants the Bronx, Joey (Mark Fish) and Murph (Blake Lewit) crash onto the stage belting "Baby, You Don't Care," Horovitz's over-obvious attempt to assert their alienation. These characters nearly explode with nervous energy, punching, teasing and jostling each other. When Joey and Murph realize that they are being watched by Gupta (Ganesh Ramakrishnan), a lost East Indian immigrant, they outdo each other trying to include him in their banter. Soon their nervous energy spins out of control, and their playfulness becomes destructive...
Lewit and Fish shine as the juvenile delinquents. Murph, the ringleader of the two, foreshadows his later behavior when he mocks Gupta, saying to Joey, "We can't leave him here--some nasty boys might come along." Lewit becomes a menacing thug, with his combat boots, Harley vest and belligerent attitude, but he manages to show the source of Murph's problems without over sentimentalizing his character. When Joey complains that he has to get home to his mother, Murph remarks, "At least you have someone waiting...
...crowd chanted "Murph! Murph!" and "Ev! Ev!" as she left the hall. She talked with television reporters outside for about 10 minutes before climbing into a Voyager minivan and driving off to her next campaign stop...
Just the conditions under which the gigantic `Murph' can shine...
...Sorry, Murph: In last week's notebook, I (erroneously) pointed out Harvard was dominating the ECAC scoring leaders list by claiming five of the top 10 spots...