Word: naved
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sympathies of the audience with an inspiring performance. John Coffey is a walking paradox - his monstrous frame is capable of flattening a man, and yet he is afraid of the dark. Using his imposing physical presence, Duncan illustrates this juxtaposition while communicating the integrity that defines his character - a nave innocence contrasted with a keenly insightful spirit and a loving soul. In Edgecomb's eyes, this contrast, along with Coffey's miraculous "gift," casts doubt onto his alleged guilt, allowing him to see Coffey not as a murderer, but as a man wrongfully accused...
Originally a surfer band and nothing more, the Beach Boys always retained a corny novelty sound that combined with their dated harmonizing and often nave lyrics to make them less than popular at present. Yet in their day they were America's best rock band, peaking in 1966 with their Pet Sounds album, which topped the charts in Britain, outselling even the Beatles' Revolver...
...Always be My Baby" is exactly what you'll be expecting after a few minutes of listening, as Rainbow sounds a lot like Butterfly, her previous album. To the album's credit, Jay-Z, Usher, Snoop and Missy Elliott are featured, although Jay-Z seems to be wanting nave Annie-esque samples for counterpoint--not that Mariah sounds particularly world-weary when she sings about her "Heartbreaker" boyfriend. And Rainbow is so mainstream, so generic, that Snoop and Missy Elliott sound like animals in a porcelain party. Your Tupperware and slumber party crowd will do far better to rent...
...first part, is that the play is from the little boy's point of view. We hear his thoughts over a loudspeaker. And we know just as little about what's going on as he does. The danger is that the audience might forever be lost in his nave, childlike world and only realize that he is sad because his parents left him--missing the larger point...
...know what I'm doing." Halder's wife urges him to join the party for the practical purpose of obtaining a more prestigious university position. He does not have to embrace their ideas, after all, but simply wear their uniform. He rationalizes his decision to join with the nave illusion that he can push the Nazis up "to humanity." But what if the Nazis instead push him down to their lower level...