Word: overtness
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...Keening” is also more than a simple issue play, for the same reasons. The woman’s simple but eventful life, eloquently told without any overt action onstage, is ultimately far more affecting and natural than a play with a single focus and outright onstage violence would have been. We are lulled into the woman’s unhurried, calm yet expressive way of thinking and speaking, so that when intense emotions do break into the story, they are felt rather than observed...
...parallel the themes of “Henry the Fifth” and “Julius Caesar”—and they appear to have sparked Shakespeare’s creativity. However, due to the strict enforcement of censorship in Elizabethan England, Shakespeare could not make overt comparisons to the government. After all, the English court was a patron of his theater company. At the time, authors were sent to the gallows at Tyburn or starved to death in the Tower of London just for subtly criticizing the Queen. Meanwhile, Shakespeare faced an increase in the number...
...program for their employees. Donating to causes of extreme humanitarian concern is also consistent with the University’s moral mission. While we understand the unease of those who see little precedent for such actions in higher education, we also recognize that there are special instances that warrant overt moral decisions to be made on behalf of the University. Last year, we strongly advocated for the University to sell its stake in PetroChina because of the company’s dealings in Darfur. While it was true that the University might have had other questionable investments, PetroChina...
...grand narrative of cruelty. On the right people arrive bound; they're examined and haggled over; they proceed across the canvas to be flogged onboard the boat that will carry them to the slave ship offshore. Eyre Crowe's Slaves Waiting for Sale, Richmond Virginia (1861), is less overt in its condemnation of the trade. Composed from a sketch of a real slave market, it shows neatly dressed women and children sitting on a bench. The normality of the scene - one of the women is even smiling - packs a punch. A contemporary critic claimed "the appalling guilt of that accursed...
...space helps to tie the show together. Both Brener and Shanahan are capable singers with strong energetic stage presence. Shanahan seems truly lovelorn, showing sharp but plausible shifts between wistfulness, anger, and ambivalence both through her physical acting and her emotive voice. Brener, who is more animated, counterbalances her overt sadness. Jamie is full of hubris, but he also has a charming frankness about him, and Brener’s interpretation blends both aspects of his character fluidly. Together, the two convince the audience that both Jamie and Catherine wanted something that the other couldn’t give...