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...lightweights made a devastating faux pas a quarter of the Way through the race, and then wound up finishing an absurd fifth...
...sure what "BROIL" is for. Maybe for drying out wet shoes. Certainly not for food preparation. If you do commit this culinary faux pas, however, use a butter knife to whittle away the black, carbonized surfaces of burned food. Brush off the black dust, and apply mustard liberally to disguise the ashy taste...
...number that cannot help but be compared to "Aladdin'"s "A Whole New World," the characters, in true romantic style, fall in love while flying/dancing/singing their way across the night sky. Never mind that they've known each other all of about five minutes; their ice-skating-like pas de deux across the golden, glittering surface of a lake is much more interesting than the giggling, awkward scene where they meet...
...fiance, Hamish, like a new toy, we wonder why Charles doesn't simply ignore her. Instead we see a frazzled Hugh Grant whimpering like a wounded puppy. While Newell gets some laughs out of rather predictable run-ins with Charles' exgirlfriends, this whole interlude of petty jealousies, social faux pas, and missed connections again skirts the question of just why Charles is so infatuated with an American woman whose sole calling in life seems to be traipsing around England looking good in big hats and picking up wealthy octogenerian boyfriends...
...Lake hinges upon the talents of its principal dancers. Larissa Ponomarenkeno projected an unwavering pathos and clean technique throughout her demanding double role of Odette/Odile. Her charisma tended to overshadow her sultry, though less exciting partner Patrick Armand in his role of Prince Sigfried. The pure lines of their pas de deux and the chemistry between Ponomarenko and Armand was complemented well by the spectacle of the events which surrounded their plot. The ensemble scenes of merrymaking on the castle lawn in Act I and in the castle ballroom in Act III sustain an interest independent of the central pair...