Word: patheticism
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Sounds pathetic, but harmless. How about the guys?
Anna Karenina makes the case for the smaller-scale musical. It is a modestly produced chamber piece, with a minimal set and an orchestra of seven. What is right with the show all involves just one or two people, notably the first fine rapture of the title character's illicit...
"Some of those specimens [in the Yard]...are in really pathetic shape," he said. "Let's put in four nice replacement trees as a group where they'll have more space."
Gore, for example, went so far as to liken America today to his son lying lifeless in his father's arms with "the empty stare of death . . . waiting for a second breath of life." Moving briskly from the pathetic to the political, Gore went on, "Our democracy is lying in...
Natalie Rose, as Pris, is convincingly pathetic as a would-be writer, hysterically entertaining in her weakness. As Hank Knox, Henry delivers perhaps the most consistent performance. The role calls primarily for a straight face; Hank's most salient feature is his inability to relate to the other characters. His...