Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Michelle Haner's performance as protagonist Susan Traherne indicates that she is an actress of considerable ambition and talent. However, it takes a while for Haner's initial awkwardness with her lines to wear off. It takes perfect acting to say, "What's the point of following the rules? I don't want to die! I don't want to die like that!" without sounding somewhat artificial, and Haner doesn't completely bring Susan into reality until the middle of the first...
Robyn Fass is a delight as Alice Park, Susan's quirky, sometimes naive confidant. Fass takes the stereotypical character of the naive bohemian and turns her into a fascinating and realistic person, the perfect complement to the Lear-ish Susan. Fass captures Alice's precarious perch on the line between comedy and cynicism. The audience simultaneously shudders and laughs as she whips sarcasms and insults at her hapless student Dorcas Grey (Sarah Stevenson). Fass knows how to develop a character, and she has the timing and the bearing of a classic comedian, the ideal safety valve in a complex tragedy...
...awesome," teammate Jenny Holleran says. "She's a tremendous leader and a great motivator. She's a perfect role model...
...dancing competition earlier in the week was a more predictable affair. As expected, the Soviets dominated, with three-time World Champions Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin claiming the gold. "B and B," as they are known, earned three perfect 6.0s for artistic merit from the panel of nine judges, delivering a theatrical long program that depicted the taming of a wild shrew. Heavily rouged and clad in garish black-and-gold costumes, the pair executed moves that were unarguably polished but at times bordered on the vulgar, particularly when Bestemianova repeatedly spread her legs and squatted...
...were clustered around heartening banners (GO, BONNIE, GO). Moments later, she burst away from the line in one of her best starts, covering the initial 100 meters in 10.55 sec. "My first turn wasn't as good as I would have liked, but the rest of the race was perfect," she recalled later. Riding low over her skates, she flashed across the finish...