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Streep at once pays homage to the original literary character while embodying the persona in the adapted screenplay, he said...
...event at the Brattle, Kushner also made a visit to at Harvard Hillel to discuss the influence of his Jewish roots on his writing and politics.The New York-based playwright and self-described “Jewish-American gay socialist” brought these many facets of his persona to controversial interpretations of Miller’s plays as well as his own construction of Jewish identity.A GAY JEW IN LOUISIANAIn a question-and-answer session with about 40 Harvard students at Hillel, the Louisiana-raised Kushner recalled how Judaism helped him get through a childhood of ostracism for being...
Actress Laurel T. Holland ’06 explains that for her role as the plain and abused daughter, Gerda, “Rowan invested a lot of faith in me beyond the persona of what Laurel Holland appears to be. It is harder to play the roles that are more pained, and it is easier to play the ostentatious roles,” she says...
...Delany ’08. “It was a chance to play G. I. Joe for a couple of years.” Delany, in a Superman T-shirt, aviator sunglasses, leather jacket, and heavy black boots, looks the part of soldier/badass. But this tough-guy persona is no act. Having graduated high school in 1999, Delany joined the Marines, pushing college aside. “I needed a chance to grow up,” Delany says. The unenthusiastic student proved to be a much more attentive soldier, and quickly climbed the ranks. After 9/11, Delany?...
...casts an overall red tone to the scene. In contrast, the metropolitan and suburban shots adopt cool blues, silvers and greens to project the diametrically different standards of living. The hard music, provided by South African rap artist Zola, exemplifies Tsotsi’s originally hard-edged persona. However, after he steals the car and begins to bond with the child, the belligerent rap is replaced by composer Mark Kilian’s soothing tribal music. The film’s amateur cast delivers amazingly deep performances, which can either be attributed to the strength of Hood?...