Word: personae
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ground as Gore does, the Texas governor proposes to hug them into submission. In La Crosse, Wis., last Wednesday he was in the groove, having long ago replaced the snarly candidate of the South Carolina primaries who had trouble hiding the coiled tensions within. Displayed instead was a sunny persona, a peaceful, easy feelin', complete with dropped g's, that crowds and cameras were soaking up. Promising to end "finger pointin' and partisan bickering" the way Bush believes he has in Texas, the candidate weaved his message of unity throughout. "If you get to decidin' who's the right people...
...puts him in contact with a girl who revives him to some extent. When the estranged father reads the book, it enables communication at last, fifteen years after the accident. It allows the father to name his grief and thus attain power over it. For the Son, his literary persona becomes the edifice on which he will reconstruct his shattered life...
Kathleen Turner is in many ways the perfect woman for this role. From the opening toilet flush, her sultry voice and seductive manner mesh perfectly with Bankhead's lusty persona. It is unexpectedly easy to forget you're watching Kathleen Turner instead of Tallulah Bankhead. The one-woman show takes the form of an intimate conversation with the audience as Bankhead plans her entrance into the political arena-no easy task for a woman who once described herself as "pure as the driven slush." As Bankhead, Turner confides details of her sex life, knocks back enough liquor to fell...
...life and he is completely comfortable with this fact. He is a pleasant and charismatic, a loving father, and a devoted husband. Dr. T is The Perfect Male, so much so that his wife, Kate (played by Farrah Fawcett, who fleshes out her loopy David Letterman appearance persona into a full-fledged character) suffers from a rare disorder that only affects women whose spouses love them too much. Dr. T never veers out of character; he remains sturdy and sane throughout the production. It is the females in his life who descend into madness, alcoholism, adultery-you know...
...problem with Bette is not Bette but "Bette." Miss M is a perfect stage persona, high decibel enough to reach the cheap seats. But TV needs character, not caricature, and interplay, not vamping. When "Bette" sings Wind Beneath My Wings to make up to her hubby, Midler is really playing to the studio audience. If this were satire, like Grosse Pointe or even Cybill, it might show her character as a bit self-absorbed. But since Bette is at most a loving spoof, the message, in "Bette's" words, is "I'm a goddess!" Even if you agree...