Word: personae
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Palmer began performing in the Square after spending time in Germany, where she developed her first living statue persona, “Princess Roulette...
...endless opportunities for laughs and endearing moments, especially with such a fine character actor as Spacey in the role. But the role that catapulted Robin Williams to stardom on TV’s “Mork and Mindy” and flattered John Lithgow’s comic persona on his (now cancelled) sitcom “Third Rock from the Sun” gives Spacey no good one-liners or memorable scenes. The character only shines during moments involving physical comedy, where the script can?...
...outsider: “A little left of center” and “a little out of tune.” It’s comparatively stripped down and, not coincidentally, probably the album’s best track. Branch also shows hints of an alternate persona towards the album’s close. On “Drop in the Ocean,” gone is the infectious jaunt and impulse of earlier tracks, and in its place is a more tortured soul: Raw, brooding and foreboding. Branch uses her lower register to convey a wrenching sense...
...resumption of dialogue than his Israeli counterparts, precisely because of the toll taken by the intifada on his domestic and international political standing. Arafat may have made more visits to the Clinton White House than any other foreign leader, but the onset of the intifada essentially made him persona non grata in Washington, and suicide bombing attacks emanating from areas under his control have sharply weakened his diplomatic support in the West. On the Palestinian street, the uprising has seen the political center of gravity shift away from Arafat and towards the radical Islamists of Hamas and Islamic Jihad...
...vindication of her craft comes not only through explicit statements such as this, but through the depth and clarity of her criticism and The Situation and The Story itself. Though she could perhaps have used more examples from her own writings to explain and illustrate the importance of narrative persona, and at times she did seem to lose focus while looking at and discussing many of the works she loves. Yet The Situation and the Story remains a uniquely lucid and entertaining little book that shows a passion for and depth of understanding of personal narration which few could muster...