Word: playful
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Week Window One of Sony's first marketing moves was to set a deadline for the film public, proclaiming that This Is It would play in theaters for a two-week run. Can't you just feel the sense of urgency? "It has event-ized this thing in a huge way," marvels an industry exec. The prospect of an end date lit a fire under the devoted and even the Jackson-ambivalent. Setting a deadline "creates a sense of scarcity for a major event that you have to see," says Harry Medved, a spokesman for the movie-ticketing website Fandango.com...
...study of the character of Richard II, Hyperion’s production is an undoubted success. By the end of the play there is a clear demarcation in quality between the scenes in which Richard appears and those in which he does not; such is the centrality of his character to the performance’s success. This is due both to the excellence of Kinsley’s performance and to the innovative angle Federman takes on the character. The rest of the play, however, feels weak and generic, failing to explore the themes of either the original play...
...obviously didn’t play necessarily strongly,” said junior forward Chloe Keating, who leads the Harvard offense in scoring this season...
With Saturday’s victory, Princeton (12-2, 5-0) increased its lead in the Ivy League to one and a half games over second-place Yale heading into the final two weeks of conference play. Senior midfielder Kaitlin Donovan, who failed to score in her team’s first 13 games, led the Tigers with three first-half goals. Princeton struck early and often, registering four goals in the game’s first 16 minutes...
...Solid play from the Crimson defense for the game’s next 19 minutes kept the Tigers stuck at four goals. But just as things were starting to look up for Harvard heading into the break, Princeton scored with 29 seconds remaining...