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...look ugly (the same artless deglamorizing recently evident in 17 Again and State of Play); hapless guest appearances by Michael Douglas and Anne Archer, who must have wished they were back in Fatal Attraction; a background score comprising random samples of a Lite-FM playlist; and enough gaffes of plot and atmosphere to make you wonder if anyone was watching while the picture was being made...
...word for word, sentence for sentence. Something that was funny to audiences in 1895 or 1910 might not be funny now,” he explains. “There’s a responsibility to the text, and you have to be faithful to the plot, but also make people laugh. The translator definitely leaves his or her mark.”This spirit of adaptation applies to the production of the play itself. According to Shapiro, the original intent of French farce performances in Adams House was to invite a professional director to live in the house...
...around,” Benowitz says. “So, the hip-hop music, the modern dress, and the dirt are a way to keep the play grounded in a context that the audience can understand, so that they really see what things are relevant.”The plot, which revolves around the forbidden love affair between Giovanni (Tony J. Sterle ’11) and his sister Annabella (Julianne I. Ross ’11), involves a rather convoluted storyline. However, the upbeat tempo of this production is accessible for college-age audiences. “[We] wanted...
...play their, at first, stereotypical roles. There is the timid Tenley, her outspoken and party-hopping roommate Parker, the prideful Claire, her clingy sidekick Reese, nerdy and lanky Paul, self-absorbed Liam, preppy Charles, and perky Maitre d’. But these labels do not predict or dictate the plot of the story.With the start of the second act, the complexity of the characters becomes much more apparent, as the characters’ stories unravel and their initially typified personalities acquire layers. Complicated relationships are formed, both romantic and platonic, emotions and personal problems go unsaid, and tensions arise.Certain songs...
...beetroot raviole of seasoned crab splashed with truffle oil. Meanwhile, at Racines wine bar, www.morethanorganic.com, owner Pierre Jancou is among the few privileged chefs to get their produce from the garden of none other than Passard, www.alain-passard.com, who created the 10-acre (4 hectare) Fillé-sur-Sarthe plot in 2002 to realize his ambitions for l'Arpège, and grow the types of extraordinary vegetables that today are changing the vocabulary of contemporary French cuisine. "We're still at the beginning," says Passard. "We've only exploited 10% of a carrot's potential!" Whatever comes next, Paris gourmets...