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...from "The Exorcist," which is one of Shyamalan's favorite horror films. There's also a poster from "Raiders of the Lost Ark," a film directed by one of Shyamalan's heroes, Steven Spielberg. And finally, there's a large poster from "Die Hard" featuring a sooty portrait of Bruce Willis, who right now is Shyamalan's favorite leading...
Redoubtable First Lady Dolley Madison had watched for the progress of the British marauders through White House windows with a small telescope. When she saw the smoke from the fire at the Capitol, she ordered the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington cut from its frame and rolled up, put in a cart with other valuables and trundled off to Virginia. That is the image of Dolley Madison that lives on in history. But in the immediate aftermath of the sack of Washington, the press vilified both her and her husband for cowardice even as the new nation experienced...
...rough justice of election week, exit polling took a hit for alleged miscalculations in Florida. Still, exit polls are remarkably reliable, and they remain a useful tool for transforming our national voting numbers into a portrait of who we are and where we might be headed...
Predictably thrown over by a vain Vidal, Charity soon lands in a broken elevator with a claustrophobic tax accountant named Oscar, played by John P. Keefe '01. Oscar's phobia takes on manic proportions and becomes oppressive. But once safely out of the elevator, Keefe provides a compelling portrait of a bumbling introvert looking for love, but does not develop his character any further. As the long first act ends, the audience is firmly rooting for Charity and her worryingly normal boyfriend...
...most solid performance of the show comes from Ben Margo '04 in a turn as Petruchio, perhaps Shakespeares least likable comic character. Margo's relentless, efficient, emotionless portrait of the man who must break Kate's independent spirit focuses more upon the social necessity of curbing the Shrew's temperament and less upon the subsequent sexual conquest of her unwilling body. While this occasionally stands in contrast with the other themes brought out in the production, it is also one of its most successful elements...