Word: portrayal
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DIED. E.G. MARSHALL, 84, Emmy-winning actor whose resonant voice and stoic demeanor led him to portray a succession of authoritative and trustworthy characters; in Mount Kisco, N.Y. Perhaps best known for roles on The Defenders (1961-65) and The New Doctors (1969-73), Marshall also starred in films and appeared in the 1956 Broadway premiere performance of Waiting for Godot...
...times have changed, and so, in some ways, has Faircloth. Last week, at a hastily called press conference in Raleigh, N.C., the 70-year-old Senator went out of his way to portray himself as an HMO reformer and the proud co-sponsor of a G.O.P.. alternative to the Patients' Bill of Rights favored by the President. "It's an important issue, and it's one we're going to address," Faircloth declared...
...views as a culture of "broken-down interpersonal relationships" that lack intimacy. He calls the show a "sheep in wolf's clothing" that discourages sexual activity and encourages responsibility and connection in a hip, relatable context. Of particular concern to him is the rest of the media, which often portray sex as a simple physical act with no emotional consequences. Is he troubled about young teens having sex? Pinsky says a significant percentage may be reacting to having been sexually abused. He also suggests, though, that as a whole this group tends to be healthier, more inquisitive and "more realistic...
...only author who tried to surpass the encyclopedic scope of Ulysses was Joyce himself. He spent 17 years working on Finnegans Wake, a book intended to portray Dublin's sleeping life as thoroughly as Ulysses had explored the wide-awake city. This task, Joyce decided, required the invention of a new language that would mime the experience of dreaming. As excerpts from the new work, crammed with multilingual puns and Jabberwocky-like sentences, began appearing in print, even Joyce's champions expressed doubts. To Pound's complaint about obscurity, Joyce replied, "The action of my new work takes place...
After intermission, the act "Where's The Beat?" shows just what the performers do best--it takes a sad story of loss, and portray it with a big smile to get the tragic point across with just enough irony. A young and talented kid, played by B. Jason Young, journeys through Hollywood looking for a place to display his talent. In one particularly biting moment, Shirley Temple is parodied as 'da Beat (Derick K. Grant) makes a large stretchable doll dance with Uncle Huck-A-Buck (Dominique Kelley) as she asks him questions like, "Why do I get paid more...