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...alumnae and star of stage and screen from the Boston area, has appeared in films such as The Crucible, Amistad, The Proposition and Mermaids and in theater productions including The Widow's Blind Date, Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, and The Primary English Class. Peabody was able to portray Miss Moffat's struggles and hopes with incredible passion and strength, yet managed not to overshadow the freshman cast or dominate the play completely. Her depiction of Miss Moffat was perfect--like most of the characters in The Corn is Green Moffat is a complicated and emotional person...
This movie was not even given the benefit of bitchiness that The Craft had going for it. Where Neve Campbell and company reveled in their magic, Bullock tries to repress it, downplaying her powers in order to fit in. Kidman does her best to portray the bad girl who uses her magic for fun, but such a sickly sweet Bullock offsets her. Kidman walks into Bullock's attempts to create a normal life in smalltown New England, saying things like, "Hang on to your husbands, ladies." But we end up feeling sorry for Kidman instead of rejoicing in her power...
...title your article "The Sword of Islam," and why use the metaphor of Pakistani rulers "waving the scimitar of Islam" [WORLD, Sept. 28], unless the intent is to portray all forms of Muslim political activism as stridently militant? It is wrong to perpetuate such crude stereotypes. Pakistan is a country in which a politically and religiously diverse populace is struggling for its survival in the face of many serious challenges. You could have given your readers probing insights into how the country is faring on all these fronts and how the different political appeals to so-called Islam are being...
...tremendous boost because of the wayCellucci is trying to portray Scott as atax-and-spend liberal," said Ed Cafasso, aHarshbarger spokesperson...
This ballet is a dynamic combination of acting, technique and artistry requiring the ballerina to be both technically strong and artistically mature in order to individualize and portray what is one of the most difficult and most legendary scenes in ballet--Giselle's mad scene at the end of the first...