Word: priore
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...sound technology will allow the audience to become caught up in the well-worn tale of Clytemnestra's murder of Agamemnon, instead of passively standing by. For example, Agamemnon's entrance will be real time through the streets of Cambridge; and the many references in the text to prior events and the foreshadowing of two more plays in the cycle will be supplemented by "scary" video flashbacks. Clytemnestra will be a "two-personed bitch tied together by dog leashes," presumably trying to emphasize the contrast between her syrupy sweet reception of Agamemnon and her cold-blooded dispatching to Hades...
...have played catch-up with a movie most of us ignored in the beginning. Kirsten Dunst appeared on "The Tonight Show" early in the film's run. Other members of the cast scored spots on MTV. Entertainment shows recycled footage from a bouncy press junket that had been staged prior to opening weekend at UCLA with legions of real cheerleaders. Also, of course, the cheerleading movie got lucky. Like all monstrously profitable films, it arrived quite by accident at a time when audiences were in the mood to see it. You go, girls...
Recently, however, that promise of character has become more explicit. Indeed, there seems far more talk of actions that might ensue based upon the strength of a candidate's character than of prior actions that imply them. Boasting of one's character has become the sine qua non of American political campaigns, in part because the President has provided a stunning example of one with all the makings of greatness who has been undone by a fatal flaw, his character...
...Prior to this year, the Crimson hadn't beaten the Bears in several years. Harvard had opened the 2000 preseason with a breakthrough 9-7 victory over the Bears. Saturday's win was the Crimson's first league victory over the Bears since...
...biannual ARTCETERA auction benefiting the AIDS Action Committee is a hugely, hugely big deal in the Boston art scene. Two-hundred eighty-nine works by contemporary local artists are on display from Oct. 9 through Oct. 13 at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., Boston, prior to being auctioned off on the 14th. To get there, take the Orange Line to Back...