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...staging"? "Shakespearian-like dialogue"? Does this strike you as amateurish-like ineptitude? I am unfamiliar with The Crimson's comp process for its arts staff, but surely the most prestigious college daily in the country must be able to procure writers with a better grasp of basic written English prose. These enormous gaffes almost distract the careful and intelligent reader from other, comparatively minor affronts to the English language, such as the unfortunate mixed metaphor "drowning out dramatic content...
Unlike many who seek to revive Emerson, Cavell does not apologize for the excesses and eccentricities of Emerson's prose. He cultivates them, demonstrating the sense in which Emerson's writing constitutes a manner of thinking that can be characterized as a kind of "transfiguration"--of the terms and images of Plato, of Kant, of everyday experience...
...Reasoning course draws on much of the material found in the book, Conditions is not an introduction to philosophy. It presupposes considerable familiarity with Emerson, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Rawls. But the book does serve as an introduction to Cavell's thought, to his stunning literary interpretations, his mind-bending prose and his commitment to the future of American philosophy. As Cavell himself notes, the lectures are open-ended--their achievement, in part, lies in the relations they establish and the foundations they lay. And so, while not as satisfying as some of Cavell's other work, they are an excellent...
Director Zoe Mulford struggles with this dilemma in her production. Although she displays some creative and effective ideas, Mulford eventually capitulates to the intimidating power of the Bard's prose, letting the text dominate the actors...
...Duchess of Malfi's dramatic content could have easily been drowned out if the actors had muddled the Shakesperean-like dialogue. But every actor, specifically the Duchess, elucidated the complex prose and made it both stimulating and laudable...