Word: proteuses
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This was perhaps the closest anyone came to serious analytic thought during Mardi Gras. Some people mourn the loss of the venerable Comus, Momus and Proteus parades, and say that, as private organizations, the krewes, fair or not, shouldn't be controlled by the city. Others say that it was high time that a move towards integration was jump-started, and point out that the city spends much money cleaning up after the parades...
...Gorbachev was in retreat. But was it permanent or tactical? Was perestroika in fact part of a larger strategy of peredyshka -- a "breathing space" that would allow the Soviet Union to reconstitute itself as a more efficient, disciplined and formidable adversary? What about Gorbachev himself? Was he Prometheus or Proteus? And even if one gave him the benefit of every doubt, who, and what, would come after...
Meanwhile, Julia disguises herself as a servant boy and visits Proteus. When she discovers that Proteus is pursuing Silvia, she intervenes, telling Silvia that he has another lover in Verona. Silvia and Valentine are reunited, as are Proteus and Julia. The Two Gentlemen of Verona concludes with a standard, though convoluted, happy ending...
...does an excellent directing job, fully utilizing the small Quincy Cage space where the action unfolds. His use of the sides and back of the theater help clarify the confusions in the plot. For example, those scenes in which Julia watches the unsuspecting Proteus become more interesting, as well as more credible, because she is hidden from...
Overall, the play is strongly acted. Kim's impassioned portrayal of Proteus is outstanding--she contrasts well with Kuan's sappy, lovesick Valentine. Kim's scenes with Li are usually plausible, but the two actresses seem hesitant to display the physical affection called for in the script. Perhaps Li is too soft-spoken--she plays her character as a dreamy, mopey girl, one whose bold voyage to Milan seems incongruous. During her disclosure of the plan to reveal Proteus' duplicity, Li says, "Poor Proteus, thou hast entertained a fox to be the shepherd of thy lambs." This line does...