Word: raison
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Namo and I initially stepped back and started to analyze the scene from a sociological standpoint, being effete Eastern intellectuals. But it is the king of pace that defies analysis in its simplicity; the sophomore from Ohio State had summed up the place's raison d'etre as well as anything we could say. So, the second day there, Namo and I were beeping and hooting and prowling the discos with the rest of the common animals. If you can't analyze 'em, join...
...further (have I gone far enough already?) I'll indulge in one--possibly obnoxious--disclaimer. I have almost always hated critics in general, and have never aspired to theater criticism myself. Hence, this is not really a review. I also admit that I have no quibble with the existence, raison d'etre, purpose, acceptability, or execution of this or any other Hasty Pudding Theatrical production. Quite the contrary: I found what I saw of A Thousand Clones to be a spiffily gotten-up, lively and reasonably humorous piece of light, if overlong, entertainment. Its authors did an admirable...
...gave 41% of their ballots, enough to form a majority government in the province, to the left-of-center Parti Québécois, which only ten years ago was a splinter group on the fringe of provincial politics. Independence for Quebec is the party's main goal?indeed, its raison d'être. Some time next year the government is expected to hold a province-wide referendum. How the issue will be worded is uncertain, but in essence the voters of Quebec will be asked in a plebiscite whether or not their province should take the first steps toward becoming...
...before. The game produced weird and poetic monsters on paper. Johns' interest is only in the folds: the hatchings repeat, mirror and reverse one another. It is only a formal device and, compared with what one has learned to expect from the earlier Johns, it is a weak raison...
...theater season--for spectators, at least--doesn't really begin here until mid-October. But the next few weeks are a banner time for would-be participants, with auditions going on everywhere at once. On the other hand, if strutting about the stage is not your raison d'etre, then you'll just have to nurse your appetite while you wait for the feast to begin...