Word: redeemingly
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...resting up for their next entrance. The strands of the plot come together with annoying cuteness, like a Christmas gift with two many bows tied onto it. First of all, Hatch has a deeper motive in getting the killer. Haunted by his first daughter's death, he wants to redeem himself by saving his other daughter. Secondly, the doctor who knows but isn't telling, the doctor who brought Hatch back to life, is the very same doctor who brought the killer back to life. Then the neatness becomes oh-so-strangling when we realize that the doctor...
...importance. It is the realization that there is nothing Western culture can do to save the Maori from decadence and decay that they could not do better themselves. By first flinging bits of raw, unfiltered indictments of urban life at its audience, "Warriors" depresses the spirit in order to redeem it with a glimmer of hope in the end. While violence serves a dual purpose, to caress the fetish as well as to sicken the heart, it is the latter purpose Tamahori hopes will resonate most deeply with his audiences...
...Boston Lyric's latest operatic offering is "operatic" only in that it is as long as Wagner and as contrived as any opera plot. The cast's energetic efforts and the show's polished appearance (forget about the bare bulbs and peeling paint) redeem the score's failings...
...poor families and fractions of families. The athletes are the hope of the community, and they are talented enough to play at any college. Everyone knows this, including the big-time coaches who buddy up, winking and promising. For the honor of the neighborhood, Frey makes us feel, to redeem something from all of the drabness, at least one of these guys must make it big. But the odds aren't good. The omens that say so aren't so much the ubiquitous drug dealers but rather the old Lincoln High legends of four, five and 10 years earlier, gifted...
...poor families and fractions of families. The athletes are the hope of the community, and they are talented enough to play at any college. Everyone knows this, including the big-time coaches who buddy up, winking and promising. For the honor of the neighborhood, Frey makes us feel, to redeem something from the miles of drabness, at least one of these guys must make it big. But the odds aren't good. The omens that say so aren't so much the ubiquitous drug dealers but rather the old Lincoln High legends of four, five and 10 years earlier, gifted...