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Bili lies in Congo's far north, about 120 miles east of the Ebola River, where deep tropical forest breaks up into patches of savanna. Civil war and neglect have left the region nearly untouched by man. Overgrown dirt roads with bridges of rough-hewn logs string together thatched-roofed villages. Nearly all freight is carried in by bicycle. Locals hunt with homemade shotguns and crossbows seemingly modeled on 16th century Portuguese design. "This area is the last part of Africa where there are still wild animals," says Pontier, who grew up in the region. "It's not a game...
...Venice. The title character is Antonio, who rashly wagered his flesh as collateral for a loan. Shylock was simply Antonio's banker, whose humiliation--by lovely, quick-witted Portia--is irrelevant to the romantic intriguing that consumes most of the plot. But Shylock's injured majesty and his rough treatment by the play's putative hero and heroine have hijacked The Merchant of Venice and made it a showcase for great actors. In a production in which Laurence Olivier, say, or Dustin Hoffman took on Shylock, does anyone remember who played Antonio or Portia...
Summers may be among the jet-set crowd in Washington and Cambridge, but he’s still a little rough around the edges when it comes to partying...
...sometimes scary to watch. Murray was known to go into the audience and rough up customers he felt were not paying proper respect to his fellow actors. "At Second City we were taught that the audience were these wild electrons out there," says Murray. "It was important to please them, but we also had to control them. I mean, when you're actors on a stage, it's you against the world. It's not the audience's show. It's yours...
...That probably saved their lives. Within minutes, people ran toward them screaming. "It was like a Jaws moment," Beran says. As the first giant wave bore down, two Thai coast guard boats in the bay suddenly shot into the air. The couple ran for their lives, hurdling barefoot over rough ground and fences while the wall of water chased them. They scaled a brick wall and joined 10 others on the roof of a house until it collapsed, hurling them into 5-m-deep water for nearly two hours. Spraggon went under several times. "We grabbed onto some branches...