Word: rude
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sextet of "rude mechanicals" who wander into the forest to rehearse their play intrudes on this inhuman enclave like visitors from another dimension. Their antics, delivered by the ART actors with gung-ho spirit and the precision of acrobats, form a haven of the familiar in Epstein's inhospitable forest; yet even they become possessed, reacting to Bottom's "translation" by careering across the stage in hops, sprints and tumbles while the musicians play one of Purcell's country dances. The sorcery of the wood finds little purchase on their "hempen homespun" minds, but gets at then anyway through their...
...rich ornamentation, dark coloring and sprightly rhythms, captures just the same many-hued atmosphere as Epstein's staging. Unfortunately, it also introduces the only significant flaws in the Loeb production. The lyrics to Purcell's arias and choruses are often poetically inferior ot Shakespeare's verse, and sound rude, out of place. The stiff movements of singers from the Banchetto Musicale onto the stage--apparently to serve as a sort of Greek chorus as well as a musical one--has the same effect, clashing with the actors' finely choreographed and executed motions. The singers would be better off remaining where...
Viet Nam War. Agnew was Nixon's rude political and press hatchet man. Both spoke in Texas for Bush. Afterward, Bush had some second thoughts and canceled film clips of the Nixon visit in his efforts to walk a narrow line between the White House and his ambitions beyond. Ever so slightly those first impressions formed that Bush was too cautious...
...wisdom and rude shocks of game shows...