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...executive produced by Ben M. Poppel ’09, I found myself wishing that someone had gone digging through Shakespeare’s last, great, plotless Romance with a little more enthusiasm. While this production has some neat dramatic tricks and a few lovely moments, its incredibly rich script floats by with little to no examination. Why do a play if you’re not going to sink your teeth into...
...even their employer is exploited: nagged by his parents, badgered by Fred, threatened with extinction by the Spacey character. The undercoat of sadness in Giamatti's performance has a number of explanation. Maybe it's because he read the script; or because as Richardson uncharitably reveals, "He's a closet eater." Or maybe Santa has heard the news about global warming, and is anxiously anticipates the North Pole's first snowless Christmas...
...bleak tone, Brolin remembers his time on set with the other actors as a positive experience.“We had a lot of fun,” he recalls. “It was important to us. We wanted to get away from the tense feeling the script was about.” Two elements particularly challenged Brolin.The Coen brothers decided to use almost no background score throughout the entire film, a tactic which injects even the most mundane scene with a dose of cinematic tension.Brolin says that, because of this situation, he scrutinized his every move, even...
...Halloween: Resurrection,” and is currently working on an independent film, “GRETA,” starring Hillary Duff and Ellen Burstyn.Reginald A. Hudlin ’83 is the President of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and is currently writing the script for the Marvel Comics’ “Black Panther.” Choosing to take a different route from these predecessors, VES concentrator Anna F. Ludwig ’04 decided to work in a law firm immediately following graduation, partly for economic reasons.She says that, about a year ago, she realized...
...theater is that it can be a merging of art form,” he adds. “Any time that happens you can get a different effect and it becomes more of a spectacle, especially when all three art forms are dedicated to the message of the script.” Riding the wave of success from last year’s mainstage collaboration of theater and dance, “American Grace,” choreographer and director Sarah C. Kenney ’08 was eager to incorporate dance into the performance...