Word: sentimentale
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Since the palace opened on Aug. 7 to less-than-capacity crowds -- 7,000 to 8,000 initially expected, yet actually drawing only 4,500 a day -- the English press has been quoting disappointed Americans and Japanese who felt entitled to a look at the Queen: at least Mickey Mouse...
Soderbergh's adaptation of A.E. Hotchner's novel-memoir is episodic, and that mutes the melodrama inherent in Aaron's encounters with crime, illness and loss. Aaron must improvise his response to events without fully understanding them, and that comes closer to the truth about boyhood than most movies do...
Soon, he starts to sing the constant refrain of the song, "Eileen, won't you lean on me." As usual, his throatiness is inexplicably high-pitched and evokes visions of a man cringing in pain. But Richards articulates clearly (it works, really) and his sentimental lyrics become surprisingly charming.
Her words cut to the heart of a dispute that has been going on for decades. Are whales just another animal, to be protected when threatened with extinction but otherwise exploited? Or are they somehow different, a race of intelligent, sensitive mammals that deserves special treatment? Norway's action has...
Terrence McNally, the playwright of this austerely sentimental journey, is a longtime toiler in the vineyards of the theater who increasingly finds himself the height of hot. His libretto for the Broadway musical Kiss of the Spider Woman won a shower of awards including a Tony; his AIDS teleplay, Andre...