Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plague starts to abate and things begin to return to normal, the troupe starts to disintegrate. So does the play. One by one, members abandon the happy life of the wandering clown in pursuit of more earthly professions. And as they leave, the play grows more and more serious...
...come now that the dying is done. Barnes continues to hammer at the same arguments, the same feminist, anti-clerical strains that he has touted all along. Whatever power they had earlier in the play, these ideas are already beginning to lose their comic appeal, and when made serious, they fall flat. The actors--who look ridiculous to start with in their spectacularly clean frocks, rags and robes--really cannot effect the change with much success...
...ability to remain serious in the face of completely preposterous situations heightens the comic sense of the play. Particularly in the three-way confrontation scene between Judith, her husband David and Myra (Simon's girlfriend), Simpson's attitude of mock indignation is hilarious...
...sure bets to win re-election, including Orrin Hatch (Ut.), Richard Lugar (Ind.), John C. Danforth (Mo.) and John Heinz (Pa.). The Bush campaign's success in restoring confidence in GOP leadership after Reagan popularity began to diminish has helped some Republican incumbents who would have faced much more serious challenges. Sen. Dave F. Durenberger (R-Minn.) continues to hold onto a fairly strong lead against Hubert H. Humphrey III, the son of the former vice president...
Still, the GOP's incumbent senators will likely lose more than their counterparts on the other side of the aisle. There are at least four states--California, Connecticut, Nebraska and Nevada--where Republican incumbents are still in serious jeopardy...