Word: sheerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nonetheless, what the production lacked in polish it made up for in sheer energy, projecting an exuberance that was ultimately irresistible. It also had a big plus in its leading man: Tim Arnold was perfect as the matador whose puffed-up complacency gives way to an amiable cluelessness with the onset of his amnesia. He even succeeded in making El Bean's smitten shyness around Ana engagingly dopey without degenerating into complete farce...
Cantata 2000's experimental treatment of works by young writers is an important success, demonstrating how different forms of expression can be combined in a vibrant theatrical creation. The production is also valuable as sheer entertainment. The musical numbers are funny and moving, and the ten talented actors are engaging and play all of the roles with a seemingly unending reserve of energy. The show's approach to storytelling is original and holds together a unique panorama of current emotions and ideas, lending hope not only to the turn of millennium but to the ability of theater to entertain...
...stuck with the show, not so much out of interest as sheer curiosity. Brother shot illegitimate brother, children stabbed wild-eyed parents and family pets went berserk in a mad freakshow frolic before my very eyes. Forget Barnum & Bailey, I thought, southern Florida is where it's at: a world where suspects get "Mirandized" and the camera never stops rolling, even when characters appear wounded or in various states of undress...
...sheer voyeuristic pleasure of tracking law enforcement in action, local TV news has nothing on the Internet. Take the bloody, botched Los Angeles robbery attempt that recently turned into a real-life Hollywood chase scene. Instead of just glancing at the familiar chopper footage on the tube, many crime seekers surfed over to PoliceScanner.com a Website with real-time audio from police radio, including the Dallas and L.A. cops. The result: a sort of gruesome copspeak play-by-play to accompany the TV spectacle. Even the site's more mundane offerings--including lost kittens and traffic stops--attract some...
Success sealed the mass appeal of such violent thugs, who palled around with Capone and wiped out any don who dared bar his way to the top. "Why do you come to me? Why do I deserve this generosity?" Don Corlione asks, and the American public replies: sheer magnetism...