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Certain portions of the piece when the entire company was on stage were particularly well choreographed, the space being used in interesting ways. The transitions between segments of the piece were also well done, a challenge when the piece is made up of relatively short numbers. It would be all too easy for the piece to become disjointed and choppy, but the movement never stopped. Fun is the best word to describe a ballet piece comprised of songs with titles such as "I've Been to Memphis" and "She's Hot to Go". The performers seemed to really be enjoying...
...explores the existential despair of human beings confined to anonymous cubicles in myriad, analogous corporations across the country. The protagonist, Peter Gibbons, played by everyman Ron Livingston, is fed-up with the endless paper shuffling at corporate nightmare Initech, his unctuously sinister boss Bill Lumberg (Gary Cole) and, in short, his life in general. Gibbons' arguments against the system are blandly familiar and add nothing new to the common polemics against human automatism. But Gibbons' main function is to give the similarly disillusioned audience an easily identifiable character. And the audience at this particular viewing (mostly 20-somethings) were consistently...
Although Judge's best efforts to tackle the corporate monolith fall far short of the mark, the movie does have redeeming qualities, such as a tough soundtrack including classic Geto Boys tracks. But more importantly, Office Space raises some interesting questions which, judging by the frequency of editorials in this newspaper, are preoccupying the minds of many young people. The fact is, as the tagline emphatically states, "work sucks," and none of us wants to become another name in another cubicle in another corporation. Some might ask if we have a choice. Of course we have a choice...
...makes it the Hasty Pudding Theatricals. To enjoy the show, you do better to know this beforehand. But if in the last few years you've been wondering whether or not HPT is for you, this is a good year to find out because where other shows have fallen short, in my opinion, "I Get No Kick from Campaign" delivers...
...plans to set out U.S. foreign policy goals in a speech in San Francisco, Friday, and the world is all ears. "Most countries we deal with believe Washington doesn't really have a coherent foreign policy right now," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "We tend to rely on short-term tactical responses to crises as they arise, but there's no sense that our responses to situations such as Iraq or Kosovo are governed by a long-term strategic vision...