Word: showing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...independent film gets pushed out of the market. So I think especially so for regional festivals, I mean there are certain big festivals that become a great launching pad for independent films. We're the ones who actually can bring them around to areas where they probably wouldn't show...
...style of Beauty and the Beast. It is an odd mixture, to be sure--appealing more to those accustomed to home-videos of rhythmically-inclined crustaceans than those with box seats already lined up for next year's Firebird. And while Dracula proves to be an exciting show, it is just that--a show, full of glitz, hype and glamor, but lacking in the passion we have come to expect from one of the truly sublime arts...
...there's a less positive side to the pressure. I was so behind on my work after Ghungroo, the South Asian Association cultural show, that I stayed on campus over spring break to catch up. And now, when I finally have some free time I can't do what I could have then--like go home, or to Bermuda, Jamaica, or Paris for that matter. Furthermore, I have to endure the evil eye from my friends and peers who are as committed as I was during Ghungroo...
Even though it has led to sleepless nights in my past and now plagues my friends, the culture of commitment is ultimately what keeps me interested in school. If I had this much time all the time, I would probably watch "The Cosby Show" a lot more, but I might not meet interesting people or do as many new things. And while I complain about my work, I will be satisfied when I'm done and can say, "I wrote 90 pages this term...
...surprising, then, to see this play performed by Hillel Drama. In a daring move, director Josh Edelman '00 and producer Ari VanderWalde '00 set out to confront this "blatantly anti-semitic show" and strip it of all pretensions of heroism or resolution. Their production revolves around Shylock, played by Tim Foley '98. He is a tall, grave man whose dignity is slowly eroded by a festering hatred of the Christians who persecute his nation. He becomes a sort of tragic hero, bound to the stereotype of the Jewish usurer, who can only mourn the loss of his daughter by mourning...