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Still, this is a daring show that sustains interest unflaggingly throughout its running-time of two-and-a-half hours. The greatcritic James Agate once wrote of Julius Caesar: "The play's second half is one long anti-climax. Shakespeare left his play in two halves which no company of...
His sudden decision to normalize relations with China was another bold stroke beyond convention. His skillful orchestration of the Vienna summit, his firm but tender treatment of the ailing Leonid Brezhnev, appeared to signal that he was now trained and toughened and on the brink of stepping out of mediocrity...
The Aleppo massacre, and the swift retribution against the Muslim Brotherhood that followed, were chilling reminders of the deep political and religious tensions that continue to plague Syria and now seem to threaten President Hafez Assad himself. By skillful manipulation of Syria's diverse religious, tribal and regional elements...
Among the other marvels is Merrill's mastery of forms, so skillful as to pass by almost unnoticed. Humans speak in a supple, casually rhymed iambic pentameter. A hurricane strikes the East Coast:
Assault on Precinct 13 and Halloween develop out of the simple, steady building up and then the furious release of pressure implicit in their plots. Carpenter wrote and directed both films, and composed his own music. He is especially skillful in constructing and sustaining situations that can cause an audience...