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...very frustrating, playing like that," acknowledged the skipper himself, senior Ben Coughlin. "One of our team goals was to take fewer penalty minutes this year--I didn't do a good job tonight, and it's something we've got to work on as a team...if we keep taking unnecessary penalties, we're going to kill ourselves...
...Call me a cynic, but I'm not so sure that any of you are the people to be leading the council in a new direction," said David V. Bonfili '96. "It's kind of like the skipper of the Exxon Valdez standing before us and saying that he's the environment's last best hope...
...that opens the second act, the song is here given instead to the carping old New England biddy Parthy, who croons it to her newborn grandchild. At a single stroke, Parthy is suddenly humanized, and we see in her the tender side that must have attracted her husband, the skipper Cap'n Andy, in the first place. As Parthy, Elaine Stritch is one of the production's great strengths. She has no voice to speak of at this stage in her career, but she can still put across a song because it comes from her heart and not merely from...
...Angels start winning. Only Roger can see the small-a angels, and so he is needed to tell the perpetually riled-up manager (Danny Glover) what moves to make when they're present. Thus man and boy are forced to bond. Will the Angels win the pennant? Will the skipper keep his cool? Will Roger find the father figure he needs? If you're asking those questions, you're just the sucker this movie is looking...
...Skipper...