Word: smith
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...3.Nick Smith (Mower...
...characters which added some much needed comic relief to the often heavy story line were Mrs. Watty (played by Elizabeth Newhall) and her daughter, Bessie (played by Jamie Smith). Newhall nearly stole the show in every scene in which she appeared--she was funny and feisty and always on target, as the tough, punchy Mrs. Watty, whose verve never failed to charm the audience...
Bessie Watty started out as an equally humorous character, constantly whining and eating sweets, but she became more serious as the show progressed. Smith did an outstanding job of portraying her character's development from a silly, flirtatious young girl to a vengeful, immoral harlot, a woman who was not weak, as the audience originally was led to believe, but rather, one of the most powerful characters in the play. After a suspenseful build-up, the clash between Bessie and Miss Moffat finally explodes at the end of The Corn is Green, making the somewhat surprise ending distressing, yet hopeful...
...have the same scrutiny directed toward itself or its own "beverage-laden" parties? The editors should not confuse a need for education in responsible drinking with a need for "zero-tolerance policies." Unfortunately, the dangers of drinking do not disappear on a student's 21st birthday. JOHN J. A. SMITH...
...dullness of its supporting cast, reeks faintly of television. The intermittent high school scenes, little more than filler here, seem more like "Dawson's Creek" with 4-letter words than anything else, a situation not helped by casting Joshua Jackson (also known as Pacey) in the role of Smith's best friend. The horror scenes, too, are filmed in a style that seems little more than a lackluster imitation of "The X-Files." Those same scenes are given their undeniable force not by the perfunctory work of the technicians but by the imaginative prowess of the man who, along with...