Word: soft-spoken
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When Othello (Bashir Salahuddin) enters wearing a T-shirt, things only get a little better. Salahuddin plays the Moor consistently as a casual, soft-spoken general, but his voice is often too soft and always unemotional. As he presents his case before the Duke, Othello explains a little too calmly why Desdemona loves him. Later, when he loses his temper with the drunken Cassio (Jed Silverstein), Salahuddin gets angry too quickly and for too short a time...
Like Salahuddin, Amblad speaks a little too casually to convey lago's calculating, evil character. The two actors' speaking styles turn some of the most popular speeches in Shakespeare into soft-spoken words with no meter or emotion behind them. "O, beware, my lord, of jealousy," says lago blandly, appearently oblivious to the meaning and treachery of his own lines...
Jordan, a shy, soft-spoken man, still seems uncomfortable on the stump even after four years in office. But not Brown ("Slick Willie," as Jordan calls him), who leads all the candidates in endorsements--the major unions, many of the Democratic clubs ("Machine," Achtenberg says dismissively) and a healthy collection of ethnic organizations. Achtenberg, meanwhile, has issued a flood of position papers on everything from immigration to the environment. Her most inventive proposal: a council of neighborhoods that would give the city's diverse residents a voice in city hall...
Jerry Rice is to football what Cal Ripken is to baseball--a soft-spoken hero whose phenomenal accomplishments on the field contrast with his dignified manner off the field and in the locker room...
However, her goal-scoring prowess has not gone to Miller's head. The soft-spoken San Antonio native gives credit where credit is due: her teammates...