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...this surreal effect. The play flirts shamelessly with the line between doll and human, one that it figures as flexible and thin. Lotte, for example, treats her doll “patients” as though they are real people, and Andromache’s beloved “son?? is a large doll. It is interesting that Lotte first recognizes Andromache’s son as a doll but later treats it as a real person. Lotte’s (and the audience’s) intuitive failure to recognize the play’s barbies...
...only expected but de rigueur in the cult of the North American suburban gothic that every SUV-driving, Levi’s-wearing mother secretly pops Adderall at her son??s soccer games or constantly downs Chardonnay to ease the pain of her husband’s extra-marital affair with his male coworker. Or something like that.James Boice echoes an all-too-common fear of sameness and suburban alienation when he describes the citizens of his hometown of Little Rocky Run, Virginia: “And they went to the gym after work and met their friends...
...backs up an abstract way of thinking with knowledge of and experience with the mediums of film, digital video, and even 3-D. His groundbreaking use of overlapping footage from an early 20th century film in his 1969 film “Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son?? marked him as a genius in the world of avant-garde cinema. “I am a creature of impulse,” Jacobs said. “I believe in the subconscious—I think of things in my sleep, and, in keeping with what...
...completely unexplained. Nonetheless, it seems the viewer is meant to root for the brothers as they carry out their plan. A rather exciting chase scene follows the payment of the ransom, and this clever sequence marks a highlight of the film. Unfortunately, it also divides “Nobel Son?? between its mildly entertaining opening act and its manic, absurd conclusion. Indeed, the film veers wildly off track in its second hour. Writers Jody Savin and Randall Miller abandon any sense of character motivation or narrative structure, opting instead to turn the film into a frenetic, confusing revenge...
...have a lot more of my education, career, and financial security established by then,” says the bride-to-be. In spite of this, O’Herin’s parents, Brian and Julie, who also wed in their early twenties, support their son??s decision. “We are proud of our son and his choice makes us proud,” Mrs. O’Herin beamed. Early engagement aside, the couple’s romance took a while to start. The two met freshman year through the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship...