Word: spectacularness
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...spectacular visuals almost succeed in masking the inherent weaknesses of the play. Almost, but not quite. Dating from 1927, "Show-boat" is really a nostalgia piece, and as such it has its problems. The plot is hopelessly old-fashioned, with an anticlimactic "happy ending" that seems both clumsy and artificial. The characters remain for the most part one-dimensional; the most interesting ones simply sink out of sight, into oblivion or irrelevance. The love story never really works; even the early scenes between Ravenal and Magnolia have an unavoidably mechanical feel, and the romantic duet that concludes...
...classroom window to "the red of a poppy, the blue of God's heaven, the yellow of the sun that lights up the world," and these colors magically appear on his hands, as if he'd dipped them in a world still damp from Nature's first spectacular paint job. "Life is color!" he shouts, as exuberant as an Iranian Zorba. "Love is color!" The movie screen becomes a canvas, and this brief (75 minutes), gorgeous little film splashes life and love onto...
...Blount Jr. made it clear in his commentary "Too Darn Hot" that he dislikes summer. It is probably because he has experienced it in the wrong part of the country. He should try a spectacular Minnesota summer. This year it is scheduled for July 12. DIANE HATTERY Rochester, Minn...
...pressures of a nation at war. We've found our own, unique identity as a generation that thinks and does as it pleases. The peace dividend has allowed us to live abroad more often and for longer than any other generation. Technoliths like Microsoft and Nike are earning their spectacular growth on the backs of twentysomething executives who work overseas and are fighting not only for the cause of their chosen company but also to propagate a belief system that has served us well. It is a pragmatic idealism as intense as the fire that sent Peace Corps workers abroad...
Even more astoundingly, Harvard's final match of the West Coast trip against Cal-Tech was decided in a spectacular fifth game. Harvard edged out the Techsters after an uncharacteristically lengthy game that ended 26-24, leaving the fans on the edge of their seats...