Word: stagecrafter
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...widow Jean writes that he left the makings of another volume, but does not explain how anyone could authentically complete it. Still, Entrances has so much to say that it underlines the loss caused by Schneider's brutal exit. It also provides what the ephemeral work of stagecraft cannot: a director's lasting legacy. --By William A. Henry...
...they also know the trick sometimes works. If the President succeeds in forcing members of Congress to take positions on reforming Social Security-reversing the political calculus that said don't touch the thing-it will not only be a masterful policy accomplishment but a victory for his stagecraft...
...platform to highlight issues of social justice. Robbins has written and directed films including 1995’s Dead Man Walking, about a nun’s efforts to help a convicted killer on death row, and 1999’s Cradle Will Rock, a vivid portrayal of leftist stagecraft in the Great Depression...
...though the crowd of thousands—8,000, according to the New Hampshire Republican State Committee—was clearly engaged in the proceedings, the event carried an unmistakable air of stagecraft familiar to both party’s campaign events this year...
...they feel is the President's strong suit. Team Bush has studied old videotapes of Kerry's 1996 Massachusetts Senate re-election campaign debates to the point where advisers like Karl Rove can recite portions from memory. As a result, Bush's negotiators insisted on banning nearly all the stagecraft Kerry had used to devastating effect against his G.O.P. opponent, Governor William Weld, such as roaming from the lectern and asking direct questions. What Kerry's camp got were three debates rather than the two that Bush's campaign initially said it wanted. Getting three contests "was much more important...