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What made the difference so stark was actually quite obvious: rebounding...
...Samuel Beckett’s bleak “Endgame.” Yet these surroundings emphasize the mainstay of Fitzgerald’s work. As the play progresses, and the narrator comes to realize the careless arrogance that defines Daisy, Tom, and Jordan, the backdrop remains a stark foreshadowing of what lies beneath the lavish glamour of these characters. Stripped of their displays of wealth, the three characters are as cold and unfeeling as the world ERS has created around them. As the set reminds us, even Gatsby has clung so desperately to a passionate dream that will never...
...great actors have before him—that one can play essentially the same character in many films, provided that one is entertaining enough to get away with it. In Downey’s case, the intellectually brilliant, heavy-drinking and hard-hitting persona of American arms inventor Tony Stark of “Iron Man” proves surprisingly adaptable to 19th century England. That is to say, all that is needed is a change of accent. This is not a deep role, but a fun one, and Downey recognizes this, delivering lines like “using musical...
...another stark break from recent play, the Crimson was embarrassingly plagued with penalties throughout the course of last night’s game. Prior to this matchup, Harvard averaged just 11.8 penalty minutes per game, the 11th-lowest in the nation...
...Friday’s interdisciplinary panel exploring the historical and political consequences of the disaster, Diaz described the Haitian earthquake as an apocalyptic event—not only in terms of its destructive force, but its stark exposure of the developing nation’s place in an international power dynamic...