Word: statically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...soprano with a versatility that can conquer both ballads and jazzy scat-singing, perform a coppella love song that showcases the two most distinctive vocalists in a singer's show. Gibson and Coston dominate throughout, invigorating their songs with a range of expression that many of the other more static soloists lack. Although the choreography is both graceful and jazzy, the frozen and unnecessary presense of several non-singing and non-dancing characters on stage in most numbers drags down most of the solos...
Worse, Weiner's direction is often bland and static. He sidesteps many potential moments of comedic action. This is nowhere more apparent than in the family scene of Act Two; there is virtually no movement. Visiting Mel's apartment for the first time in nine years, his overbearing sisters do not even give it a cursory examination...
...sensitive New York Jewish earth mother. Alex Pearson is adequate as the seductive con on the make; if he has some problems, it might fairly be ascribed to the role, which I think is superfluous. The only real gap is Dave Vanderburgh, who is somewhat too slow and static for a slow and static play...
...that impulse may fade, Moore believes, as the Democrats seek a newer breed, with less static and traditional views. The Senate may offer some notable new stars, including Georgia's Sam Nunn and Connecticut's Chris Dodd. Among the young Democratic Governors who are potential comers in the party is West Virginia's Jay Rockefeller...
...decline has been sharpest in the Northeast and Midwest. Says Thomas Klutznick, son of Commerce Secretary Philip Klutznick and head of a development subsidiary of the Aetna Life & Casualty insurance company: "In the Chicago area, growth is static. The demand for shopping centers has tapered off." Many regions have simply become saturated with shopping malls. And because of higher gasoline prices, people now plan buying expeditions more carefully. Thus they make fewer shopping trips, especially to outlying malls...