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...believe it aptly betrays the opportunistic and unethical role of the University in this ill-conceived proposal and it exposes Harvard's violation of her sacred trusteeship. It unmasks Harvard as the ugly and loveless, sang froid entity into which it sadly has metamorphosed. It is a stern warning against such unthinkable shortsightedness...
...Cabot dining hall, people pointed and talked wildly about the stern, eight-foot-tall face staring them down. Parents told their friends; dog owners reported it to their kennel clubs; Quadlings brought their River friends to worship...
...Lincoln solemnly gave his celebrated sermon, although his words betokened reconciliation and a desire to "bind up the nation's wounds," the one emotion noticeably absent from his remarks was regret. He declared, like a stern grandfather admonishing the young, that while all wished the war to come quickly to its close, "if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand...
Some of the actors are able to handle both the script and Stern's production. Phoebe Jonas reveals the humor, wit, and confusion of Shelly with depth and aplomb. Jack Willis' Tilden is a little too Gumpish, but it nonetheless perfectly frightening and funny. It's hard to decide whether or not it's Georgine Hall's costumes onher acting that make her so interesting to look at. Charles Levin, who also played Pa Ubu and Stephano this past year, reprises his role as an hysterical, loud, bumbling idiot (what range...
...been said that Marcus Stern has an uncanny ability to bring out singular moments in a play at the expense of a certain overall cohesiveness. Three are stunning moments in Buried Child, like when Bradley shaves his father's head or Tilden carries a dead child up the stairs. However, some of Stern's sound cues, mixed with his odd, if intriguing, staging, make it difficult to glean the meaning from other scenes. And all of these moments don't seem to connect with each other in order to form a grand vision for the play...