Word: strassner
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Dates: during 1973-1973
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Christina Monet's Ruth is the boniest of the three. She relies heavily on screeching to get across her tight, erratic personality, and ends up overacting. In contrast, Anne Strassner as Tillie disastrously underplays her role. Tillie is the quiet, strong independent force who, in the end, holds the burden of keeping the family together. Strassner is quiet and shy, and outwardly the right combination of fear and genius. But she does not give off the strength or the sense of vocation that Tillie has and that, ultimately, saves...
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