Word: subtext
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...long stretches of silence, Renaud succeeds at making her character known. Her Kate is both delicate and forceful, and this range is crucial when she’s the object of the play’s conflict. The actors also use silence and dramatic pauses to their advantage, adding subtext to the clever banter. For a show that demands such immediacy, the Adams House Pool Theatre is an ideal venue. The audience can witness up close and personal each significant glance and small gesture. The set—designed by Davone J. Tines ’09?...
...football game. The mind cannot recover a childhood birthday beyond an impressionistic blur. In our technological age, what would we do without instant replay? In his debut novel “Beautiful Children,” Charles Bock confronts the problem of video’s power, using this subtext to focus on an underexposed subject: the roughly 1.5 million adolescents who flee their homes every year in North America. But despite its shimmering surface, Bock’s novel ultimately crumbles under the burden of the visual medium it seeks to explore.“Beautiful Children?...
...into his inner 19-year-old, Hillary Clinton was winning three states out of four on the charge that Obama just wasn't man enough to protect the country from its enemies, foreign and domestic. In her mockery of Obama for his pretty speeches and airy promises, Clinton's subtext was always clear: you may like the music, but this guy is nowhere near tough enough for this job. It was a charge made explicit by the Red Phone ad, whose very existence testified to her own toughness: I'm prepared to do anything, including hand John McCain a grenade...
...THAT? Nader would come out onstage to Britney Spears' Oops! ... I Did It Again and maybe do one of those supershort apology trips to rehab, blaming his involvement in the 2000 election on Quaaludes or yerba mate or whatever drug someone like Ralph Nader might take. If the subtext of John McCain's and Hillary Clinton's campaigns is "I've gone through hell, so you owe me," then Nader needs to run on "You've gone through hell...
...Cloverfield” with a migraine have little to worry about here; the “shaky cam” elements are much more subdued. Romero also uses a musical score to help sell the scarier moments. All good zombie films have an intriguing subtext, revealing more about human nature than the machinations of the various ghouls on display. In that respect “Diary” simply shines. Due to the frequent bouts of narration that sometimes border on the overdramatic, it is almost impossible to leave the theater without understanding Romero’s central theme...