Word: sylvia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sylvia (Poti...
...Drury (Sylvia, Kelleher...
Team leading point getter, defenseman Tom Poti, got the Terriers (7-1, 5-1 Hockey East) on the board first when he stickhandled through the Crimson defense and laid a beautiful pass off to teammate Mike Sylvia on the right post for the equalizer...
...detective bit comes in, therefore, as we are faced with stringing together the characters, who seem to exist in independent bubbles--very well-acted bubbles, but bubbles nonetheless. Phillip throws Sylvia to the ground, but he starts just--just--a little to early, and the moment is off. Some pauses adopt an almost film noirish mystery, instead of magnifying emotion...
...credit of the actors, though, they manage to create worlds within themselves, leading to an almost incongruous comic machine in the form of Ilana Kurshan's Harriet, sister to Sylvia. Her mole like searching head and wide eyes cast light on the otherwise dour proceedings, while providing a kind of insider's guide to the marriage. At the same time, though, even Kurshan acquires a police-witness-feel in her casual chat with a gumshoe Hyman. Young Lee '99, as Phillip's boss whose pet project is adding a spiffy annex to the New York Harvard Club, reaches similar comic...