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...member who made the motion to recall Liston last Sunday, Christopher J. Garofalo '94, may have been a tad hyperbolic to have worried that the "integrity has already been done serious harm. But yet another arrogant display of flouting the letter and spirit of the law is no way for the council to turn around its reputation...
Playwright Kessler's quirkiness, however, can also be overwhelming, and not all of the actors are as successful in carrying off their roles. Peter (Mark Baskin) is a tad too stereotypical as a formerly-imprisoned teleevangelist, but Baskin tries to make the most of his purposely cheesy lines, greeting Donna with "God bless your four chambered heart" and "God bless your ventricles." As the gullible, God-loving Donna, Katie Guillory doesn't seem to know where to focus her gaze on stage, which makes her performance a bit too spacy and distracted. Kessler occasionally overstretches reality--the idea of Donna...
...Little Rock, Arkansas, decorator who designed the new settings, was meticulously correct, meeting the principle Hillary Rodham Clinton posited to Historic Preservation magazine: "Preservation and restoration, not redecoration . . . furthering the historic mission of the house." Duly noted. But to some eyes, the strong colors and elaborate draperies seem a tad overwrought. Even an approving White House expert admits that "it takes a little time getting used...
...even come to like the snow. Sure, blizzards in May are a tad excessive, but at least when it snows, enough of the white stuff sticks around to turn the campus into a gorgeous winter wonderland. (In Seattle, a few inches fall, the entire city shuts down in panic and by the next day, it all turns to grey slush...
...tune has the strong bass essential to alternative songs ranging from L7's "Pretend That We're Dead" to the Spin Doctors' "Two Princes," and features a catchy, somewhat inane, chorus: "Don't let your love/Fall on down on my umbrella." The guitar riffs are well executed if a tad typical, and singer Tim DeLaughter intones the lyrics with the prescribed amount of nasality. The song is entertaining, and "One Through Four" and "Blown Away" follow in the same vein, driven by the omnipresent bass...