Word: talman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...turns that are far more clever (and thus more rewarding) than those of the average thriller. The suspense begins when Sam Hendrix (Mike Yank '02) is asked to hold a doll for a woman as they get off an airplane. The woman promptly disappears--until small-time hoods Mike Talman (Joseph Nuccio '00) and Carlino (Jerry Ruiz '00) find her body in Suzy Hendrix' apartment, placed there by their new employer, Harry Rote (Paul Monteleoni '01). Suzy's blindness allows them to search the apartment for the doll, which contains smuggled heroin. Mike manages to gain Suzy's confidence...
...pensive pauses and subtle gesturing give us the sense that her character is always thinking, always plotting). As Gloria, Suzy's teenage helper, Kate Johnsen '01 is appropriately petulant (though she is unfortunately saddled with a number of hackneyed, static lines). Nuccio captures the "teddy-bear" duplicity of Mike Talman while Ruiz, hair slicked back and comb in tow, hams it up for laughs as the incompetent yet menacing Carlino...
...Whalen shines in the small part of Suzy'shusband Sam, who leaves after the second scene anddoesn't return until the very end of the play.Although they only share the stage for fiveminutes, Whalen and Tomei exhibit great chemistry.Unfortunately, the same can't be said for StephenLang's Mark Talman, the good-hearted hood whodevelops an affinity for Suzy while simultaneouslyattempting to con her. The sexual tension betweenLang and Tomei falls flat, mainly because theytalk at rather than to one other.Their exchanges are hopelessly wooden--strange,considering the ample talent and experience ofthese two fine performers...
...year. Ironically, many thrifts may go belly-up because of the tough new regulation. The standards require thrifts to have more capital on their books than even some profitable S&Ls had previously carried. As a result, even some well- managed institutions such as Chicago's 68-year-old Talman Home Federal Savings and Loan (assets: $5.7 billion), which expects to earn $20 million this year, may have to close their doors or be acquired. Says Theodore Roberts, chairman of Talman, which is the largest thrift in Illinois: "Our market values have been declining because of the turmoil that...