Word: tedium
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...drew couples actually copulating; the character of his brothel scenes is that of inaction, waiting, even boredom, and in this they were perfectly true to the social world they addressed, since most of the life of a girl in a maison close was taken up with sitting around. The tedium of the big-city seraglio becomes monumental, almost Egyptian, with In the Salon at the Rue des Moulins, circa...
Throughout the play, memories, movies and glass ornaments enable these characters briefly to escape the poverty and tedium of their lives. And the fanastic acting and direction associated with The Glass Menagerie allow the audience to escape with them...
...first half ends with one of the several voice-overs which have apparently been inserted into this production to avoid the tedium inherent in a one-person show. Unfortunately, this interesting directoral touch is marred by Atkins' annoying actions with her cigarettes, which divert the audience's attention...
...surprising that most council members found the meetings boring. They got tired of hearing the same representatives ask the same questions of different proposals, meeting after meeting. To save themselves from the tedium, at least two representatives studied foreign language flash-cards, while another worked his way through Wittgenstein. Others found equally productive ways to pass the time...
HERE ARE THE FACTS about the Titan of Tedium...