Word: tensioning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...With the tension mounting as George Washington frantically sought the equalizer, the Harvard defense held fast...
...show, we’re instead left with the impression of a well-rehearsed and manipulated performance, even while the premise of the play is on the organic and almost desperate nature of the characters’ acting. The staging ultimately undermines the power derived from the underlying, nuanced tension of personal and cultural insecurity...
...initial premise is clichéd but promising, and during the film’s early scenes, director James Mangold does a satisfying job of building genuine tension around the first few murders. Alongside each dead body, there lies one of the motel room keys, counting down from “10.” Primary suspects in the killings start dying, at which point the group learns that the motel was built on an ancient Native American burial ground. And when one of the characters runs off toward a row of eerie blue lights in the distance, he inexplicably...
...initial premise is clichéd but promising, and during the film’s early scenes, director James Mangold does a satisfying job of building genuine tension around the first few murders. Alongside each dead body, there lies one of the motel room keys, counting down from “10.” Primary suspects in the killings start dying, at which point the group learns that the motel was built on an ancient Native American burial ground. And when one of the characters runs off toward a row of eerie blue lights in the distance, he inexplicably...
Many of the interactions resulted in deep conversation, he said. And though he initially worried about his safety, he found that letting his guard down usually relieved any tension...