Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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These witty asides constitute the main entertainment of Posthumous Improvisations precisely because there is no dramatic tension in the events being described; we are never absorbed by Marler's struggles. We know that he will pass his exam in the end. Oswald simply disappears, depriving us of any deeper insight into his problems, or at least the pleasure of a final confrontation...
Asked whether there is a tension between gayAsian American cultural and sexual identities,Hussein said, "there aren't single affinities forany of us anymore...
...Harvard, it's a must win. A season that started so promisingly at 4-1 has now been turned upside down with four straight losses, and a win over the hated Bulldogs definitely would ease the tension the team is feeling...
...such a spaz!" she cries). The reduced view captures the sexual potential underlying the situation as, inevitably, their legs bump or touch in passing. The owners of said legs either do not notice (Evie) or do not acknowledge (Randy) this sexual tension...
...failing out of school and ostracized as a "diesel dyke." Evie is popular, college-bound, and, until she meets Randy, straight. Although a series of scripted "coincidences" throw them together, we never really understand why Evie is so drawn to Randy. Evie starts out ignorant of the sexual tension around her and ends up actively creating it. "Unshelter me," she invites Randy, who complains about Evie's naivete. Well-placed voice-overs let us get to know Randy, but Evie remains an unknown. It's not a mystery why anyone would fall for Randy, but it is a mystery...