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...scene, Benjamin and Girl joke back and forth while hanging from the two ladders, adding a little bit of tension to a scene that otherwise could have felt stale. The ladders, in particular, not only hold symbolic value in the context of the themes of the play, but also do a good job of unifying the theatrical playground...
There is an obvious tension between freedom of speech and the danger of some voices drowning out all others. But Kennedy's world of stifled corporations and voiceless labor unions bears little resemblance to the one we live in. At the same time, Stevens' picture of corporate fat cats oppressing the little guy ignores the revolutions in campaign finance and communications wrought by the Internet. The Justices' hyperbole aside, chances are that the 2010 congressional midterm elections will be little changed: a blend of big-money manipulation and grass-roots passion, in which all the players share one common complaint...
...Toyota set out to become the world's top auto company. Being the best and being the biggest created a tension that Toyota couldn't resolve, says MIT operations expert Steven Spear: "If quality is first, it drives a certain set of behaviors. If market share is the goal, it drives a different set of behaviors." Even as Toyota was catching up to the global No. 1, General Motors, the reputation of its cars was slipping. Spear, who has apprenticed in Toyota factories, says the problem was that the "Toyota way" - in which knowledge accumulated by élite cadres...
Indeed, the tension between Vasquez and Jim Fletcher, who has a commanding, albeit one-dimensional presence as Gatsby, is similarly underdeveloped—a fact most evident in a critical scene when all the major characters are gathered together in a hotel room, and Tom Buchanan (Gary Wilmes) finally realizes that Daisy loves Gatsby. The actors are helped tremendously by smart blocking—Jordan Baker and Nick, like spectators, face a triangle formed by the aforementioned trio—yet Vasquez fails to translate her torn anguish, Fletcher his overwhelming yearning, or Wilmes his bridled fury...
...interview with The Believer, Moore claimed that “awkwardness is where the tension is, and tension is where the story is.” If that is the case, story permeates every word of spoken dialogue in this book; dialogue that never seems to reflect what the characters mean. The novel is fraught with moments in which characters don’t quite seem to be responding to what actually has been said, creating a symphony of crossed wires...