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...Crimson came out of the gates fast in the second half, however, with captain Tom McLaughlin netting two goals within the first 12 minutes of the second half...
...declared gay by a former student-turned-star (Matt Dillon) constitutes Hollywood's own coming-out comedy about homosexuality. It's therefore an appropriately bland comedy that ends up reinforcing, not puncturing, gay stereotypes, and doesn't get enough out of a cast which includes Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Debbie Reynolds, and Bob Newhart. However, Kline still manages to rise above the plodding humor, especially in his show-stopping dance scenes; and Selleck is terrifically funny as the sleazy, sardonic, faintly Mephistophelean tabloid reporter who dogs his footsteps...
...this whiny near-hysteria of Macbeth's conscious effort on somebody's part, then? Have we been handed somebody's idea of a deliberate re-reading of the character--a postmodern comedy, perhaps, along the lines of a Tom Stoppard play? If this is the idea, it doesn't seem to be working. The rest of the production interprets the text at face value; as a result, the bizarre behavior of Colapinto's Macbeth gradually renders its audience unsure whether any given line or scene is meant to be interpreted as straight drama or as comedy. The audience starts...
Captains: Tom McLaughlin...
Aside from Bar Ziv's ejection, junior starter Tom Chalberg also felt the effects of the physical play when he was ejected after three violations early in the contest...