Word: tone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are several bright moments in James Bundr's production of The Hostage, some flashes of terrific talent and intelligence. Yet the production's general tone is muddled, its overall effect anesthetizing. Perhaps, Behan's mixture of music hall exuberance and potent anti-war commentary threw Bundy for a loop. An odd sense of uncertainly pervades many scenes, making for an intriguing but unsatisfying evening of theater...
BEFORE THE FIRST LINE of dialogue is spoken. Bundy's The Hostage assumes a peculiar vaguely confused tone. The curtain rises on the delapidated lodging house: a light-haired woman stands beside a piano, waving to the audience. As she sits at the piano and begins to play. The company comes onstage and dances a jig. Their steps are careful. Scrupulously well-executed: you can see the concentration on their faces, in their wide alert eves, in their lips that move softly as they count the beats. The tinny sound of the piano and the gently pitter-pat of shoes...
...issue here is not whether I agree or disagree with the statement, but rather how I and the organization I represent [Communist Workers Party] are portrayed in the media. The tone and style of my remarks in the debate were in stark contrast to my opponents. I tried to be calm and rational, to beat back the anti-communism of the teacher of the course and deal with the issues that were on the minds of the students. Maybe the writer was surprised that a Marxist-Leninist could do that. I tried to destroy the stereotypes about communists. From what...
...about the cast, and indeed, the entire production, is the consistently high level of energy and the split-second timing. Director Stephen Ives has fine-tuned this comedy of manners into a fast-paced social commentary, demanding consistent and sincere performances from his cast. He controls the humor and tone of the play with a light hand, never letting the performances lapse into schtick or inappropriate vaudeville. The set, by Constantine Antoniades, and the costumes, by Anne Troy, integrate naturally into the light tone of the production...
...Ronald Reagan early captured the high ground on his budget cutting. He promised not to harm the "truly needy" and to provide a "safety net" for protected groups like the aged. These soothingly imprecise phrases, so often repeated by Republican orators and in the columns, have set the tone of the budget debate...