Word: toning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...protest activity began Thanksgiving week with the arrest of four prominent black leaders at the South African embassy in Washington. Since then the demonstrations have spread to eight cities and are expected to attract larger rallies at planned events this week. They have had a revivalist, 1960s civil rights tone, as black activists joined white liberal politicians, labor leaders and clergymen in crossing police lines to be arrested. By week's end 31 demonstrators, selected for their symbolic value, had been arrested in the daily rallies outside the embassy...
HOFFMANN'S UNDERSTATED tone and his sense of detail make his storytelling effective. When Fritz sees his gifts he takes "two or three rather spectacular jumps in the air." Later before Marie walks through a hall close door into the land of the dolls, Hoffmann notes that. "I don't think any of you children would have hesitated for a moment to follow the honest good natured nutcracker who never had a wicked thought in all his life." Jumps for instance are not high they are rather spectacular. And he gently addresses his readers...
...opening minutes set the tone for the whole game. The devastating full-court press forced numerous Harvard mistakes and carried the Black Beans to a 12-point halftime lead...
...four years of social program slashing. Is it mere coincidence that the pastoral letter on economic policy and social justice landed on the President's White House desk just as he was deliberating over next year's proposed budget cuts? How could the President's shrewd advisers overlook the tone of the Bishops' statement which was just as critical of the federal government as last year's letter on the nuclear arms race...
Given the obstacles the script presents, this in itself is a commendable effort. Though the play does purport to concern itself with the plight of Miss Julie (Andrea Dishy) and her servant (Dean Norris), its heavily Marxist language and tone often undercut the development of the characters as individuals. Moreover, while many of Strindberg's speeches are poetic and inspirational, much of the script is repetitious. The virtual absence of any physical action, coupled with a cast of only three characters, makes for a dangerously static 90 minutes if director and cast aren't careful...