Word: torments
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Persecution, oppression, humiliation, and above all, fear. Welcome to the lives of Molina (Stefan Atkinson '03) and Valentin (Stephen Toub '01), two men trapped in an Argentine prison. Molina, a gay window-dresser serving time for corrupting a minor, sits alone in his dark prison cell avoiding further torment from the warden and his frighteningly faithful guards when Valentin, a Marxist revolutionary, is thrust inside the room. Although Molina nurses his fellow prisoner back to health, their relationship becomes anything but friendly: Valentin, a suspected conspirator, wants nothing to do with the "dizzy," chattering Molina. But as this tale unfolds...
...Tonic and veteran of Harvard theater, defines the meaning of power in his performance. Highly impassioned by goals of a better future for all, Toub as Valentin assumes the position of a natural leader on the Agassiz stage. His powerful voice resonated through the theater, his expressions of torment and outrage unmistakable in his every motion: he was in one word, awesome. Shelby-Braxton Brooks, last seen in the Freshman Musical, added grace and memorable style in her role as Aurora. Beautifully choreographed by Sara Heller '01, Brooks' dance numbers with her eager male followers brought enthusiasm and life...
...around Selma (Bjork), a Czech factory and single mother who is gradually going blind. She endures ordeal after ordeal in an attempt to pay for her son Gene's operation, who we are told will develop the same eye disease as Selma. In order to escape the agony and torment of her own worsening condition, she finds relief in musicals. She goes to the movies with her friend Kathy (Catherine Deneuve) and also takes part in a local production of The Sound of Music. And when situations become unbearable, she breaks into a musical number, which takes place...
...home to China.' I got a pretty hurtful one that said, 'I'm a Vietnam veteran, and I can't stand to look at your flat face every day.' Sometimes I can't help myself. And I wrote back, 'I hope my flat face continues to torment you in perpetuity...
...driving tension behind The Missing World-a tension that gets tiresome quickly-is Jonathan's torment at having to reveal the truth about his relationship with Hazel. He wants her back, and will take advantage of her amnesia to win her back. He agonizes over his decisions, but always manages to rationalize keeping her in the dark...