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...turn of the century. Written by Federico Garcia Lorca and running in the Loeb Experimental Theater until April 22, the particulars of “Bernarda Alba” are not always perfect. Yet the show succeeds in presenting a drama that is both amusing and deeply tragic through a painfully up-close lens.In portraying women who must battle oppression as well as their own passions, the actors all have outstanding performances. Alexandra C. Palma ’08 is particularly arresting as the matriarch, Bernarda Alba. She gives a nuanced portrayal of a tyrannical, yet vulnerable mother; Palma?...
...display of how such mixed emotions can explode into rage came in 1999 when U.S. Air Force planes that were engaged in an operation in the Balkans destroyed part of China's embassy in Belgrade, killing three Chinese reporters. Despite repeated apologies from Washington for what it dubbed a tragic mistake, the reaction was immediate and violent. Hundreds of thousands of protestors poured into the streets in China's largest cities, burning American flags, throwing stones and torching U.S.-made cars...
...listens, I still find myself asking, “does he mean heaven? hell? Walmart? Do I care?” Finally—and this is what makes Morrissey’s fans so rabid—I begin to realize that I do care. His tragic hero—though it’s unclear if he’s trying to escape his problems or embrace them—is intense and involving in a manner very rare for a rock song.“Dear God Please Help Me,” follows, which...
...This tragic episode causes Mansfield to wonder whether manliness is, ultimately, only valuable as an antidote to the problems that it creates. This is a philosophical conundrum for which Mansfield does not seem to have a clear answer. He recommends that manliness be given “employment” in productive human enterprise so that its destructive impulses are curtailed, but he cannot imagine a solution to the problem of excessive or misdirected manliness...
...film really centers on Aniston’s character, Olivia, and her attempt to get her life back in order. Aniston, as a pothead who is hung up on her last boyfriend, lacks motivation, and steals wrinkle-reducing cream, is simultaneously hilarious, tragic, and completely relatable. This side of the former “Friend” is better even than the quirky losers she played in “Office Space” and “The Good Girl...