Word: turgid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bysshe (Christopher Shea) and Byron (Jonathan Rigby) meet for the first time in the summer of 1816. Emigres to Switzerland, they seek an escape from "the turgid cesspool" of England. Still a young idealist, Bysshe is slightly in awe of the older, cynical Lord Byron, already world-weary at the age of 28. Bysshe believes he can transform the world with words. But his growing disillusionment with this possibility torments...
...glorious leap, or running stones through his hand like shekels; his wife and daughter, peeping round the doors curiously as he speaks to visitors. But the chief strength of this production lies in its huge enthusiasm. The vigor of the cast and crew turns what might have been a turgid morality play into engaging entertainment...
Nonprofessional jobs pose as many potential conflicts but tend to attract ! less criticism. Marilyn Quayle forswore the practice of law because she is the Vice President's wife. But it is hard to believe that she would have been invited to appear on the Today show to promote her turgid novel, Embrace the Serpent, if Dan Quayle were just another golf-loving lawyer from Indiana. Could it be pure coincidence that Greek businessman Basil Tsakos was paying Mark Hatfield's wife $55,000 for choosing fabric and paint chips for his office at the same time the Oregon Senator...
...PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD. In these politically correct days, most epic journeys into exotic lands are guilt trips, pinning blame for the world's woes on the evil white male. Director Hector Babenco's turgid trek into the Brazilian rain forest accomplishes this and more: it makes the viewer feel guilty for wasting three hours and seven bucks...
Given the turgid writing and directing, the actors should be more pitied than censured. Maxime, forced to utter unwieldly long speeches and act "old," still demonstrates stage presence and manages to make Theresa a sympathetic character. Her emotional range is limited, but one cannot tell if this is her own deficiency or her ill-conceived character's. Raz has to spend a lot of time pretending to develop pictures and reacting to her grandmother's speeches. But one feels she's at least trying to add some zest to her character...