Word: twisting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tale of mail boy-disguised-as-executive, the movie gives a creative twist to the usual rags-to-riches tale. And this determined implausibility is the real secret to Secret's success...
...puts a major, if easy, twist on history in Them: African pilgrims--not Europeans--colonized and settled this country, bringing over European slaves. But instead of letting this not-so-clever premise unfold with some dramatic grace or subtlety, Lee has a narrator explain the wider historical circumstances in deadening detail. Like the rest of the play, this opening lacks the imagination and care that its themes suggest and demand...
...spice up the swing for those looking for fancy moves, Lee taught the group "the Pretzel." "It was so hard," Oliver said. "You were with your partner and had to twist up and turn around about ten million times--well maybe only a few, but it was very complicated. Fun, though...
Unfortunately, the production fails to realize that the dialogue in itself is the attraction of these plays, not the development of characters or progress of the story. While After Magritte is tolerably brief, The Real Inspector Hound, performed with the same cast, ponderously follows every twist in the script...
Like After Magritte, The Real Inspector Hound is a detective parody; the twist here is to blur the lines between audience, reviewer, cast and character. The "mystery," such as it is, is irrelevant, merely serving as an excuse for Stoppard to play with conventions of the stage. Set in a Gothic mansion on the moors, a group of caricatures expound upon their social problems--but somewhere outside, an escaped criminal lurks. The players include a dimwitted blonde (Susan Kelly), a melodramatic maiden (Meg Schellenberg) and a gruff crippled veteran (Wise) who play cards endlessly. Into the scene comes a stranger...