Word: unconvincingness
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Public TV series that aim to educate often benefit by having a knowledgeable guide at the controls -- witness wine writer Hugh Johnson, who was host of Vintage, or art critic Robert Hughes, cicerone of The Shock of the New. The narrator of Dancing is Raoul Trujillo, a marginally telegenic modern...
At times, however, both the actors and the writer overdo it. The second half of the play, though full of slapdash action, is woefully short on the humor that characterizes the first. When Sonnenschein's script puts trite psychobabble into the mouths of these Tulsa bowling enthusiasts, the effect is...
Yet the change was met with great suspicion and anxiety, especially by faculty and professional staff. Communication about the switch was late and incomplete. Most members of the community had to interpret the change and make corresponding health insurance decisions without context or understanding of the challenges that led to...
In the end, the Huntington's production is not unconvincing, but director Gilbert's failure to very the onstage mood makes for three hours of restless seat-sliding. Perhaps a more traditional interpretation would have been more successful than the Huntington's, whose only connection with O'Neill is the...
Cohen is too hysterical from the start; her high-pitched squeals obstruct a gradual intensification of mood. Instead of the sexually jaded 30-year-old character whose bitterness would seem plausible, Cohen comes off as a virginal 17-year-old who cannot hold her end of the powerful dialogue. She...