Word: unconvincingness
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The trouble is that many of the supporting roles are extremely important; their weakness in the Experimental's production stifled the power of Strindberg's script and often led to tedium. Particularly at fault was Skip Ascheim, whose colorless voice and wooden actions turned the judge into a most uninteresting...
Ishihara's segment is the most powerful, although also the most unconvincing, in the series. Building on the surrealism in the script with sharp lighting and an enquiring camera, Ishihara places his characters in a nether-nether land, suspended between a nightmare and reality.
Laura Esterman obviously tried very hard to breathe life into Amanda, but lacked the skill to succeed. her struggle to retain sanity and individuality in the dream world of the Duchess and Albert was contrived and unconvincing. Her anger was that of a little girl-not a woman-and so...
The writing is bright, sometimes biting and provocative. Gore Vidal found John Hersey's Here to Stay "not stimulant, but barbiturate"; Dwight Macdonald wished aloud that Arthur Schlesinger "had never gotten involved with high politics." The Review ignored only what it considered trivial "except occasionally to reduce a temporarily...
Coon considers the historical origins of racial differentiation, and also the problem of the adaptive significance of modern racial differences. In both cases his findings are stimulating, but unconvincing. He presents good evidence for the adaptive value of some racial differences; for instance, skin pigmentation decreases the amount of vitamin...