Word: unevennesses
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...ACTING PERFORMANCES are uneven, although some fine efforts escape the limitations of the plot. The play's link with the sixties comes in the form of Greenie (Allen Gifford), the owner of the band's recording studio, who injects the struggles of two decades past, offering a suitably Messianic and inspirational figure to the jaded and cynical boys of the eighties. Brooks Whitehouse as Frank Mills, the leader of the band, and Dede Schmeiser as Donna Barona, his groupie girlfriend, on the other hand, fall a little short: Whitehouse a little stiff and stylized in his portrayal of an already...
...Area? Publicly, officials like Steiner, associate general counsel for labor relations Edward W. Powers and head of personnel Daniel Canter all cited the negative effects of "fragmented" bargaining units. In other words, a union for secretaries in only one sector of the University would lead to an uneven benefit and salary structure. Furthermore, the argument continued, employee mobility would be crimped. Thus only a University-wide union would be appropriate...
...supporting cast is uneven, Dotrice's Desdemona begins pallidly but grows in stature and Graeme Campbell is a robust and sympathetic Rodrigo when he forgets he's playing an idiot. But Aideen O'Kelly's Amilla is dowdy refugee form a detergent commercial, confusing ingenuousness with imbecility, and she is embarrassingly inadequate vocally in the last scene. And a special nod to Paticia Maurceri's grotesque, campy and mush-mouthed Bianca--the actress should be swiftly jettisoned...
...said about the social revolution of the '60s-had become an overzealous Christian. Perhaps this explains why few took notice when Dylan's latest effort, "Shot of Love", materialized in August. And that's a shame, because the former Mr. Zimmerman has given us a valuable, if somewhat uneven, new piece for an ever-expanding puzzle...
...somehow, science keeps its won time and June Goodfield in An Imagined World. listens for its special rhythm. It is surely an uneven one--one marked by doubts and detours. impasses and retreats. Science is often a process of impulsive decisions and leaps into darkness. Long silences are followed by the harsh cries of results. and data and--with luck--maybe even a little understanding comes through...