Word: unreality
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...Unreal Shortage...
...sympathy with the characters could produce a certain amount of dramatic tension even though we already know the final outcome. Unfortunately, the Loeb production lacks even that tension. Part of the failure can be blamed on Brecht's dialogue, which has a stiffness that marks his characters as unreal figures, as mere vehicles for statements. To a large extent, however, the fault lies with the uneven acting. George Hamlin, as Galileo, has a powerful, expressive voice, but he seems to have trouble remembering his lines. Some of his slips and stammers fit in with the image of an absent-minded...
...this is Tom Yellin," he yelled into the phone, "and I'm calling from the Hudson Terrace Tavern, and we just beat Penn and Columbia, which is pretty unreal...
...fairly unreal as it turned out. Favorite Penn came in a dismal third while Harvard edged Columbia by two strokes, 376-378, to assume a commanding position in the Ivy League...
...like 'The King of Hearts,'" she said. "It's so unreal...