Word: villainizing
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...course is introduced into the piece in the approved romantic stlye) with all the blind fear of the hunted. And with admirable logic, A. J. is finally betrayed, not through any fear of his but by a "woman acorned". Raffles on the stage is no less lovable a villain than he was in "The Amateur Cracksman", and his impudent assurance in all manner of tight places gains tremendously from that vividness which is the hallmark of the stage. For suspense without horror and comedy of innuendo, the Playgoer advocates "Raffles...
...Rash villain, this night you will...
...Kister's "Flats and Mansions" seems directly influenced by the much discussed and probably overrated "Lifiom". The hero, who, though an Irishman, is not a villain, goes to Heaven and completes a terrestrial romance with the soda-fountain lady of his dreams. Such is the plot, by far the least interesting part of the story. Much more important is a poetic, and even mystic, conception of great magnitude; every man's Heaven is a reflection of his Earth. Thus, Lorenzo the Magnificent beholds the dwelling of God as a vast, shining palace; the Egyptian slave beholds it as a sanctuary...
...Mountain", by Julio Sanchez Gardel, is a three act drama of the Argentine of 50 years ago. Not only has it never before been produced in this country, but it is the first Argentine play that has ever been given in America. The leading role, that of the arch-villain, Don Todeo, will be taken by J. J. Collier '23. Leon, his son, will be played by Burke Boyce '22, and Juan de Dios by B. K. Little...
...effects of their presence on football are immediate and profound. Form there on it is a story of one gridiron success after another, with an interlude caused by the war, until finally the team comes against Harvard in 1920. There is the semblance of a plot with a real villain and there is also a little love interest...