Word: villainously
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Packer divides the character of the evil, hunchbacked Richard into separate roles played by three different actors (Paul Monteleoni '01, Marisa Echeverria '00 and Henry Clarke) in a skillful but rather conspicuous, representation of the central villain as a piecewise amalgamation of three distinct personalities. Although one should be suspicious of any theatrical performance that is compelled to provide a verbose description and justification of the director's interpretation in the program, Packer relies more on the performance than the program to present her concept of the three Richards convincingly...
...just to the trilogy of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, but also to his first features, THX 1138 and American Graffiti. It has the gifted, driven misfit; the young woman above his station but not beyond his dreams; the mystic guide, the imposing villain, the comic sidekick. Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, the evil Emperor and Darth Vader are here--all of them 30 years younger, some barely recognizable. There are lots of battles and a cool drag race. It's a George Lucas movie...
...Ulrich Noethen's sensitivity and well-timed moments of seriousness. The initial reticent demeanor of Robert (Ben Becker), the stout blond baritone, belies his generous spirit. Even Bootz, the surly anti-Semitic pianist, is ambiguous; his character demands to be examined before he can be classified as a villain...
...image in the good times, the deeper the grave they dig in the bad. Sports media works in black and white--you win or you lose; you're quiet and hard-working or you're disruptive and lazy; you're Jordan or you're Iverson, hero or villain...
...image in the good times, the deeper the grave they dig in the bad. Sports media works in black and white--you win or you lose; you're quiet and hard-working or you're disruptive and lazy; you're Jordan or you're Iverson, hero or villain...