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...maturity sorely lacking in the other characters.Hill nearly steals the show as Old Mahon, the father of Christy who embodies the sense of undying paternalism in the show. In that role, Hill brings his character to life as a ghostly, tattered figure who is believable both as the villain and the victim he is made out to be. Most importantly, Hill’s sardonic manner as the coarse and lecherous old man provides the show with its principal source of comedy. The other source of that comedy stems from Liam R. Martin ’06, another Mainstage veteran...
...tighter than the Mona Lisa's smile at the Muse du Louvre in Paris, where location filming was allowed only after closing hours. Ongoing complaints by the Vatican and Opus Dei have only stoked the publicity fires, while a (much) smaller group supporting albino rights blanched at the villain's complexion. Sony has held no screenings for movie critics yet, which is not usually a good sign. But controversy sells, so maybe it won't need signs. -By Jeffrey Ressner...
...Even Opal, the novel’s richest character—a type-A high school senior who reveals early on that Harvard admission has been her destiny “since birth”—sometimes comes across more like the villain in an unreasonable and terrifying nightmare than an actual person...
...character seems cut out of cardboard (something especially evident when a burly Scotland Yard cop hilariously bullies Barker with the prospect of preventing him from teaching his “precious physical training classes” and when the criminal mastermind maniacally blathers like the worst sort of Bond villain). Still, Thomas maintains a brisk pace, and the read is quick and often...
...known as ignudi. Michelangelo studied the anatomy of the male torso intensively. It's no secret that he was attracted to men, but he also used rippling muscles and contorted postures to express emotion, drama, suffering and even deep religious feeling. In the red chalk studies for Bible villain Haman, for example, the figure is seen side-on, his body twisted toward us, his crucified arms in extreme perspective. His despairing figure is reduced to fragments: the first drawing concentrates on his torso and legs and his strained posture. On the next sheet are his arms and upper torso...