Word: weirdness
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...creatures are powerful ones, with powerful lessons to teach those who would presume to educate them. It's humanism at its most Panglossian. But Michael Apted, who has directed vigorous woodland women before (Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner's Daughter, Weaver in Gorillas in the Mist), focuses on the weird wonder of Foster. Of course her portrayal is a stunt; of course the viewer is aware of the distance between the actress and her role. Yet she undercuts cliche with a fearless, fierce, beautifully attuned performance...
...seems like it's going to take too much time, and it's effort," says Lorelei J. Grunwaldt '97. "It's weird...it seems like it's so far away, but it's minutes away...
...whole premise of a curse that forces one to be "naughty" is Britishly weird, and as the driving dramatic element of the plot is inadequate. The second act, set in the castle of Ruddigore with the ninny Ruthven assuming the role of evil baronet, is humorous at first; the effect of the spooky forbears of Ruthven stepping out of their portraits is cool for a while. But when the spirits all start convincing Ruthven to be "bad," it just gets inane and silly. The conversion of Despard and Margaret from the morally loose characters of the first act to puritanical...
...religion 50 years ago was thought of as a very weird thing in a country across the ocean," said Fine, who is Jewish. "If it isn't an issue of ideology, [Epps] would have come out two years ago and said no [to Hrnicek's organization...
...this time in the collegiate basketball season is pretty darn mad. Teams across the country play weird teams like Athletes in Action and Marathon Oil and travel to Alaska or Maui for strange tournaments--all to get ready for the season...