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...range to include perverse bloodlust as Orestes, though Carla M. Borras ’05 re-deploys her penchant for the shrill as his sister Elektra. In fact, Borras strikes an incredibly emotional chord in addressing, in her Yorick-style, the head of her slain stepfather; however, despite her wit elsewhere, Borras really could ratchet down the decibel level and spread her laudable energy a little more thinly...
...guises and certainly expects it from magazines such as the Lampoon, Swift, and Satire V. We gladly add The Crimson to this list, as we especially Cheer-ed® for the Editorial Board’s admirable facility for rhyming and its sparkling display of Voltairic wit...
Cottle's essay was absolutely delightful. While I am neither a strong environmentalist nor pregnant, I was genuinely impressed by her gracious mix of humor and wit as she addressed a subject that has proved to be a true political lightning rod in our country...
...thought differently. Their show inarguably takes a substantial risk in concerning itself with the gritty happenings of an end-of-life care facility, including, by its end, two deaths. Yet even in such a setting the writers, cast, and crew manage to treat these events with an uncommon grace, wit, and energy, yielding an incredibly original, remarkably touching, and funny production. As a stereotypically grumpy old man, Mr. Horace Plumb is remarkable for his unusually biting sense of humor. In fact, towards the beginning of the play, Duncan, the hospice’s awkward and idealistic young social director, good...
...occasional high intellectual in-joke: “Les autres, are, after all, hell—unless they are fucking you on your desk,” she says, describing the relationship between a philosophy major undergrad and her Sartre-loving TA. These are moments of sharp observation, even wit. But on the whole the book ends up being as flavorless as the vodka-and-soda Chloe so frequently ingests...