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...Sara, Alterman emanated a passionate and intimidating ferocity that, at times, verged on psychosis. While her yelling quickly became old, she effectively portrayed her character??s inner rage. Alterman’s performance was touching and powerful not because of how loud she could be, but because of the means by which she built tension between Sara and the audience. Alterman effectively revealed Sara’s cursing and screaming as an attempt to cope with her rape by a classmate ten years ago, and led us to understand how a minor character in one of Sara?...
...Clint Eastwood look-alike in aviators parked Cook’s character??s silver convertible. Cameramen fiddled with wires, and producers gave the actors high-fives...
...opening of the show, which moves from a lip-synch of Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” to a classical piece that plays under the prologue. In the same vein, self-parodying gags like the announcement of each character??s entrance in the final scene with a spotlight, a theme song, and a pose are wonderfully funny—especially because they play off the tone and conventions of the era’s plays...
Malik shone in drag as Dagmar, a stock “witch next door” character who brews a bubbling cauldron and cackles frequently. As Malik sang about his character??s “notion for a potion,” three giggling spirits floated around him, playing up the classic witch’s den scene repeatedly and effectively...
...last Friday’s Crimson, the names of two letter writers were accidentally switched due to a production error. The letter “No Grounds to Question Duke Lacrosse Players’ Character?? attributed to Leah M. Littman and Tracy E. Nowski was actually written by Joshua A. Barro and the letter “Portrayal of Rape Ignores Statistics and Misses Nuance” attributed to Joshua A. Barro was actually written by Leah M. Litman and Tracy E. Nowski. The letters with their correct authors are reprinted below. The Crimson apologizes to the letter...