Word: marmoreal
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...childhood priest may have been right about another sex-related ailment. The American Academy of Ophthalmology says that the wildly popular potency pill may cause "retinal dysfunction and affect the way we see for a number of hours" -- including giving the world a "bluish tinge," spokesman Dr. Michael F. Marmor said in a statement Monday...
Director Angels Delichatsios stays true to the playwright's original time period and location without denying the modern-day American implications inherent in the piece. For instance, Jimmy (James McPartland) and Cliff (David Marmor) slouch front and center in easy chairs for most of the performance like Beavis and Butthead precursors, flipping through newspapers as if they were television channels...
Jimmy's counterpart Cliff is a stoic, but Marmor takes this impertubability too far. Cliff may be a "noman's land" between Jimmy and Alison, but he is also clever, and Marmor sometimes allows humorous lines to go by without giving them the wit they deserve...
...minor inconsistency that can be distracting to the audience is the use of English accents. For the first part of the play, McPartland and Marmor do not speak like Brits while Normand does. This is tolerable. Normand's accent suggests Alison's privileged upbringing, and the fact that Robe (as someone from a similar background) also speaks with a slight accent supports this. But the two women are unable to sustain their accents throughout, and the arrival of Alison's American-sounding father (Will Slaughter) on the scene confuses things...
...David Marmor, as the stellar editor of the Liberal Press, and Ishir Bahn, as his trusty sidekick, the chair of the homeowners' council, have sophisticated acting styles, but crude parts. They shout and wave their arms a lot in an effective rendition of two almost slapstick characters. Amory Downes as Mrs. Stockmann and Michelle Sullivan as her daughter perform competently...