Word: pompous
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...this new rendition, Candide, played by Patrick W. Hosfield ’05, is an extra who is in love with the movie star Cundegonde (Lara M. Hirner ’05-’06), much to the disapproval of Cundegonde’s pompous brother, Maximillian (Ben R. Eisler ’08) who is himself in love with someone not of his “sphere,” Pacquette (Alli C. Smith ’06). Over a long period of time, Candide keeps meeting Cundegonde (who ends up as a cabaret dancer after deciding...
...this new rendition, Candide, played by Patrick W. Hosfield ’05, is an extra who is in love with the movie star Cundegonde (Lara M. Hirner ’05-’06), much to the disapproval of Cundegonde’s pompous brother, Maximillian (Ben R. Eisler ’08) who is himself in love with someone not of his “sphere,” Pacquette (Alli C. Smith ’06). Over a long period of time, Candide keeps meeting Cundegonde (who ends up as a cabaret dancer after deciding...
Another star on the rise was Malone. The able Malone delivers an energetic portrayal of the pompous young politician, Mr. Willy, despite hardly ever exiting the stage. The English born actor enters the stage with a gusto and zeal for theatrics, adding a needed edge to the appearance of a cast full of untrained passionate performers. The role that supporting characters like a nosy old waiter (Alex N. Chase-Levenson ’08), a provocatively funny nurse (Jamie Renee Smith ’08), and a suspicious hotel manager who possesses an ability to walk into a guest?...
...usual power-hungry philistine but a sensitive, level-headed decision maker. The director (Harris Yulin, as a veiled John Huston) has to spout some of Miller's windiest metaphors, but his gruff philosophizing is dead serious. The only real figures of ridicule are the pompous husband-and-wife acting coaches (modeled on Lee and Paula Strasberg) who hold Kitty in their sway. But even those caricatures (entertainingly acted by Stephen Lang and Linda Lavin) seem to grow out of Miller's genuine animosity, not plucked from a shelf of prefab Hollywood clich?...
...offensive: Kynston can’t be a man again until he sleeps with a woman, and there are repeated jokes about how one partner in a same-sex relationship must always play the woman. Even the lovable Rupert Everett, hamming it up in the role of the pompous but strikingly enlightened King Charles II, couldn’t redeem the film though, it should be noted, the second aforementioned sex scene involved him, a girl who looked to be about 12 and a dozen dogs on a royal mattress...