Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...haunting orchestral score, composed by Andrew Hopson, was also been added to the production, and effectively complemented the action. The set, featuring a background of metal scaffolds, similarly emphasized the bleak moral and political situation of the play. In this production's most overt addition to the text, a series of disturbing images, both modern and ancient, were projected across the stage, to demonstrate that societal ills are certainly not restricted to Corionlanus' time. This attempt to broaden the context of the play seemed too labored and obvious, and was less effective than the more subtle innovations...
...best we could given our statistical background and the resources available to us. We did not hold a plethora of information at our disposal. If we wanted to do a report at all, we had to use house facebooks; nothing else is open to student perusal. Obviously, it is difficult to classify a student's race based on a photograph. I openly acknowledge that to do so, one has to use stereotpyes to a certain extent. I openly acknowledge that there is error in our report; it would be unrealistic of me not to. In an effort to minimize error...
...interview offers a bit of biographical background. Gorey is a Harvard graduate, class of 1950. His major in French sparked a lifelong interest in literature, but overall he characterizes his years here as a time when he was "singularly lacking in any ambition or sense...
...judge other artists, because he is a master artist himself. Wilkin offers a thorough explanation of the depth of Gorey's artistry, emphasizing "a sense of the artist's ferocious concentration on each stroke of the pen." Her homage is utterly convincing: every Gorey picture draws upon a rich background of visual references, ranging from Japanese prints to surrealist painters. Wilkin correctly argues that "Gorey's dialogue with other art, like his dialogue with literary traditions, is simply evidence of his wide-ranging knowledge and sophisticated grasp of the discipline...
...People don't know all that much background about it," Hopkins said...