Word: bleakness
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Great plays are not always easy to sit through. Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh runs nearly 4 1/2 hours, has a garrulous first act that could try the patience of saints, and hammers home its point about "pipe dreams"--the illusions that prevent people from facing the bleak realities of their lives--so many times that you might want to take a lead pipe to the author. Yet at least once a generation, theatergoers deserve a chance to immerse themselves in this oceanic masterpiece. This time it's an inspired...
...Unfortunately for governments and organized crime outlets everywhere, her future as a murderer appears bleak. "I thought about [becoming an assassin professionally]. But I just switched concentrations, so I don't have the time," she complains. So next year will be Hepps' final chance to prove her knack for going in for the kill. Pity the soul that gets in her way. "Anybody who plays Hillel next year better watch out," she says. "I don't get killed...
...Albarn's breakup with his longtime girlfriend, Justine Frischmann of the group Elastica. "It's over--I knew it would end this way," go the lyrics of one song, the bruised ballad No Distance Left to Run. This album's vision is clouded by pain. The future usually looks bleak after a breakup...
Even big oil companies are worried about a bleak pricing future, one reason they are merging. British Petroleum and Amoco recently united, hoping to save more than $2 billion annually, with a reduction of 6,000 workers. The new Exxon/Mobil combination is expected to save about $2.8 billion, with 9,000 jobs eliminated. Conoco, Texaco and Chevron are also expected to reduce staff...
...served 38 years in Louisiana prisons on a life sentence for murder. "The award would be nice, but it won't change my life one iota. I will still walk down to the chow hall afterwards for my beans and rice." The Farm examines the bleak struggle of six convicts lost in a living graveyard where few ever get out. Rideau, who taught himself to read and write while on death row for 11 years, kept his story out of the film because, he explains, "it's the only way to get credibility--people listen to you better...