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That success was in large part due to the consistency of Bridget's character and voice. Whether Bridget is a postfeminist heroine or an antifeminist throwback seems secondary to that fact. At first glance merely flighty and airy, the actual brilliance of that comic voice can be seen by the...
It's true that The Edge of Reason is not going to convert any non-Bridget fans with its self-indulgent length (352 pages? How does a busy woman like Bridget find time to write almost a page a day?). And even fans will notice that the plots of the...
Her counterpart, Dan Cozzens '03 as Gary, is more reserved. In the dress rehearsal the reviewer saw, Cozzens occasionally stumbled over his lines, but because it befits the adolescent awkwardness he wisely brings to his character, it almost doesn't matter. Gary could have been precociously sensitive, but Cozzens takes...
Although the seriousness of the script sometimes requires long, intellectual exchanges between Gary and Juliet, the emotionalism of several supporting actors refreshes the stage at key moments. Daniel Berwick '01, who directed last semester's Jesus Christ Superstar, is well cast as Gary's angry father. His deep voice and...
Tegan Shohet '01 has the curious role of Mrs. Walker, a wise and vaguely omniscient old woman who Gary visits nightly. Although her character is not bound to the plot with hoops of steel, she gets to play the always-welcome role of explainer, which she does with maturity and...