Word: everydayness
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...they themselves would not be observed in turn--if not by the actors themselves, then at least by the characters they were meant to represent. It is an almost God-like position to be in. And in this position, rather than passing judgment on characters as we might in everyday life, we often find ourselves more accepting of other people's faults. Characters whom we might find repulsive were we to meet them on the street--Chekov's Trigorin or Mamet's Don in American Buffalo--take on a surprising pathos in the theater. Much of this is undoubtedly...
...does this relate to the issue of house lights? In my mind, one of the great shortcomings of theater--at least as a moral force--is that the sympathy we extend to characters while we are part of an audience rarely carries over into our everyday lives. The darkness of a theater may allow us to feel compassion for a Trigorin or a Don on stage, but when daylight returns and we meet similar people in our lives we revert back to judgment and condemnation. We have to. We are no longer unobservable. We exist, and so long...
...Shorey can no longer work in the office as he did last year. He used to work three days a week distributing the paper to vendors, but needed to take a leave of absence, as he now sees a doctor almost everyday. Along with selling papers all day long, Shorey is battling a form of cancer...
Adding a new degree program is not an everyday occurrence at KSG, according to Carol J. Finney, program director of the MPA/ID degree program...
...People have tried this here, too," he said. "They might succeed and they might not. Unfortunately, this is part of everyday life. People are persistent...