Word: horror
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...ISHIGURO Something is wrong at Hailsham, the very exclusive English boarding school that Kathy H. attends. The students there seem to have no parents, their teachers are wary of them, and they cannot leave the grounds. (You can catch echoes of a dark, inverted Harry Potter.) Part science fiction--horror, part existential waltz, Never Let Me Go is a gripping story about ordinary people trying to wring some joy out of life before it's too late--and for Kathy and her friends, it has always been too late...
...Still, despite the horror of flames, torn flesh and twisted wreckage staining busy streets, the day was not without marvel. Thursday morning witnessed the realization of one of those rare, wistful hopes every Westerner in the country holds deep within them - that hostages, trussed and secreted away in some anonymous hide, could be surprised by soldiers from home bursting in through the door and telling them it?s going to be okay. In a house somewhere in the city?s west, three devout aid workers from a faith-based outfit known as the Christian Peacemakers Teams - Canadians Harmeet Sooden...
...whose eight Tony Awards garner far less attention. This season, it embarks on a national tour, and its first stop is Boston’s Colonial Theater on 106 Boylston Street. When I saw this show in New York, it boasted Tim Curry (“Rocky Horror Picture Show”) as King Arthur, Hank Azaria (“The Simpsons”) as the bloodthirsty Sir Lancelot, and the Broadway superstar Sara Ramirez as the Lady of the Lake. I dare not go over all of the classic routines from the movie which have been adapted into film...
Towne’s screenplay matches perfectly with the subtle horror touches of Roman Polanski’s direction (until then best known for “Rosemary’s Baby”) to hold the viewers rapt through a strange plot involving water, money, murder, and incest...
...tries to figure out whether her 13th birthday present from her father (Daniel J. Rinehart ’09), which is covered in a bulky patchwork quilt, is in fact alive or dead. Godina displayed an intense wide-eyed innocence that skillfully avoided caricature. Somehow, the horror of contemplating whether or not Lisa’s sister is dead, and whether her father killed her, did not spoil the tenderness and light-heartedness present in the rest of the show.The pinnacle of absurdity—and I mean that in the best possible way—was the show?...