Word: javert
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...feminist themes. Dolores (Kathy Bates) in some ways resembles the heroine of a gaslit theatrical enterprise of the 19th century. She is haunted by an ancient crime, stands falsely accused of a new one and is bedeviled by a policeman (Christopher Plummer) who could give Les Miserables' Inspector Javert lessons in sneering implacability...
...admit that I was pretty disappointed when Javert from "Les Miserables" jumped to his death before he could bump off that irritating fruit, Jean Vajean. And I always wished that the Von Trapp family could have come to a more, say, creative, end. I also have to admit that I really liked "Galaxy...
...characters themselves. Gerrard's obsessive desire to bring in Kimble is epitomized in one confrontational scene staged over a rushing waterfall. Upon Kimble's protest that he was innocent, Gerard replies, "I don't care." When I saw this movie, I instantly drew analogies to Jean Valfean and Javert from the musical "Les Miserables"--except without the singing...
AFTER he has lived with the now-grown Cosette (Tamara Jenkins) for some time, Valjean realizes he is devoted to her, and the focal point of his life becomes taking care of his beloved "daughter." However, he must also run from Javert (Herndon Lackey), his relentless parole officer...
Four years of development followed, during which the show raised its total of credited writers to seven, among them Herbert Kreztmer, who translated the lyrics, and Co-Directors Trevor Nunn and John Caird, who asked for five new character songs -- several of which, notably Javert's meditational Stars and Marius' farewell to his slain companions, Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, became showstoppers. Nunn and Caird reconceived the staging, using one huge revolving turntable inside another -- on which sets come and go and characters move from one scene into the next -- to achieve a fluid, cinematic style. Also involved from...