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...seen how closely the script mirrors the book (Wright had significant modifications made to the original screenplay adaptation by Christopher Hampton), but if “Pride and Prejudice” is any indicator, any departures that Wright makes will not be in plot detail, but in mood. Though devoted readers want a mirror image of the novel they know, that’s not always the goal of the director. Wright’s “Pride and Prejudice” was a failure for me, but for many other, more open-minded viewers he invigorated a worn...
...capitalize on his popularity, added urgency to fund-raising efforts, but were abandoned as Labour's ratings plunged. The fallout damaged Brown badly. "The root of our problems is the dithering over whether to hold an election," says a former government adviser. "Politics can be shaped by a collective mood which shifts. You suddenly had a confident Tory leader against a Labour leader who ran scared...
Brown is straining to shift the collective mood back in his favor, promising better cancer care for Britons and even attempting to turn around his party-funding embarrassment by proposing a fresh look at the rules that govern it. His own supporters are gloomy, recalling another Prime Minister who inherited the remains of an electoral term from his predecessor. "The danger for Brown is that this will start to be like [John] Major's government, buffeted by things happening to it, in permanent reactive mode, trying to micromanage each response to each incident, occasionally relaunching, and never really able...
...play, Elizabeth tried to win David to her side, telling him that unlike Chris, the two of them are “old inside.” Moments like this one, where the script was too self-consciously trying for depth, fell flat, puncturing the light-hearted, quick-moving mood of the play...
...evening began with a light, carefree mood, thanks to the “Overture to the Great Gatsby” by John H. Harbison ’60. The piece’s jaunty clarinet, saxophone, and piano parts deftly conveyed the cool, foot-tapping breeziness of 1920s ragtime. Its dark, clashing passages poignantly evoked the troubles of Gatsby’s life, as did the lively, often frantic melodies that suggested Gatsby’s extravagant dance parties...