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...familiar tale of random violence turned into something far more gothic. Even people without the faintest interest in the crystalline world of figure skating could not help marveling at the spectacle. Did the scrappy girl from the trailer parks, who has climbed so high and suffered so much, possibly plot to destroy her rival? Or did her violently jealous husband assemble a gang of goons to act without her knowledge but on her behalf?...And if Tonya Harding turns out to be innocent, how searing must it be that more than a few people could imagine her guilt?...Tonya Harding...
...police put an alleged accomplice, Mohammad Afzal, in front of television cameras, where he admitted helping the terrorists reach New Delhi from India-controlled Kashmir. New Delhi announced it was fully satisfied that Pakistan was behind the plot, though evidence was scant. In Islamabad the expected hot denials had an unmistakable timbre of truth. In the wake of Sept. 11, such an assault on India was probably the worst thing that could happen to Musharraf & Co. The general turned President condemned the attack. But it hardly mattered what Musharraf said. India already realized that the attack on Parliament, though similar...
...eccentricities of Milo Addica and Will Rokos' plot make the film seem like a bizarre sitcom pilot (racist guy with a black lady friend saddles his racist dad with a black roommate). But the cast is uniformly superb, and Marc Forster's attentive direction gives proper weight to each perplexing emotion. Strip away the strident melodrama, and you have this season's moodiest, most adult love story...
...With a plot this outlandish, Loomis could quickly grow exasperating and tiresome. Yet writer-directors Daniel Chun ’02 and Jeremy Bronson ’02 have succeeded in infusing the script with enough charming absurdity that it remains fresh even as it veers towards utter inanity. Though a few of the gags eventually get stale, the comically expert cast keeps things suitably buoyant as the show nears its conclusion. Particularly hilarious are Thomas Odell ’04 as Whale (and in a smaller role as Mr. Pemberton), Brendan Demay ’02 as the title...
While the plot feels haphazardly-constructed through the first three-quarters of the play, the climactic spelling bee scene tops things off with a Tonya Harding-inspired bit of parody. Initially ruthless in his bid for the championship trophy, Darryl ascends to the next ethical plateau as a result of his burgeoning relationship with Linda (the wonderfully straight-faced Anna Walters ’05). The play concludes with a sharp-witted send-up of formulaic sports flicks like The Mighty Ducks...