Word: scripting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...script, written by Chuck Pfarrer, is tailor-made for Van Damme. Set in New Orleans its hero is Chance Boudreaux, a Cajun longshore worker in need of cash...
That's the secret, really. Don't write out "TIME!!!" in inch-high scrawl--it only brings out the sadist in us. Write on both sides of the page--single bluebook finals look like less work to grade, and win points. THis chic, shaded calligraphic script so many are affecting lately is handsome, and is probably worth a good extra five points if you can hack it. But above all, keep us entertained. Keep us awake. Be bold, be personal, be witty, be chock full of facts. I'm sure you can do it all without studying...
...script of "What the Butler Saw" is a sad comedy from 1969 that has very little to do with today's society. The story is about a psychiatrist named Dr. Prentice who tries to seduce the woman he is interviewing for the job of secretary. When his wife walks in on them, he lies to prevent a scandal. The first lie leads to more lies, which mushroom into insanity as a hotel bellboy, a government psychiatrist and a police sergeant enter the scene. Characters reverse gender and assume disguises in an attempt to create humor...
Instead of being humorous, though, the play simply rolls on with repeated laughs that aren't funny the fifth time. The play is loaded with Freudian humor and innuendo that should only be taken in small doses. Although the actors' performances are better than the script merits, the troupe seemed to have lost the enthusiasm it had when it performed "Baby With the Bathwater" just a few weeks...
Unfortunately, that was one of the few shining moments of the play. "What the Butler Saw" is a disappointing end to Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theater's season. After most of the summer the skilled actors in the troupe were no match for a tired script and an equally tired director. Luckily for us, school is on the way and we can look forward to something, anything, else...