Word: set-up
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...them, responding with exclamations and applause at all the right moments. And, as with Hall, some of his poems verge on comedy; a real crowd-pleaser on Tuesday was "The Deconstruction of Emily Dickinson," in which the poet imagines telling off a pompous, Derridaspouting professor. It's a clear set-up with an easy pay-off; Kinnell even put on an odious voice when reading the professor's lines, making sure that we knew with whom we were to sympathize. Here, too, the influence of the poetry reading is evident; this poem is meant to be read, or more accurately...
...Crimson attack was the superb senior trio of Konik, Tommy Holmes and Kirk Nielsen. Konik proved worthy of the "C" on his jersey as he was leading the team in every respect. When he was not scoring himself (nine goals), Harvard's 100th captain was the key set-up man with a team-high 12 assists...
Wilson described Radcliffe's current set-up as "a set of very successful but disparate programs...
...thought this was some kind of sorority," says Mike, completely baffled by the set-up he has stumbled upon. To be fair, the recovery center is a type of sorority, though the coterie includes one man. The females each represent some stereotype about women. The earthy Ruby (B.U. student Jan Potier) does a marvelous job of conveying her sexual appetite. Lisa (Kate Fletcher '99) is a meek girl who constantly vomits because of side effects from her prescriptions. Heather (Claire Schwab '99) is a Polyanna in charge of these spoiled brats, even though her character is just as clueless...
Performed in the Quincy House Dining Hall, the play attempts to make the most of the small space. Three separate stages are placed at the vertices of a triangular formation, with the audiences on the rim of the triangle. While this set-up may have been the best utilization of space under the circumstances, the audience is left praying for more use of the center open stage as relief for necks sore from craning to see the surrounding side platforms. And speaking of sore body parts, the agonizingly long three-hour play does nothing to add to the comfort...