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Such careful hedging will be less necessary now that Bill Clinton has won. It is telling that Hillary seems to have mastered the lessons of accommodation just as meticulously as any law school text. As the campaign unfolded, she was able to lower her public profile even as her private influence grew. She did not wield power for its own sake, but rather intervened as needed, fixing speeches, poking holes in arguments, warning the Governor of his foes and rewarding his friends. She was the candidate's most pointed critic, arguing that he was too passive in the first debate...
...Smurfs, it turns out, were included in the text of the Children's Television Act as an example of a television show that demonstrates "pro-social behavior," which presumably means tolerance for those of other size and skin color...
Dealing with "blahness" and "meaninglessness" may not inspire some readers. The Buchanan passages do get weighty towards the end, especially when the narrative switches from rich texture to the beat of a bad text-book...
Director David Petrarca is meticulously attentive to the strengths of both the text and the actors. The scene between Bessie and Hank on a warm Florida night and the one between Hank, his mother, and his psychiatrist at the mental institution, are beautifully staged. Petrarca directed the world premiere of Marvin's Room in 1991 at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, where he is currently resident director, and then continued with the show to the Hartford Stage Company, Playwrights Horizons, off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington...
...show is held together by Alexandre Schnieders' portrayal of Doctor Stockmann. His acting, although often simplistic, is so ebullient and frenetic that the audience is held rapt. The Doctor, who can appear a distant and unsympathetic character on reading Ibsen's text, becomes more appealing through Schneider's warm performance...