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Gesturing wildly in the air, a logician concludes that Socrates was in fact a cat while a townsperson-turned-rhinoceros roams the village. The Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) production of absurdist playwright Eugène Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros” shines when presenting such over-the-top antics; but true victory lies in its profound and stirring interpretation of the work’s dark underlying themes...

Author: By Natasha M. Platt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Burkle’s Strong Direction Carries | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...Another townsperson won over by canine charm is Gloria Dump, (Cicely Tyson) the town eccentric who “sees better with her heart than her eyes.” She inhabits a house in the backfields filled with oddities such as a massive tree decorated with whiskey bottles from her younger days. Her too-obvious name, describing her flyaway hair and mismatched rags, makes for another trite attempt at cleverness by the writers of a banal movie...

Author: By Julie Y. Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Because of Winn-Dixie Review | 2/18/2005 | See Source »

...Another townsperson won over by canine charm is Gloria Dump, (Cicely Tyson) the town eccentric who “sees better with her heart than her eyes.” She inhabits a house in the backfields filled with oddities such as a massive tree decorated with whiskey bottles from her younger days. Her too-obvious name, describing her flyaway hair and mismatched rags, makes for another trite attempt at cleverness by the writers of a banal movie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO HEADLINE | 2/18/2005 | See Source »

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