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...which “Five Finger Exercise” centers around—of her daughter’s tutor Walter (Noah J. Madoff ’12). “No,” he replies, “No, I don’t.” Walter??s acceptance of the melodramatic could be a motto for this production of the play, which emphasizes the satirical, over-the-top aspects of Peter Shaffer’s script while still finding room for more philosophical segments...
...This isn’t a family,” Clive declares in one of the play’s more melodramatic moments, “it’s a tribe of wild cannibals. We eat everything we can.” The arrival of Walter??a young German tutor who embodies the tormented intellectual that Clive aspires to be and the cultivated manner Louise values so highly—urges the familial culture war to new heights...
...Walter??s unwitting participation in the family’s tangled romantic web provides narrative thrust, but the true purpose of the play is to investigate the dialectic between art and work, between high culture and low, as well as the challenges and responsibilities of family...
...filled in some of the character background the show so desperately needed.This is not to say that “Breaking Bad” is without any charms. The unique setting of Albuquerque, New Mexico adds regional flavor to the show. I’m also inordinately fond of Walter??s cerebral-palsy afflicted son, Walter, Jr., who’s played without a hint of maudlin sentiment by the excellent RJ Mitte. Anna Gunn does the best she can with the role of Walter??s meddling wife Skyler, but her part needs to be toned...
...saving himself, saving the people he hates, and escaping the duplicitous world of sports betting. Since I am a sports fan, the many, many scenes of high-stakes college football in this movie should have enthralled me. Since I am a lover of drama, the convoluted love triangle between Walter??s wife, Toni (Rene Russo), Brandon, and Walter should have kept me on the edge of my seat or at least, interested. And yet, more often than not, I found myself checking my watch. The weird sexual subplot between youthful Brandon Lane and middle-aged Toni Abraham...