Word: warming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when we're all experiencing the same gorgeous fall day, we're all starting from the same place. There is something gratifying in the communal appreciation of a great day, the collective distaste for a nasty one and the shared experience of the singular atmosphere created by a light, warm rain...
...defense. The best weather around is the kind that's on its way out, the kind you know you're going to miss. The perfect fall day, smelling like leaves and demanding a sweater, never fails to do it for me, and I'll take the first warm breezy days of spring over a thousand days of southern California sunshine. Actually, I don't want a thousand days of any weather, which is what's particularly great about fall and spring. There are places where it's summer all the time, and places where it's winter all the time...
This is not to say that I don't spend many a dark cold Massachusetts day longing for summer in southern California, spring break in Florida, and intersessions in Cancun. I am perfectly willing to believe that people are genuinely happier and more relaxed in warm, sunny climates. But then I think of the first days after spring break, and it's finally nice outside, and everyone is so happy. What's more, as a friend remarked to me last spring, "everyone is so hot," with their souvenir tans and the sunshine on their short-sleeved arms. Would we appreciate...
...just stop with the Stanford envy, and try to appreciate the unusual loveliness of the nothing-if-not-variable New England weather. Maybe I'm being ridiculously optimistic, but how can I help it? It's such a nice, warm, fragrant fall...
...show is slightly redeemed by the solid performance of certain individuals in combination with the greatness of Anything Goes itself. While Moony's (played by Ken Herrera '03) Brooklyn accent takes a while to warm up, and while his character's jokes don't always come off quite right, he's got a lot of energy and heart, and it shows. Same for Jennifer Glick '00 (Hope Harcourt)--she starts out a little too plasticky for her character but warms to the task, and eventually shines during the jail scene. In Jac Huberman '01, the performance of Bonnie is made...