Word: whining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their lines to create characters in 3-D. Sven Krogius brings a bizarre array of mannerisms to the pivotal Judge Brack, the only personality stronger than Hedda's, and the only one who can wrest the plot out of her control. Tall and gaunt, Krogius speaks in a sneering whine and lopes through the generally imaginative blocking with enthusiasm. His malevolence becomes the production's dominant force, which unbalances things but at least raises the excitement level...
...serious themes, director James Pentecost creates an array of comic types rather than individuals. Lenny, for example, try convince us that she is old and that life is passing her by, repeatedly draws out each of her lines, but the result seems more like a six-year-old whining. Pentecost also tries to make Babe appear naively infantile. But what emerges instead is simply a ridiculous airhead who becomes not only unconvincing but predictable. By Act III, as we wait for Lenny to whine and Babe to act spacy, the play loses its initial spontaneity...
...jarring note was the loud whine of a smoke-alarm klaxon, which briefly startled the crew. Because a fire or any outpouring of gas in Challenger's confined atmosphere would have lethal potential, the shuttle has seven fire extinguishers primed for instant use. However, a quick check showed that the alarm was set off by a sensor in the cargo area's aft bay No. 1 that had a history of being supersensitive, like a home smoke detector that goes off at the merest cigarette puff. Other sensors on Challenger's control panel were normal...
...many interesting things about lasting so long in this business is that you can sit and listen to the government whine about living with the conditions imposed by the conquerer, and, at the same time, remember how the same government laid down its arms and rolled over feigning dead when the lines of battle were drawn. There is a lot of chutzpah in Cambridge...
...many interesting things about lasting so long in this business is that you can sit and listen to the government whine about living with the conditions imposed by the conquerer, and, at the same time, remember how the same government laid down its arms and rolled over feigning dead when the lines of battle were drawn. There is a lot of chutzpah in Cambridge...