But within the class, the noisy action — all shade and byplay — is too often superficial.
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That this harsh worldview arises from such hilariously vituperative byplay makes "Our Lady" difficult to corral.
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They were also appealing in their byplay, presumably guided by the revival stage director, Gregory Keller.
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The exchange was skewered online, though it was the kind of byplay that, off-camera, is typical in interviews.
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This stereotype has rationalized sexual abuse as culturally-sanctioned byplay between male predators of all races and black female victims.
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But the music is no dirge; it's a sly, New Orleans-tinged mambo full of improvisational byplay, a swinging life force.
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As humorists, Mr. Martin and Mr. Gilbert were both a bit heavy-handed in their byplay, but as musicians they were impeccable.
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Most concert opera productions these days include a touch of staging, and the singers here engaged in occasional byplay, with a gesture or a caress.
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His serial use of social media to engage in sexual byplay with women — apparently without actually having sex with them — turned him into a national joke.
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More broadly, he "did not like politicians and felt uncomfortable with the normal byplay of political compromise" — and he was a downer for a country whose spirits needed lifting.
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And there is plenty of good-natured showbiz byplay, much of it provided by the showboat's eager-beaver dance team, Ellie May and Frank (Amanda Pulcini and Daniel Scott Walton).
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Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, who started writing the musical while students at Cambridge University in 2017, mine plenty of humor from the anachronistic pairings and the catty contemporary byplay.
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The show has an overwhelmingly female audience, and the feel-good nature of much of its content and the convivial byplay between its personalities give the impression that the cast is an on-air family.
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It played in near-silence: an early cut had stripped out the dialogue that established why the couple were going to the festival, as well as the stoned byplay that established that they had something together.
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The new series shuttles among clichés, including the coked-out but empathetic manager (Benjamin Bratt, reliably charismatic) and the "Steel Magnolias"-style byplay in the salon where the aspiring stars sweep the floor and shampoo between gigs.
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In the battle-of-the-sexes byplay between Rodin and Claudel, who struggles to be taken seriously as a sculptor because of her gender, it is possible to glimpse traces of tougher films that Mr. Doillon has made.
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And the familiar byplay of procedural blame-assigning and briskly apportioned punishment likewise exerts a pronounced appeal for any viewer weaned on the All the President's Men model of executive accountability won through the patient scandal-reporting of elite journalistic institutions.
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Could this mischievous hint of a menage-a-trois in-the-making, which is about as racy as the byplay between Hope, Crosby and Lamour in the "Road" comedies, have been as responsible for the PG rating as the fighting, which is abundant but scarcely realistic?
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The real focus is on the byplay between the mismatched detectives: an uptight former Laestadian (Johannes Holopainen) for whom the case is an excuse to skip therapy sessions with his boyfriend, and a middle-aged single mom (Maria Sid) with guilt issues — she killed her daughter's father, for one thing — who self-medicates with loud and frequent sex.
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Letoy, however, turns this unforeseen event to his advantage: he has Byplay, the leader of the actors, set the new king the task of reforming his kingdom. Then, the topsy-turvy aspects of the Antipodes become less humorous and more threatening. A statesman entertains several "projectors," who present him with wild speculative projects -- like increasing wool production by flaying horses alive and affixing sheepskins to them. The Statesman accepts all their follies.
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Kirkus Reviews was positive about the novel while conceding "The mystery, as so often in Conan Doyle, is less interesting than the Holmes-ian byplay." Michael Dirda of The Washington Post praised the book saying the story moves "briskly" and calling it "diverting, light entertainment" while noting "Enjoyable as the book is, a purist will nonetheless fault its loose construction." Both BookPage and New York Journal of Books gave positive notices of the book.
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The work divides into three acts: the first consists of a ballet-pantomime, the second and the third an opera buffa. In the first act ('Ballet-pantomime') Pierrot reports the flirtation of Harlequin with Colombine to the latter's father, an innkeeper who drags his daughter back home. Following more byplay, the jealous Pierrot fights with Harlequin, only to be pulled apart by the other dancers. After stealing gingerbread from the confectioner he is roughed up by Pierrot and the inn-keeper.
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Simultaneously, she is never afraid to engage in heated byplay with defendants and convicts alike to ensure a successful prosecution. Borgia indicates her devout Catholicism as a factor in her belief in the religious transformation of a defendant and in arguing with her superiors, she also highlights her belief in a Christian ideal of forgiveness. Her Catholic background also influences her opposition to torture. Borgia was the shortest appearing Assistant District Attorney in the history of the Law & Order franchise, seen only in 33 episodes.
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In this adaptation Colonel Race was renamed Colonel Geoffrey Reece, and given a partner, his wife, Dr. Catherine Kendall. The byplay between Reece (played by Oliver Ford Davies) and Kendall (played by Pauline Collins) was somewhat similar to Christie's characters Tommy and Tuppence. In 2012, a three-part adaptation by Joy Wilkinson was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 directed by Mary Peate, with Naomi Frederick as Iris, Amanda Drew as Ruth, Colin Tierney as Anthony, James Lailey as Stephen, Sean Baker as Colonel Race and Jasmine Hyde as Rosemary.
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But there was more to the Tunnel of Love Express than just what Springsteen had planned. On stage, Scialfa had now become Springsteen's principal vocal partner (a role held in the past by the departed Steve Van Zandt) as well as principal foil (supplanting Clarence Clemons), and in this number and others, the way Springsteen and Scialfa approached each other, and how they held their bodies as they sang together, made their byplay the center of the show right from the "Tunnel of Love" opener.Marsh, Bruce Springsteen On Tour, p. 187.
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A History of The Musical – After G & S; The Gaiety Musicals, The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film (2003) Like Thomas German Reed and W. S. Gilbert before him, Edwardes wanted to produce musical plays that were more respectable (and would attract a more affluent, polite crowd) than risqué burlesque. But Edwardes sought pieces that integrated spoken dialogue and music in a lighter, less satiric way than Gilbert and Sullivan had, using topical songs, fashionable costumes and sassy byplay between the characters.Traubner, Richard. Operetta: A Theatrical History, pp.
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The show was almost universally critically panned. Matt Roush wrote in his USA Today review that Curry "gives it his maul", and that the show's leads seemed "lost in the TV equivalent of summer stock". Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly went one step further, likening it to a variation of The Odd Couple that possessed "neither romantic spark nor crisp verbal byplay". The Los Angeles Daily News claimed it was the worst new show of the season, and that if you tuned in to the show at 8:30, you would "probably be watching something else by 8:38".
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She defined sexual harassment as "unwanted sexual advances against women employees by male supervisors, bosses, foremen or managers." She gave examples: "It often means that a woman is hired because she is pretty, regardless of her qualifications; that a woman's job security is eternally dependent on how well she pleases her boss, and he often thinks sexual companionship is part of the job description; and that women are fired because they have aged or they are too independent or they say 'no' to sexual byplay." A New York Times reporter who heard her testimony wrote about it, and by the end of 1975 her message had reached a national audience. Government agencies began to recognize sexual harassment as a problem to be addressed.
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" John McCarten of The New Yorker wrote: "Since the hero and heroine of the film are never dealt with sympathetically, the mating calls that preface their amour are monotonous. But once they get around to murder, things pick up and I'm confident you'll enjoy the resulting legal byplay that goes on between Hume Cronyn, as Miss Turner's lawyer, and Leon Ames, as the prosecuting attorney. As a matter of fact, Mr. Cronyn and Mr. Ames take most of the acting honors, and there is a decided letdown in the picture after a courtroom clash in which both of them participate with vast enthusiasm." Writing in 2000, critic Stephen MacMillan Moser appreciated Lana Turner's acting and wrote, "It is perhaps her finest work—from a body of work that includes very few truly stellar performances.
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Rosenthal was the winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 1988, which launched his career as a solo artist, leading to the release of his first CD as a leader New Tunes, New Traditions, featuring Ron Carter, Billy Higgins and Tom Harrell; the album interweaves Thelonious Monk's with Rosenthal's original compositions. Rosenthal toured in the early 1990s with the last Gerry Mulligan Quartet, recording three CDs with Mulligan and performed in major jazz festivals throughout the world. One critic noted, "The rapport of the [Mulligan] group was amazing, particularly Gerry’s telepathic communication with outstanding pianist Ted Rosenthal [...] The byplay with Rosenthal left me with my jaw hanging down" (Gene Lees, The Jazz Letter). After Mulligan's death, Rosenthal became musical director of The Gerry Mulligan All Star Tribute Band, featuring Lee Konitz, Bob Brookmeyer and Randy Brecker.
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In a 1971 telephone interview with journalist A.J. Weberman, Dylan can be heard responding angrily to the Marcus review, while attempting to defend larger accusations of perceived non-committal politics. A rare dissenting positive voice about the album was Marc Bolan, soon to become a star as lead singer/guitarist of English glam rock band T.Rex, at this point in its earlier incarnation as hippy acoustic duo Tyrannosaurus Rex. Appalled at the negative reviews directed at the album, Bolan wrote a letter in its defence to the 11 July 1970 edition of Melody Maker: Rock critics Jimmy Guterman and Owen O'Donnell, in their 1991 book The Worst Rock and Roll Records of All Time, listed Self-Portrait as the third worst rock album ever, with only Lou Reed's experimental Metal Machine Music and Elvis Presley's concert byplay album Having Fun with Elvis on Stage faring worse.
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There's also time for > the reopening of an unsolved hit-and-run and for accusations that Horse Mesa > Councilman Jimmy Chester is taking bribes to legalize a toxic-waste dump > inside a reservation mine. The byplay between prickly Leaphorn and spiritual > Chee; Chee's sobering reflections on Navajo and white people's justice; > problem-strewn new romantic intrigues for both heroes--all of these make > this not only a masterful novel in its own right, but an object lesson in > how to develop an outstanding series. Dick Adler writing in the Chicago Tribune finds that Hillerman keeps up his high standards: > How long can Tony Hillerman keep it up? He has been writing his Navajo > thrillers for over 20 years, and each time I pick up a new Hillerman book I > wonder if this is the one that will disappoint, lower the standard, signal > the beginning of the end. . . .
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