, a government watchdog group, requested the pictures shortly after President Barrack Obama announced that commandos killed bin Laden in his Abbottabad, Pakistan, hideout, ending a manhunt that stretched out almost 10 years. The group sought the pictures and videos in order to complete the public record of the demise of the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.
There is a scene in 鈥淭ime Stands Still,鈥?the Donald Margulies play that Heller Theatre opened Friday night at the Henthorne PAC, in which Sarah, a photojournalist, describes the sensation of taking a picture in the middle of the chaos of war.She looks through the viewfinder of her camera, 鈥渢hat little rectangle,polo ralph lauren outlet,鈥?and it鈥檚 as if all the noise, all the calamity fades away around her. And there is nothing in the world but the picture she鈥檚 about to snap.Maybe that is why Sarah, played here by Kristin Harding, is so eager to return to the middle of whatever 鈥渨ar du jour鈥?is heating up. Never mind the fact that the reason why she is currently ensconced in the Brooklyn loft she shares with her partner James is the shattered leg, the broken arm, the livid scars etched over her face and neck 鈥撯? souvenirs of a roadside bomb in Iraq.That sort of zen-like calm is something all the characters in 鈥淭ime Stands Still鈥?are searching for, in one way or another. Maybe it鈥檚 through giving up the peripatetic, adrenalin-fueled life of a war correspondent,christian louboutin, or deciding it was time for the 鈥渂oring simplicity鈥?of marrying and raising a family. Or maybe it can only be found by putting oneself in danger,coach outlet, of being the one who 鈥渃aptures the truth.鈥?As Sarah says, 鈥淚f it weren鈥檛 for us 鈥撯? the people with the cameras 鈥撯?聽how will they know? How will they care?鈥濃?Time Stands Still鈥?has a similar structure to Margulies鈥?Pulitizer Prize-winning play 鈥淒inner With Friends鈥?鈥撯? two couples, one coming apart, one trying to stay together. But this play goes much deeper, confronting just about every attitude one might have toward the business of portraying war, whether in words or images through the tangled relationships of the play鈥檚 four characters.And Heller鈥檚 production, directed by Frank Gallagher, does an exemplary job of telling the story of these people, through sympathetic yet unobtrusive direction and some stellar performances.Sarah is a woman of sharp intelligence and fierce principles, and Harding so convincingly portrays the woman鈥檚 titanium-hard facade that the rare moments when Sarah allows her real emotions to show through are harrowing 鈥撯? her remembrance, for example, of one time when the shield that is her camera failed her and she had to confront the horror before her face to face.She may not be an entirely likable character, but Harding鈥檚 performance makes her eminently believable.Will Carpenter is James, the journalist who has been Sarah鈥檚 companion and collaborator for the past eight years. He鈥檚 as damaged as she is, though the wounds are more internal 鈥撯? he had a breakdown after witnessing a car-bombing, and had already returned stateside when Sarah was injured.James is the one character who goes the most in the course of the play,ray ban wayfarer sunglasses, and Carpenter鈥檚 performance is exceptional. The extremes of emotion James experiences 鈥撯? helplessness, fear,chloe, anger, joy, love, regret,bottega veneta outlet, betrayal 鈥撯? Carpenter embodies with perfect control. Every feeling is palpably real, never outsized. And his handling of James鈥?dissection of a bad play about war and refugees is one of the comic highlights of the evening 鈥撯? a bit of self-referential humor about the ineffectiveness of fiction to portray the truth about the evils that some men will do.In contrast to this couple is Richard (Timothy Hunter), the photo editor at the 鈥淰anity Fair鈥?type magazine that Sarah and James work with, and Mandy (Beka Buster), his much younger paramour, an 鈥渆vent planner鈥?whose determinedly sunny and conventional outlook on life is often mocked by everyone else 鈥撯? if only because Mandy鈥檚 observations cast doubt upon the morality, the humanity of those who, in the name of 鈥渢elling the truth,鈥?remove themselves for any real action to rectify the atrocities they document.Hunter is very good as the avuncular Richard, someone who just wants the 鈥渂oring simplicity鈥?of a typical middle-class life. Buster has moments where she tries a little too hard to be bubbly 鈥撯? Mandy isn鈥檛 really an airhead, she鈥檚 just someone whose world is more circumscribed, and when Buster allows that attitude to come through, her character is much more believable.John Cruncleton鈥檚 set nicely evokes the sort of stylishly utilitarian digs of a couple who don鈥檛 spend a lot of time at home, and Elizabeth Ashlock鈥檚 make-up for Sarah鈥檚 scars were quite convincing.鈥淭ime Stands Still鈥?is a haunted and haunting play that showcases some excellent local talent. It鈥檚 more than worth the time and effort to experience.鈥淭ime Stands Still鈥?continues with performances at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Tuesday and Feb. 1-2, 2 p.m. Sunday, at the Henthorne PAC, 4825 S. Quaker Ave. The Sunday matinee with be preceded by a concert by the band Teachers Lounge. Admission to the Tuesday performance is 鈥減ay what you can.鈥?Tickets are $10. Call 746-5065 for reservations.
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