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In short (for I have twice tried to compose a more robust post and had Tumblr crash): Sweat is a much needed piece of representation for today's "villains" of the liberal political rhetoric. However, the ending fell to the common mistake of catharsis, and the climax relied mostly on the tragedy of the circumstance rather than the perhaps unnecessarily long and repetitive buildup.

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Not quite 5th Ave but close

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Thinking of de Certeau - strategy or tactics?

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Each a tale of its time. Yank, Evan, and Pierre, worlds apart, yet each in his struggle to find solace from solitude.

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Looking back and looking forward, looking up and looking down. No presence is stronger than absence.

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I don't know what's worse, the helicopter or the casting choices

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What a spectacle! Immersive and immediate, the design elements called to the fore the musical's own constructedness while also plunging the viewer into a seamless Gesamtkunstwerk.

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There is a story for each block, each crack, and each footprint. We maintain our chins high, fixated, obsessed even with the tall and the high and the massive.