Word: amateurish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...came out slugging with both hands. He darted under the amazing (80-in.) reach of Jackson to slash right and left hands to the head. It was like punching a bowling ball. Jackson (193½ Ibs.) merely blinked, plowed forward. Patterson was so eager that he frequently resorted to amateurish tricks, even tried leaping-kangaroo right hand leads that would have invited destruction from a smarter opponent...
...stock. Whether the pickets are necessary is open to some question. Lyric presents one of Tennessee Williams' great plays, with a fine female lead performance. For the rest, the production is semi-professional, in the sense that only half the cast performs with much competence. Given a bit of amateurish inadequacy, however, Summer and Smoke can be enjoyable to those who just want to see a good Williams play or to those who admire a good single performance in the midst of discouraging surroundings...
...almost a small theatrical miracle. While it manages to be a sophisticated spoof of subjects ranging from modern poetry to Wall Street, it still remains a pleasant and friendly musical. And though the production has all the appealing high spirits of an amateur show, there is nothing amateurish about its music and staging. Fortunately too, just about all the actors make good use of their fine material...
...well done is Harvard Inside Out by Elmer E. Hagler '16, which appeared in 1916. The cartoons are very amateurish jobs, and the captions lack a good deal of punch. Written ostensibly by the barely literate younger brother of a Harvard undergraduate, these captions adopt an obvious vernacular which becomes more and more oppressive as each page is turned...
...biographer-friend of The Late George Apley-Mark Howe is a calm and gentle writer of calm and gentle books. This week Howe celebrates his gist birthday with the publication of Sundown, a thin volume of verse, his 36th published work. While Howe's poetry is often as amateurish as his performance on the recorder, his poems have the nostalgic appeal of a Victorian valentine. "The trouble is," says Howe, "they're too comprehensible...