Word: ami
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hartman's goal, and the ami of the entire show, is to ease viewers into the day. Bad news is provided almost apologetically, and there is enough good news, or at least entertaining features, to make the world seem less gloomy than it otherwise would. "Good Morning is more comfortable, more loose, more open than Today," says Shirley...
...doesn't get a job. An immigrant matriarch, her next question is pencil-point sharp: "Why did you go to college?" His riposte: "To avoid being asked questions like this after high school." One of the distinctly appealing aspects of Table Settings is its benign ami ability. Even when Lapine's characters verge on cartoons, he presents them as en dearingly human in their follies, desires and genetically nutty ways. His direction of his own play is brisk, and his cast is close to flawless. A special huzzah should be raised to the two kids, who manage...