Word: armchair
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Armchair Detectives. Over and over, Foreman alluded to an alleged conspiracy between Miami police and Mossler's other relatives to railroad the defendants and get control of the estate. The jury, well aware that Dade County (Miami) police are currently under fire for various scandals, quickly got the hint. To cap it all, the defense produced 1) an ex-Mossler handyman who said that he had seen the financier cavorting half naked with three youths; 2) an insurance agent who owned a white convertible, and had once lived with Mossler; 3) police testimony that Interior Decorator Fred Weissel...
...increase or not, one other key character is also played as too old. Count Shabelsky (Edward Atienza) is the 62-year-old uncle of Ivanov. Atienza plays him as a spry-minded, physically crumbling comedy figure. He gives up one attempt at seduction by falling exhausted into an armchair, resolving that dying would probably be a good thing as it required little energy. But by playing Shabelsky as a dodderer, Atienza lessens his dramatic impact. In Act III, when he is suddenly reminded of the duets he once played with Ivanov's now dead wife, his burst of tears comes...
Matisse meant his art to soothe, not shock. Said he: "I dream of an art that is pure, calm and free of disturbing subject matter-something like a comfortable armchair in which one can recover from physical fatigue." One of his early teachers, Gustave Moreau, had predicted: "Matisse will simplify painting." He did, without sacrificing delicacy. Said Matisse: "I want to reach that state of condensation of sensations which constitute a picture." He simply distilled sunshine...
...when the mystery novel is designed more for the economy-class airline traveler than for the home armchair reader, Rex Stout's way has not changed. After 31 years, Nero Wolfe is still 286 Ibs. large, still guzzles at least a dozen beers and tends his orchids for precisely four hours daily, still abhors leaving his Manhattan house on business, and never goes near a sports car or chases a blonde. While thus ignoring Bondomania and its sibling rivals, Stout and Wolfe are doing just fine. If The Doorbell Rang holds true to recent form, it will sell...
...communications equipment. Known as the ABCCC (Airborne Battle Control and Command Center), the plane is in fact a flying command post, equipped with eight television screens for projecting slides and maps from its data storage drums, which contain 5,000 pieces of military intelligence-the last word for armchair-borne commanders...