Word: attilio
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...wave of new stage works overseas that put the U.S. in a distinctly unflattering light. In Paris a "savagely satirical impromptu" called George W. Bush or God's Sad Cowboy has been drawing crowds since reopening in late Mayafter closing for two weeks when its writer-director, Attilio Maggiulli, was beaten up by a couple of pro-Bush thugs. (Talk about satirical impromptus.) It portrays the U.S. President as a spoiled 6-year-old who sucks his thumb and plays toy soldiers with his pal Tony Blair. By the end of the play, Bush is trying to annex the entire...
...hyperbolically grainy picture of Orson Welles as King Lear, stands out. A double exposure of the guitarist Sharon Isbin superimposes the guitar on her hair in a manner that, if not entirely original, is pleasing. Perhaps the most enigmatic image of the show is a distorted portrait of Attilio Pierelli, an Italian sculptor, poet, playwright and dentist, shot at an exhibition of his at the Zabriskie Gallery in New York. But these are scattered without effect amid the straightforward portraits of, say, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Nonetheless, though a misnomer, this is not a show to be missed...
...logic and an irritating habit of relying on rhetorical questions to make a point. Adler's evidence: 26 examples gleaned from the book: "Is it just the pompadour or is he wearing a false nose?" "Is it relevant that Bertolucci's father's name was Attilio?" "Where was the director?" "Does the cavalry return?" "Who-him?" Finally, Kael is accused of a tendency to wander, hogging space in the magazine until "other pieces, on which serious intermittent writers had worked for years, were being overwhelmed." Why did Adler go to such pains to skewer Kael? Some associates...
...Spasm may be the underlying cause of angina, coronary attacks, and sudden unexplained death in cases where the heart arteries are partly clogged by fatty plaque buildup. Dr. Attilio Maseri reported that, while at the University of Pisa, he examined some 200 patients who suffered chest pains during periods of inactivity and who had varying degrees of atherosclerosis. He found that their chest pains were due to spasm. Said he: "Atherosclerotic narrowing of the vessels is the bystander rather than the culprit of angina in such patients." But, experts agree, a spasm that might merely hinder the flow of blood...
...piece of wood." So begins The Adventures of Pinocchio (Macmillan; $17.50 hardcover, $9.95 paperback), by C. Collodi, translated by Carol della Chiesa. But as this intriguing volume shows, the story has no true ending. The marionette whose nose grows with each lie is almost a century old, and Attilio Mussino's paintings were first printed in 1911. Yet this version -somewhat redesigned for modern consumption-is as ageless as all great fables. The paper clothes, the bread hat, the saintly carpenter Geppetto, the Cat and the Fox, the Azure Fairy are creations of genius, and those who know only...