Word: backgrounds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Your cover was degraded by that nauseating, odious, ignoble, villainous picture of that venomous, Negro-hating "gentleman" known as James O. Eastland. That imperialistic background in the picture was hideous and signified the serfdom of the South...
...background normally accepted by all but a fringe of extremists, has been a still broader area of agreement on the ground rules under which the political struggle is conducted. These ground rules indicate acceptance of the validity of the democratic process and the denial of the right of the majority unreasonably to impose its will on the minority. On the one occasion when the minority opposing the general consensus in both parties attempted to change these ground rules, the result was civil...
Overweight, sinister cats that look more like lions are a trademark of David Berger, one of the finest young painters to be seen in Cambridge. They are one disturbing element in a world otherwise ruled by gaiety and love. A small cat lurks in the background where young lovers sleep, peering like douanier Rousseau's tiger, an ominous and imposing reality. In another instance a group of cats prey like vultures around the form of a young girl who is sleeping amidst a bacchanalian dance in the forest. Mr. Berger saves his naive world by this grace. If one lives...
Obviously, despite the prevailing decadence, Something Wild offers a great deal of variety, both in theme and in tone. The costumes and sets are simple; but their starkness is the key to their effect. The jazzy musical background is usually effective. With the exception of a little mechanical following of blocking, the production is generally excellent. Each escape is impressive: with most of the old stand-by HDC'ers doing the escaping and Hal Scott aiding and abetting them, this little bundle of abnormality is well worth a trot over to Agassiz...
...other excellent novels, Aymé's sharply observed background is a backdrop against which quite ordinary people play out parts they never asked for. Things happen, they get involved, and voila! A cool customer. Author Aymé himself never gets involved. He looks on with malice, with wit, and with a nice sense of just how much his characters can do about things and to what extent they are helpless victims. All this and a style that is as supple as it is lucid makes him one of the best satirists now writing...