Word: banality
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Poor Bardot. She has seldom looked more beautiful, and between zips she delivers intimations of creditable talent. But Director Vadim displays a flair for the banal that few actresses could conquer, particularly in his final scene: windblown and fully clothed, Bardot stands rigid amid the sun-drenched ruins of a Tuscan cathedral, while Hossein makes one of those long, long walks to fling himself at her feet...
...this great, hulking 300 Ibs. of a man, believes Wolfe, are the key to his life and art. His dreams were more real to him than reality, and to him, all ideas were playthings. Said his third wife, Frida Kahlo: "He never told a lie that was stupid or banal...
Paul A. Lee's review of the two books on Eichmann is far more engaging. He defends Hannah Arendt's thesis that Eichmann is "banal," rather than a "monster of evil," characterizing him as "an efficient, hard-working administrator, who took no thought of the moral consequences of his actions because such reflection was beyond his capacities...
...where I am....We're not bothered. And nobody bothers us.") and the hells they inhabit ("There's not much light in this place is there, Mrs. Hudd?). Pinter creates his multi-levelled allegory by carefully planning tone and symbol; for example, the impression of utter darkness underlies a banal quarrel about whether there were indeed stars in the sky. Obviously such a play de-instance, their laughter must be nervous as well as amused...
AINSLIE BURKE-Kraushaar, 1055 Madison Ave. at 80th St. Eighteen tranquil landscapes-New England's surf, dunes, marshes and headlands-that are well-mannered but far from banal. Through...