Word: barefooted
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...into the backgrounds of her roles and thinks them through imaginatively. Behind her pigeon-toed bumpkin in the first act of Manon, for example, lies this Sills analysis: "She was born with a good bosom and a shock of unusual-colored hair, whatever the color. She probably has gone barefoot all week except Sundays. Mama has probably caught her in the hayloft with one of the farm hands and decided that this kid is too much for her to handle. So she sends her to the convent...
Inside the theater, on boards once trod by such creations as Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, a white-robed, rock-age Jesus Christ now strides barefoot. He arrives onstage most phallically, rising like a glittering crocus out of a chalice that somewhat resembles those silvered bowls in which hotels serve grapefruit. He departs crucified on a Daliesque golden triangle that is slowly projected toward the audience by a hidden cherrypicker lift. In Jesus' company come a sweetly sensuous, cheek-kissing Mary Magdalene, a quintet of Jewish high priests who call for a "final solution" to their Jesus problem, and King...
...Long Way from Home. The glitter and glory of Washington seems light years away from the small Texas farm where Connally and seven brothers and sisters were raised. His father worked at what jobs he could get?tenant farmer, shopkeeper, butcher. The future Treasury Secretary walked barefoot to school. In 1932, his father bought a 1,000-acre farm, and by the time John was ready to go to the University of Texas, his family had the money to pay his tuition. He became class president as well as a leader in debating, acting and the speech club. During...
Londoners are complaining about "pollution by package tour." More than the usual thousands of Continental Europeans are making plans to flee their own cities this summer to avoid the youthful crush. Elderly strollers in Munich's English Gardens glower at barefoot Brooklyn musicians standing on their heads with feet intertwined or sitting yoga-style, with begging bowls in outstretched hands. The Greek Orthodox Church in Athens has adopted a new prayer entitled "For Those Endangered by the Touristic Wave." The words: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on the cities, the islands and the villages...
...illegal-scrap-metal network stretches across Viet Nam and involves not only barefoot street urchins who gather used casings, but also the wives of South Vietnamese generals. Even so, surprisingly little public attention has been given to the operation. "One reason it's so hard to prove," says a U.S. embassy source, "is that investigations are extremely dangerous. When so many people are making so much money, they aren't going to stand by and let someone ask a lot of embarrassing questions. It's much easier just to kill him when he gets too close...