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Unfortunately, the positive pitches run the risk of being so bland as to go nearly unnoticed among all the teary dramatics and canned laughter of commercial television. Despite some lively visual effects, the Carter ads have been almost too successful in portraying the President as the quiet, calm, hard-working-and uninspiring -man that he is. Reagan is shown more often simply as what the TV experts term "a talking head"-just Ronnie in an easy chair, making his simple points in his smooth, soothing voice. The aim of the ads, says Reagan Aide Stuart Spencer, is to emphasize Reagan...
That millions of Americans can be mesmerized by such trivia as Dallas only proves that the average American seeks excitement by means of the tube, rather than by making an effort to raise his life out of the rut of bland mediocrity...
Other works, like The White Snake and The Goddess of the Green Ripples, combine singing and acrobatics and seem less successful - or at least less accessible. Chinese singing, even when done well, as it obviously is by the Peking stars, sounds curiously bland and uninviting to untutored ears. A combination of the best productions, however, is a marvel for eye, mind and ear as well...
...Kennedy man myself, been with the Kennedy boys for a while, but this open convention business is serious and separate from that." Bland relishes a good smile:" (The delegates) they're like this, see (crosses his arms in front of him) handcuffed." He doesn't listen to the suggestion that the push to free delegates stinks of hypocrisy, that the same people who assailed Carter as a tyrannical slave merchant originally backed the reform which gave more power to the primary voter, that if Kennedy were the probable choice, this debate would not have surfaced...
Even more important to Bland than the Democratic wheeling and dealing is the future of the Black Community as a political force. He wears an orange button identifying him as a member of the United Urban Party ("We are the Balance of Power"). He explains: "It's a small group based here in New York which is committed to unifying the Black peoples into a singular, powerful voice to demand improvement in places like the South Bronx. We've heard all the promises. We need action." Her refuses to be more specific about the size or activity of his organization...