Word: blatantly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...literal story. Last week's production had its merits: a fluent translation, good pace, no mistaken striving after Russian "soulfulness." But the indispensable merit of tone it did not have. It failed to make little scenes radiant or heartbreaking; it played for laughs; it turned minor roles into blatant character parts. Chekhov-lovers had seen a more poignant Cherry Orchard years ago, when Eva LeGallienne staged it and warm, volatile, Slavic Alia Nazimova played the central role...
...Line. Before Pearl Harbor U.S. fascism was blatant and aggressive. Federal agents and public hostility have driven it to cover. So today's techniques are largely confined to whispering campaigns in industrial centers, promotion of racial violence, draft dodging, food hoarding, agitation for "democratic" opposition to the Administration. The objective, says Carlson, is to sabotage "with every means at their command, a quick Allied victory ... to ,prolong the conflict in order to intensify . . . work of dissension...
When newspapers seize upon each insignificant or minor victory to belch blatant, optimistic headlines and then, conversely, relegate our own losses to squeamish type or the back pages, it is no wonder that we are overoptimistic. When Washington luminaries drop intangible statements or "in-the-know" hints about our military successes, but on the other hand hush our defeats ... it can plainly be seen that the burden of guilt rests squarely on the politicians' and publishers' shoulders. That is the main cause of this subconscious letdown in war production...
Coleman Hawkins was something of a disappointment. His tone was threadbare in the upper registers, his ideas frequently lapsed into blatant riffs. Worst of all, Hawkins' attitude toward the audience can only he called condescending. Still, there were moments when the old Hawk showed through, and those were worth the price of admission...
Coleman Hawkins was something of a disappointment. His tone was threadbare in the upper registers, his ideas frequently lapsed into blatant rifts. Worst of all, Hawkins' attitude toward the audience can only be called condescending. Still, there were moments when the old Hawkshowed through, and those were, worth the price of admission...