Word: blimpism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second, with its prancing cannibals, the gibbering man Friday, and the swashbuckling English crew who at last return Crusoe to the world of men. Actor O'Herlihy plays with a steady brilliance. His joy at finding Friday (James Fernandez) turns quickly into a sort of lordly Colonel Blimpism as he sets their relationship as that of master and servant. Then his performance be- comes electrically charged with fear when he suspects Friday may murder him in his sleep and eat him. The savage and the civilized man have a long and uneasy road before they reach the haven...
...Carl Giles (TIME, Dec. 11, 1950), Norris shows Giles's influence in his own work. Norris populates his world with shy, baffled citizens, harried housewives, fiercely determined children. He lampoons everything from Canada's first native-born Governor General and the laws against colored margarine to Colonel Blimpism at the Club. Typically, his prize-winning drawing spoofs the zeal of the Canadian Mounties searching for smuggled American cigarettes...