Word: bludgeonings
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Success eludes him, cheats him, keeps driving him. It is his only goal because he means to have it for an identity, and for a kind of bludgeon. He subsidizes his brother, but he does it with disdain, just as he acquires his property -as much an assertion as an investment. Quixotically, Buddy offers his grandfather, who tends a poor garden in his backyard, any plot he wants. But the old man refuses. He is fond of Buddy, but he is well on to him. Beautiful as it is, the land was badly got, and so for him will remain...
...Pete's testimonial could have been the sort of denouement that was a Preston Sturges specialty, an inadvertent confession of blindness and stupidity. It could have had a well-honed double edge of irony, but such style should not really be expected from film makers who prefer a bludgeon to a blade...
...vicious. We don't seem to get cartoons with explosive impact any more, the kind that slams somebody right between the eyes with no subtlety at all." He is too modest about his ability to slam. In fact, his work should satisfy the keenest appetite for cartoons that bludgeon...
...filtered through a slightly open wah-wah pedal. You can hear shades of everyone from Eric Clapton to John McLaughlin. His solos were short, to maintain a structural balance, but beautifully constructed out of soaring lines and tasteful phrases. Connors has a subdued sense of attack, preferring not to bludgeon a solo, and really playing at his best on the complex themes that are the heart of each piece. Themes that are a little more than themes, intricate in timing and sycopation, barely coherent at a first listen. Connors and Corea are able to unite in both tone and intensity...
...must not be subverted in handling Agnew's graft and contract kickbacks, Richardson had only the week before enhanced his already considerable reputation for rectitude and propriety. The Agnew stand undoubtedly was taken at Nixon's behest. Now, by resigning rather than bowing to Nixon's bludgeon tactics against Cox, Richardson may have dealt the President a mortal political blow...