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Even more interesting, Lachow's approach makes the staging reflect a recurrent theme in the play, the repeated and unsuccessful attempts of the characters to abandon artifice and bombast; they man age occasionally for a line or two but never for long...
...Cato Douglass is meant to be a star witness for the prosecution of society. In fact, the novel's memoir form ensures that he is always on the stand. His accusations are clear, but his evidence is not easy to sort out. Eloquence is frequently drowned out by bombast, and testimony too often has the imprecision of hearsay. For all its forthright bitterness, !Click Song is guarded. It is as if its author had to keep counting to ten so that he would not explode into autobiography. -By R.Z. Sheppard
Although the point is often obscured by its simplistic and angry bombast about an East-West encounter in Central America, the Reagan Administration already does have in place the framework for an effective policy that takes into account the North-South problems of dealing with unstable and economically troubled nations. The Caribbean Basin Initiative of economic aid for the Central American region was enlightened and constructive, and was so hailed by leaders in the region...
Traditionally, the Chinese government's public pronouncements were exercises in bombast, filled with declarations of "great victory" and "excellent situations" on all fronts. But last week, when the 3,202 delegates to the National People's Congress assembled in Peking for their annual meeting, self-congratulations were at a minimum. Instead, the top leaders depicted a country facing a long period of economic austerity...
...STORY of noble, well-meaning men who enjoy a friendship and then must endure war, it is poignant and masterfully drawn. Peter Weir safely navigates the film away from both bombast and ineffectuality. The relationship of Archy and Frank is at once simple and affecting as it unfolds through the short, lyrical scenes. Both Lee and Gibson acquit themselves well in their roles and give sound, straightforward performances. Weir's direction of the background characters is better still. As random soldiers, desert wanderers and Australian ranchers, the supporting actors turn in a number of superb vignettes...