Word: boomlets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...death did put his life into perspective for some; the surprising result now, five years later, is a Bruce boomlet. Tom O'Horgan, following his production of Hair, planned to do a film of Lenny's life; the project stalled and O'Horgan reworked it as a Broadway play, scheduled to open this week. Writer-Director Fred Baker decided to produce a multimedia homage off-Broadway. Meanwhile a crude movie biography opened in New York to capitalize on the still-growing revivals...
LITERARY PROBLEMS. Revised sex roles will outdate more children's books than civil rights ever did. Only a few children had the problem of a Little Black Sambo, but most have the male-female stereotypes of "Dick and Jane." A boomlet of children's books about mothers who work has already begun, and liberated parents and editors are beginning to pressure for change in the textbook industry. Fiction writing will change more gradually, but romantic novels with wilting heroines and swashbuckling heroes will be reduced to historical value. Or perhaps to the sadomasochist trade. (Marjorie Morningstar, a romantic...
...GOODIES. Harold Wilson would undoubtedly like to hand out more, including an easing of restrictions on installment buying. Trailing the Tories by 10.5% in the latest voter preference polls, the Labor Party sorely needs good news before the next general election, which Wilson may call in the fall. A boomlet would greatly enhance Labor's chances. Economic health would help Britain when it begins its admission talks with the Common Market around midyear...