Word: brights
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...book defies simple categorizing, The Bright Lights is neither a collection of "Famous Theater Personalities I Have Known" anecdotes, though many celebrated names fill its pages, nor an intellectual sermon on the theater, though it contains many epigrams that any actor, established or aspiring, should cut out and tape to his mirror. Instead, the book combines both these elements, forming a recitation of memories interspersed with philosophy. It reads like a dreamy monologue, as if the reader and Miss Seldes went home together after her evening performance, and she began to describe her career. The soliloquy soon disregards the rules...
...shared." As the book continues, however, biographical details dwindle into scattered references to a husband and daughter. Aside from her teaching drama at the Julliard School, the reader gains few insights into the offstage Seldes. Indeed, one begins to suspect that no such creature exists, so closely does The Bright Lights live up to its subtitle, "A Theatrical Life." Yet the book retains the tone of an intimate confession, because it deals with the personal side of being an actress...
...what it should is ludicrous. You say that we are held back by holding on to one another. Funny, sir, but you and Shockley see eye to eye on this point, along with the South Boston racists who oppose bussing on the grounds that any child, no matter how bright, suffers from limited capabilities when he is placed in a classroom situation with black children. You are, in effect, telling us that the black community is a detriment to itself; perhaps you should collaborate with Moynihan on that issue--after all he espouses the belief that it is the black...
...political novice who is on leave from his job as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, Dreyfus, 52, unexpectedly won his party's gubernatorial nomination after a witty and eloquent campaign. His trademark is a bright red vest, and he speaks out at every opportunity against hack politicians and their moneyed backers. "Who's going to run the show," he asks, "people or money...
...Feat pulser, almost reminiscent of "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me." Carried along by Russ Kunkel's sure-handed, driving drum beat and a steady Kenny Edwards bass line, Ronstadt displays the power of her sharp, brassy voice in a heavily throaty verse that rises to an upbeat, bold chorus. The bright, '70s rocker contrasts strongly to "Oooh Baby Baby," a mellow Smokey Robinson tune in which Ronstadt uses two male backup vocalists who add a sweet falsetto giving the song a Motown-like sound. The song works quite well; Ronstadt's voice makes her version of the song just different enough...