Word: cannoneering
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...energy crisis had been pretty well removed from the quarrel with Israel except for bankrolling it. The results of Sadat's diplomatic maneuvers were obvious, insofar as improving Egypt's relationships abroad were concerned. All the grace and favor evaporated last week with the first boom of cannon fire. For Anwar Sadat, having finally taken the ultimate step to war, a fateful decision awaits. Nasser had prestige enough to lose the battle and still keep his power. Barring miracles, Sadat does...
...Raymond Chandler every time I turn on the television. In Perry Mason reruns, in Frank Sinatra as Tony Rome, Peter Falk as Columbo, or brand new episodes of Cannon there are elements of Philip Marlowe. Somehow, (using Bogart, perhaps as media image, because we watch television now for the same kind of entertainment our parents looked for in the movies 25 years ago) someone has turned Marlowe into the average American, leading the slightly above average American life. And therefore into a cultural hero, because you should only be slightly above average. Marlowe is more viable than Ford...
...WATCH Cannon. I organize my social calender around it. It is as well made as any number of movies, and it is consistently well made. Wednesday's episode suffered a bit from banality, but is sure had everything else. The fat man is my idea of a detective, and the media barons have improved on standard fare, by making their detective overweight, leisurely, and in no particular need of the work. There is much Philip Marlowe in what remains, though. Frank Cannon is direct, dry and witty. He also holds on to the Marlowe notion of moral involvement...
...Cannon also benefits from solid direction. Lawrence Dobkin, directing Wednesday's show, was able to infuse it with subtlety and humor, as well as a few interesting cinematic moments, and keep to his formula of fifteen minute episodes with ease. It is well edited, and the use of location works almost to score the dialogue...
...Cannon could be as fine a show as television has produced. There's no arguing its significance in the study of the country's end of the century culture. That's the final point. Cannon is no more than a further extension of characters that began with Natty Bumppo. He simply moves well in a mechanized society. The fat man is worth arranging your week around...