Word: careerist
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Things happen, of course, but only up to a point. The professor, perhaps inevitably, finds himself outgrown by the Iowa maiden, who does not share his reticence about reaching out for life. The Washington careerist, "bright but not too bright" and full of muddled optimism, glimpses the fact that the convergence theory of history, as applied to the evolution of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., is bad news because it is turning the world into a wall-to-wall bureaucracy. "We are not completing anything," the Soviet says. "And we are not being used up in order for anything...
Douglas sneaks a reel of pictures. But by the time the newshawks get back to the station, the utility's p.r. man has persuaded the news director that nothing really happened. Douglas, a hot-tempered liberaloid activist, smells a conspiracy; Fonda, a careerist, doesn't much care. She's just another pretty face introducing the human-interest stuff. But Douglas persists, the company steps up its villainy, and slowly Fonda's conscience and consciousness begin to stir...
Maude Pratt is keenly aware of her role as an American original who, as Sinatra says, "did it my way." This sense of independence is focused during the months before a retrospective of her work is to open in New York. It is being hung by a twerpy careerist named Frank Fusco, who moves into Maude's Cape Cod house to rummage through thousands of forgotten prints...
While the play is laced with affectionately bantering humor and a gamy ration of powder-room candor, the characters are Stereotopical. The overachieving careerist (Jill Eikenberry) has become a lawyer. The placid one (Ann McDonough) who opted for marriage opts for pregnancy. The rollicking rebel (Swoosie Kurtz) who planned to write a novel gets writer's block. Prosaic justice? All of the actresses are well skilled. They might be better employed...
Careerism results not only in constant anxiety, but also in an underdeveloped heart... The careerist constantly betrays himself, since he must ignore idealistic, compassionate, and courageous impulses that might jeopordize his career. As a result, he never develops an inner center, a strong, independent sense of self...