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Although Little Murders at first seems to be about the perils of living in a violent city, one soon learns otherwise; the violence only highlights the isolation of each family from its neighbors and environs. The Carol Newquists are the urban John Does-even their ethnic background is eclectically modeled. Thus, each member must strive to serve a separate, useful social function, and is then thrown back into the family to secure personal happiness. The son who served his country in Korea and Vietnam is relieved of this struggle when he is killed at 95th and Amsterdam before the film...
There are other flashes of crisp satire in this collection of essays. In a modern version of the Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas, the king's good intentions get lost in a bureaucratic maze. When Parkinson analyzes beards through history and finds them to be a sure indicator of lack of civilization (a thicket behind which older men could hide their uncertainties), he is at his bluff best. But the crotchety professor can also be dull. His strident common sense often sounds simply pompous; and his habit of describing imaginary conversations seems contrived. Parkinson's biggest problem...
Donald Sutherland is currently starring as Paul Mazurky's alter ego in Alex in Wonderland, a film directed by Mazursky. Alex tells of its director's efforts to come to grips with a second film after his premiere success in last year's Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice. In Alex's best scene, Alex Sutherland-playing-Mazurky) visits a producer (actually played by Mazurky) who tries, with the aid of wines, a proferred trip to Paris, and a Chagall off his office wall, to encourage Alex in a couple of hot, new properties...
Accepting the 21st Hasty Pudding Award for "Woman of the Year" yesterday afternoon, actress Carol Channing announced, "I feel elegant, just elegant. I'm sure my status in the legitimate theatre is now secure...
Riding on the shoulders of Puddingmen William C. Meyers '71 and Paul L. Hudson '71, Channing exclaimed, "I think it's wonderful. I'm in such good company. I know every one of the other award winners: Mamie Eisenhower, Angela Lansbury, and oh look here's my best friend Carol Burnett...