Word: casuals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last year there were only four members of the cast and they wore more formal evening wear, relying on character typing to set the scenes. This year the atmosphere is more casual, the dress less structured and the costumes more varied. There is more room in each role and that works to the show's advantage--while stereotyped characters still make stereotyped jokes, more interesting and real characters make more interesting and heartfelt jokes...
...fans need no convincing. They can read Five Seasons for remembrances of games, pennant races and World Series past, for another chance to think about their beloved sport under the tutelage of an expert. Yet Angell's passion for baseball is enough to convert the heathen. Millions of casual TV viewers saw Red Sox Catcher Carlton Fisk's extra-inning home run in the sixth game of the 1975 World Series. Angell's account goes beyond the heroics on the field. He imagines people all over New England receiving the news-"jumping up and down in their...
Away from the cameras, Chase looks more like a laid-back graduate student than a TV star. His shirt is rumpled, his hair unruly and his eyes filled with mischief. Even in casual conversation, he is a shameless put-on artist, a comic con man negotiating for a laugh. If he wanted, Chevy Chase could probably sell aluminum siding to a roaming wagonload of gypsies...
...Morante continually makes old tricks fresh-not as a paring down of life's complexity but as short cuts into the absurdities of conflict and the urgencies of peace. The effects are cumulative. Details are meticulously piled up: the dress and appearance of all the players in a casual card game, the entire contents of a small room that Ida rents. This tangible solidity is threatened by the destructive mania that is called history. Morante prefaces her chapters (each of which deals with the occurrences of a single year) with lists of events that come close enough to scorch...
...This casual inwardness has not prevented an ad hoc caste system from forming. Those who railed against privilege only a few years ago now hustle after keys to the best private clubs. After only ten years, Los Angeles' recording industry is hardly mature, but its A-B-C social listings may be more rigid than that of the film community...