Word: causticity
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...evening is presided over by a kind of M.C. (Joseph Maher), who makes his opening entrance on a unicycle. The circusy music-hall atmosphere is further enhanced by snatches of nostalgic ditties, sometimes caustic, reminiscent of Oh What a Lovely War. This is not a show for all theaters and all seasons. It has its soft spots in the head as well as the heart, but it is another example of the range and skill of our resident theaters...
There is great sympathy in these songs, observations that can be caustic and still stay fond. Work like this makes it quite plain that for all the contradictions, Billy Joel is writing and singing some of the best pop music in the neighborhood. It might even make Virginia Callahan think twice...
...Emma's ultimate professional success comes spilling out during the final showdown between the two long-time friends, which follows the company's special gala performance establishing Emilia as a full-fledged rising star in the company. The accumulated venom flies fast and free during this encounter of the caustic kind, building up to a classic display of feminine fisticuffs. The scene is handled perfectly by Ross, as the two friends suddenly dissolve into laughter when they mutually realize the absurd spectacle they are making of themselves. The crisp repartee of Arthur Laurents' script is at its sharpest throughout...
After the results were in, Howell continued the caustic nature of the campaign by not congratulating Dalton. He blamed his defeat on Dalton's direct-mail campaign, which painted Howell as a wild-eyed radical, and Dalton's $1.8 million campaign fund, practically double his own. But it was Howell's maverick image and his intemperate attacks on Dalton and the Virginia business establishments, particularly the powerful utilities, that most damaged his chances...
Foreign reaction to the crackdown was immediate and caustic. State Department Spokesman Hodding Carter III said the Administration was "deeply disturbed" by what "seems to represent a very serious step backward." Other officials suggested that Washington might now be willing to consider diplomatic and economic sanctions against the South African regime. "I think they panicked," said U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young. "They are frightened, and they are committing political and social suicide." Ambassador William Bowdler was called back to Washington from Pretoria for "consultations...